Germany winds down Afghan admissions, 280 waiting in Pakistan
Those waiting to be granted entry to Germany include 230 people accepted under the Federal Reception Program for Afghanistan and about 50 former local staff and their relatives.
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Spain's new migrant regularization explained
Spain is preparing a process that could regularize around 500,000 irregular migrants already living in the country. Here’s what the government says the new status will allow and what research found happened to migrants regularized i1
Italy: Courts issue back-to-back rulings in favor of Sea Watch migrant rescue organization
Courts ruled that the Italian government must pay German NGO Sea-Watch 76,000 euros and also ordered the release of its detained vessel, the Sea-Watch 5. The humanitarian organization welcomed the rulings as vindication against gove1
Italy: More details emerge in migrant shipwreck trial
In a February 17 hearing, Carabinieri officer Roberto Nicola Cara provided a detailed account of what happened the night of a 2023 shipwreck off the Italian town of Steccato di Cutro in which almost a hundred people died.
Egyptian families pay ransoms for sons missing on migrant boats to Europe
As more Egyptians attempt dangerous journeys to Europe, families say smugglers are increasingly extorting them for money, threatening migrants' lives while desperation at home drives departures.