More than 350,000 people applied for asylum in Germany in 2023, the highest number since 2016. Opposition parties have blamed the government for not controlling what they call a "migration crisis."

A human rights group has called on the Tunisian government to end mass expulsions and arbitrary arrests of migrants. It also wants undocumented migrants in the country to be granted legal status.

Over 80 migrants who left a month ago from Lebanon have gone missing: this was reported by Lebanese media on January 8. Lebanon is the country with the highest per capita number of refugees in the world and it is currently undergoin1

The Danish migration minister says Germany should tackle migrant 'pull factors' and focus on deporting rejected asylum seekers.