A total of 5,662 Afghans came to the UK having crossed the English Channel in the year to March. NGOs are urging the government to facilitate safer, official routes and for family reunion rules to be eased.
The charges against crew members of Save the Children, MSF and Jugend Rettet, had no basis, according to reasons for judgment published this week. The NGOs committed no crime and there was no cooperation with people smugglers, the c1
Cyprus has announced plans that it would be joining a group of European Union countries that are in favor of setting up safe areas in Syria to allow the repatriation of refugees who have fled the war in their country.
Ravenna has been designated as a disembarkation port for the NGO ship Sea-Eye 4 with 52 migrants on board rescued in Maltese waters. Arrival at the Romagna port is expected on Saturday, May 25.
The monument boat dedicated to migrants, inaugurated on April 13 in Crotone, was set on fire by unknown perpetrators at dawn on May 20, sparking condemnation.