Refugees flown to Germany under UN resettlement program
154 refugees from African countries arrived in the German city of Erfurt last week as part of a United Nations resettlement program.
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Italy: Death of migrant who dozed off and fell overboard probed
Italian police are investigating the death at sea of an Ivorian migrant who had departed from Libya to reach Lampedusa. The man fell asleep and then fell into the water to his death, according to some of the passengers who witnessed1
Hungary: Orban announces new far-right European alliance
Hungarian, Czech and Austrian parties have created the Patriots for Europe grouping, which aims to secure more influence for right-leaning and far-right parties in the new European Parliament.
Italy: Migrant arrivals down 60% in 2024, interior ministry says
Migrant arrivals in Italy dropped by 60 percent in the first six months of 2024 compared to the first semester of 2023, down from over 62,000 to just over 25,000, according to data released by the interior ministry. The ministry als1
Germany: Voluntary return often fails due to bureaucracy
The voluntary return of thousands of rejected asylum seekers in Germany to their home countries has become a bottleneck, a new media report shows. In theory, returnees can apply for support from federal and state governments includi1