German companies are struggling to hire skilled workers from abroad. As a new immigration law goes into effect, bureaucratic processes remain cumbersome, holding back firms from their hiring plans.

He was "everything" to his mother, a quiet boy in his Paris neighbourhood, struck down by a policeman's bullet that has sparked riots and soul searching in a country where police have long faced accusations of singling out minoritie1

UNHCR said in a June 27 statement that it is increasingly alarmed over growing humanitarian needs among those affected by the crisis in Sudan.

Thousands of migrants have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend. Despite ferry transfers to Sicily and the Italian mainland, the 'hotspot' first reception center on Lampedusa was at eight times its capacity.