More migrants entered Germany irregularly in September than in any month over the past seven years. Germany's interior minister Nancy Faeser is looking to ease deportation procedures.
Due to its aging population, Italy would need at least 280,000 foreign workers a year until 2050 to compensate for the shrinking national labor force, the IDOS Study and Research Centre has said ahead of the publication of its 20231
Authorities in Spain logged a record number of illegal migrant entries this weekend, with 1,325 sub-Saharan Africans reaching the Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa. One boat alone carried 321 people.
Migration took central stage at the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg in light of deadly attacks by foreigners in France and Belgium, and possible consequences of an escalation of the war in the Middle East.
The processing of asylum applications in Germany has become slightly faster – on average, people now have to wait around six months for a decision. That's despite a substantial increase in the number of applications.