The Federal Admissions Program for Afghans at risk was temporarily suspended last March under allegations of abuse. Until this week, it had not actually managed to bring anyone to Germany.
An Italian shoemaker has been in Burkina Faso as part of a project entitled "Leather and Hide" to teach skills to allow people from Burkina Faso to work successfully in their country of origin, instead of migrating to Europe.
Samaneh Nasiri, an Afghan woman, arrived in Italy thanks to a humanitarian corridor and during a meeting in Rome she spoke about the initiative that gave her back freedom and a new life.
The opening of the new center is part of Italy's latest decree to deal with migration. The government hopes to send back people from these countries more quickly, via the new center.
Germany is seeing a shift in the language used around the country's migration policy, but how far does this reflect a social and political change?