Spain has revealed it plans to convert sites such as military barracks into new accommodation for 3,000 migrants. The shelters will house some of the migrants being transferred from the Canary Islands, where more than 23,500 people1
A plane bringing Afghan refugees stranded in Pakistan since the Taliban takeover has landed in the UK. Evacuations are being stepped up as Pakistan prepares to deport unauthorized foreign nationals.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) applauds the choice of the Republic of Congo to adhere to the 1954 Status of Stateless Persons Convention and to the 1961 Convention on the reduction of statelessness.
Italian authorities have arrested three Pakistani nationals accused of exploiting low-wage agricultural laborers who were recruited among the asylum seekers in the region of Marche.
Another boat with hundreds of migrants on board has arrived on Lampedusa. But the government says its work to stop migration is bearing fruit, as the number of people reaching Italy has fallen for the first time this year.