EU countries are not allowed to insist that applications for family reunification are made in person at a diplomatic post. The European Court of Justice ruling comes after Belgian authorities refused to register an application by a1
Almost 1,000 migrants heading to Italy were rescued on Sunday (April 16) amid an ongoing surge of arrivals. A new commissioner has been tasked with taking care of arrivals - but solutions to stem the migrant influx seem elusive.
A group of 60 migrants rescued from two separate boats in the central Mediterranean disembarked on the island of Malta on Monday. It was the biggest arrival of migrants in Malta in many months.
The Italian coast guard rescued roughly 600 migrants from a fishing boat in distress off the island of Sicily, according to news agency ANSA.
A report conducted by Italy's Astalli Refugee Center (the Italian chapter of the Jesuit Refugee Service) notes stark differences in how refugees who arrived over the Mediterranean and refugees from Ukraine were treated in 2022.