There are obstacles blocking access to international protection procedures in Trieste, according to a report presented on December 17 by a committee of NGOs working with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the area.
Germany has announced that it will admit the majority of Afghan refugees currently stranded in Pakistan who hold legally binding admission promises. However, hundreds of others without such guarantees remain in limbo, as Germany sim1
With the support of refugee rights group Pro Asyl, two families from South Sudan have successfully sued for their admission to Germany. They were among a group of refugees selected by the United Nations as particularly vulnerable.
Amy Pope, the UN Migration Agency (IOM)'s Director General is visiting Libya between December 16 and 19. She is holding a series of meetings in the country with the aim of reducing the numbers of migrants attempting to cross on the1
A Tunisian trial that opened on December 15 against members of the Tunisian branch of the French NGO Terre d'Asile, accused of providing illegal assistance to migrants, has been postponed until January.