Austrian minister pushes EU to consider repatriations to Syria and Afghanistan
Austria’s Interior Minister Gerhard Karner is pushing the EU to start considering sending migrants back to Syria and Afghanistan, an act currently illegal in the EU.
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Scholarships available for refugee students to study in Italy
A call for scholarship applications from refugee students who want to study at Italian universities launched March 1. The scholarships are part of the sixth edition of the University Corridors for Refugees (Unicore) project. Applica1
Nine arrested for allegedly smuggling migrants along the Balkan route
Last week, nine citizens of Pakistani origin were arrested in Tuscany by the Siena Flying Squad on the charge of aiding and abetting clandestine migration through the Balkan route.
Syrian father admits to burying child at sea en route to Cyprus
Police in Cyprus say a Syrian migrant admitted to burying one of his four children, a six-year-old, at sea after the child died while the family was adrift on a migrant boat in the Mediterranean.
Libyan coast guard accused of threatening crew of rescue ship in Mediterranean
The crew of the German rescue ship Humanity 1 say they were threatened by the crew of a Libyan coast guard vessel as they sought to rescue 77 migrants from small boats. At least one person drowned and tens were forced back to Libya,1