The European Union has reached an agreement with the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to launch joint operations to monitor the country’s border in a bid to curb irregular migration. The Balkan nation shares nearly 1,000 kilomet1
A delegation of MPs from the Fratelli d'Italia party visited the Italian island of Lampedusa this week to discuss the ongoing arrival of migrant boats with Mayor Filippo Mannino.
The British government has outlined plans to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers, a move it says will save 1.2 billion euros a year, which will be allocated to increase defence and health spending.
The number of people displaced by war, violence and persecution has almost doubled in the past decade, the UN says. But funding for its refugee agency UNHCR remains at about the same level as in 2015.
Anti-immigration demonstrations escalated in Northern Ireland leading to clashes with police after two adolescents of foreign origin were accused of attempted rape of a young girl.