Earlier this week, the council in the Italian city of Riace, in Calabria, rejected a request filed by the prefect's office in the region's capital Reggio Calabria, to disqualify the mayor Domenico "Mimmo" Lucano.
In principle, Germany’s Conservatives and Social Democrats have agreed on the need for a tougher stance on migration. But they have yet to find common ground on whether any asylum seeker arriving by land is to be turned away.
In an open letter, 40 UK parliamentarians said that a digital ID system could help the country track undocumented migrants and legally tax "off-the-books" employment.
An international criminal organisation that oversaw the trafficking of at least 3,000 migrants from Turkey to Italy has been dismantled. The smuggling group had been operating between Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Italy for years.
The Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) have outlined their policy plans in their finalized coalition agreements, announcing restrictions on various immigration issues. Above all, the new government will mak1