A German court today has ruled against granting automatic refugee status for Syrians in Germany. The bodies of dozens of migrants have shown up on a Libyan beach and the German Interior Ministry has been disputing deportations of fa1
A court in the western German city of Münster has ruled that Syrian migrants are not immediately entitled to refugee status according to the Geneva Convention. The verdict followed an appeal by a 48-year-old Syrian man.
The German interior minister has accused states who refuse to deport rejected asylum seekers of going behind his back. Whether Afghanistan is safe enough to send people back is a contentious issue in the Germany.
The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has warned of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen, saying lack of food and medical attention has reached a magnitude "beyond any humanitarian catastrophe."
France's far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has held talks in Beirut with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun. Back in France, a new poll has shown that the populist has narrowed the gap in the presidential race.