Europe's largest economy is on target to grant 200,000 visas for skilled job seekers by the end of the year, a 10% jump compared to last year, when immigration reforms were first rolled out.
The leader of the largest party in the Netherlands' governing coalition, Geert Wilders, has called for foreigners to be deported. But the opposition accused him of "pouring oil onto the fire".
Two bodies discovered in waters off the island of Lanzarote have been identified as a young man and a woman from Morocco. Their bodies are to be repatriated next week.
This week, the Brothers of Italy (FdI) Party issued an amendment to the migration flow decree. This amendment calls for the Court of Appeals to decide if migrants should be held in Albania instead of leaving the decision to the migr1
The bodies of three people have been found on the beaches of northern France since Tuesday. Authorities believe they are likely to be migrants who died trying to reach Britain.