The Spanish maritime rescue service Salvamento Maritimo has saved the lives of 263 persons traveling aboard five boats to the Canary Islands in the last 24 hours. Emergency services told Spain's EFE news agency that the rescued migr1
The Council of Ministers in Italy has confirmed the list of safe countries outlined in a decree-law from October last year. Asylum seekers from "safe countries" are presumed to be at low risk of persecution and may have their claims1
The health of nearly 13 million refugees is at risk due to funding cuts, according to a warning launched by UNHCR during a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on March 28.
Germany's interior minister says she sees the migration policy of the outgoing coalition government as a success. Nancy Faeser said deportations were up and asylum claims down.
With a March 28 decision, Italy's northeastern region Friuli Venezia Giulia set new criteria for hosting unaccompanied migrant minors.