The UK government has announced it plans to introduce new visa restrictions targeting nationals from countries with high asylum claim rates, including Pakistan, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka, in an attempt to reduce annual net migration.
Over 100 migrants hosted at a center for asylum seekers in the Puglian city of Bari have complained that they were evicted from the facility last week after being granted international protection and that they are now homeless.
An appeals judge in Lecce recently questioned the constitutional legitimacy of legislation regulating the legal entry of foreign workers, the management of migrant flows and international protection applications. The case regards th1
Germany's incoming interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, is set to increase border controls and migrant rejections as part of a tougher immigration policy, despite concerns over police staffing shortages and legal challenges.
The United Nations estimates that over one million internally displaced Syrians have returned to their hometowns since the fall of the Assad regime. But 6 million others remain in temporary shelters. DW reports from Zardana, Idlib.