Yazidis continue hunger strike and protest in Berlin
A group of Yazidi asylum seekers have been on hunger strike outside the German Agency for Refugees and Asylum (BAMF) in Berlin. They fear the threat of being sent back to Iraq.
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Human rights court upholds migrant teenager's case against Malta
A teenager from Ivory Coast has won a case against the Maltese government at the European Court of Human Rights. The court ruled that the migrant was unlawfully treated in detention, despite suffering serious physical and mental hea1
Italy: Number of stay permits at record-high in 2022
According to a report by the Italian National Statistics Institute ISTAT, nearly 500,000 stay permits were issued in the country in 2022. This record figure had not been seen in over 10 years and was an 86% increase on the previous1
Van with migrants flees police and crashes into border guardrail
A van carrying migrants crashed into a border guardrail between Italy and Slovenia after fleeing a police checkpoint. The accident did not result in any casualties.
Austria and Germany add border checks, Switzerland may follow
Austria will introduce intensified checks at its northern border with the Czech Republic to stem irregular migration and prevent smugglers from changing their routes and evading justice, the country's interior minister announced.