In 2023, more people moved to Germany to live than left the country, the German Federal Statistical Office has said. But the surplus was well down on that in the previous year, largely owing to one country.
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) asked for urgent international support for the humanitarian crisis in Eastern Chad, facing an exponential flight of people from the ongoing conflict in neighboring Sudan.
The Polish government is considering shutting down the last two open border crossings with Belarus. Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski attributes the potential move to the ongoing high number of migrant arrivals from Belarus.
The topic of medical assistance for "excluded or invisible" individuals, such as irregular migrants, homeless persons, and detainees, remains "relatively unexplored." This issue was discussed at a dedicated convention at the Italian1
Serbia has signed an agreement with EU border agency Frontex to deploy border guards across the non-EU country's borders. The Balkan state has long been a transit country for migrants hoping to enter the EU.