The "Il Faro" (Lighthouse) Foundation offers free professional training courses to refugees and Italians in Rome. It's a way to help young people find jobs. Integration and intercultural understanding have become important factors.
Every asylum seeker in France will have an interview with Ofpra (Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides), the French office for the protection of refugees. Ofpra makes the final decision on whether a person receives1
Skepticism has greeted the European Commission's call for member states to streamline deportations of people whose asylum applications have been rejected. The move comes as centrist EU regimes face far-right challenges.
Calais Mayor Natacha Bouchart has introduced new laws banning people from gathering near the former "Jungle" camp site. The new rules effectively make it impossible to distribute food to migrants still in the city.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting North Africa to discuss the migration crisis. Syrians alleging torture by President Bashar al-Assad's regime have filed a case against him in Germany and a Syrian painter is helping Lit1