Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced that the EU might be ready to pitch a proposal on the creation of so-called 'return hubs' for irregular migrants outside the bloc within two months.
With a general election in February, it didn't take long for politicians to try and exploit the attack on Magdeburg's Christmas market. Domestic security will likely become a key election campaign issue.
At least 20 migrants are missing or presumed dead after their boat sank on their way to Italy from Libya. Only seven people could be rescued from the shipwreck, Italian authorities have said.
Five people have been officially placed under investigation in the Marche city of Ancona for allegedly producing fake documents and jobs to enable foreign citizens to illicitly obtain residence permits in exchange for money as part1
According to an interior ministry report, people from Vietnam, Iran and Syria fueled the surge in numbers, with Afghanistan accounting for the single largest group of arrivals in the first nine months of last year.