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From file: In the last week, at least three boats setting off from Tunisia have got into difficulty resulting in several deaths | Photo: Yassine Gaidi / Anadolu Agency / picture alliance

At least 15 missing after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

At least 15 migrants are missing and four have been rescued after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Tunisia on Tuesday.

From file: More and more Russian men are trying to leave the country to avoid being recruited into the war in Ukraine | Photo: Alexey Malgavko/Reuters

Germany: Sharp increase in number of Russian asylum seekers

The number of Russians seeking asylum in Germany has risen sharply, according to a media report. In the first three months of this year alone, almost 2,400 Russian nationals filed for asylum, which is close to last year's total numb1

Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on April 17 | Photo: ANSA/PAOLO GIANDOTTI/UFFICIO STAMPA PER LA STAMPA E LA COMUNICAZIONE DELLA PRESIDENZA DELLA REPUBBLICA

Mattarella urges EU to overcome 'prehistoric' migrant rules

Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda has met in Warsaw on April 17 to exchange views on the EU's migration policy. Both have called for reforms in the EU's way of addressing migration, taking p1

From file: The Isment camp in the Afrin district of Aleppo, where, prior to the earthquake in February, hundreds of Syrians lived in tents and briquette houses in and around an old cement factory | Photo: picture alliance / Esra Hacioglu Karakaya / Anadolu Agency

No requirement to apply in person for family reunification, EU court rules

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

Survivors of a shipwreck off the Libyan coast are received in the Pozzallo port on Sicily | Picture: ARCHIVE/ANSA/FRANCESCA RUTA

Almost 1,000 migrants rescued over weekend, as Italy seeks new solutions to migrant influx

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.