The mayor of the northwestern border city of Ventimiglia in Liguria, Flavio Di Muro, has commented on the gunfight reported on Saturday night, September 6, near a migrant camp on the Roya riverbank. Two people were injured in the sh1
The significant decline in overall asylum claims was due to the massive reduction in applications from Syrians seeking protection.
The UK government is considering plans to house asylum seekers at former military sites in a bid to cut down on the costly use of hotels. The move comes as small boat Channel crossings surpass 30,000 so far this year.
Five migrants were killed and another critically injured when their boat collided with a Turkish coast guard vessel conducting routine patrols off northwest Turkey. One person remains missing.
An exhibition entitled Non รจ Stato il Mare ('It Wasn't the Sea') in Italy's northern city of Milan from September 4 to 28 focuses on the first ten years of the migrant rescue NGO Sea-Watch.