Over 50 organizations addressed a letter to the European Union to denounce the risk that the migration pact which is currently under negotiation "may translate into a malfunctioning, expensive and cruel system."
On International Migrants Day, the October 3rd Committee, founded following the massive shipwreck in 2013 off the coasts of Lampedusa, once again emphasized the need for an integrated system to register deaths in Italy and the rest1
The bill aimed at tightening immigration rules was passed without the need for far-right votes, despite major opposition.
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia has announced a ban on the deportation of Yazidi women and children. Yazidis have been victims of an attempted genocide by IS militias in Syria and northern Iraq.
One year after the introduction of the Opportunity Residence law, more than 47,000 migrants who have been living in Germany for years with 'tolerated status' have received a temporary residence permit.