An agreement between Italy and Albania to have asylum claims processed outside the EU will cost an estimated 653 million euros over five years, the Italian research institute Openpolis has found.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government has already chartered commercial jets that would be ready within months. The plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda had previously faced legal hurdles.
Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides told a German media group on Sunday that his country wants to help broker talks between the EU and Lebanon planned for May 2. The aim is to offer Lebanon a financial package and help create st1
Several hundred people mainly of Syrian origins who were seeking to enter Cyprus from Lebanon have in recent weeks been intercepted by the Cypriot authorities and sent back towards Lebanon, where social tensions against Syrian refug1
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen visited the Nordic nations border with Russia, accusing Moscow of weaponizing migration to settle a score with the new NATO member.