Germans fear migration more than climate change, study finds
Europeans — especially Germans — are increasingly keen on curbing immigration and are less focused on climate change, according to a study by a Danish-based think tank.
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Italy bans NGO planes from departing from airports near migrant routes
Italy has announced that planes used by charities to track migrant boats in difficulty in the central Mediterranean will no longer be able to fly from airports on the islands of Sicily, Pantelleria and Lampedusa.
Italy’s Meloni in Libya to talk migration
Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni met with Libyan officials in Tripoli and Benghazi on Tuesday (May 7). Migration was high on the Italian delegation's agenda.
Poland: Migrant smuggling ring busted
Investigators have broken up an international migrant smuggling network along Poland's border with Belarus, prosecutors say. Criminal proceedings have now been initiated against 36 suspected smugglers who reportedly hail from Poland1
UNHCR: Heavy rainfall displaces thousands in East Africa
Thousands of people continue to be affected by El Niño-triggered torrential rain and heavy flooding sweeping across East Africa, UNHCR warned in a statement last week.