The European People's Party (EPP) aims to "accelerate the repatriation" of migrants and support "proposals for repatriation hubs outside the EU," according to a document approved on Saturday in Berlin by EPP leaders, including Europ1
Germany has one of the largest Syrian migrant communities in Europe. Now, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees is offering financial incentives and support to Syrians who wish to return to Syria.
Poland's Undersecretary of State, Maciej Duszczyk, has urged the European Commission to exempt Poland from the EU's new migration pact, citing alleged Russian and Belarusian involvement in orchestrating migrant flows to the bloc.
Seven migrants drowned off the coast of Turkey on Friday after they reportedly jumped from a boat when authorities tried to intercept them. The group was attempting to reach Greece.
Police in the southern Italian city of Crotone have arrested the suspected ringleader of a human trafficking network who was sentenced in France to ten years in prison for criminal association.