Germany amends asylum rules in favor of queer refugees
Germany will now consider queer refugees at risk of persecution in their home countries, whether or not they openly live with their identity and orientation.
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NGO-run fleet grows, 10,000 migrants rescued this year
NGO-run rescue vessels operating in the Mediterranean Sea have taken to Italy a total of 10,000 migrants during the first nine months of 2022, compared to 6,000 last year. The fleet is growing amid tensions about the future of immig1
Central European countries aim to block migrant routes
After reintroducing border checks, Central European leaders have been discussing further measures to block migrants who use their countries as transit routes to the rest of the EU.
EU countries again carrying out more deportations
The number of deportation orders issued in the European Union is on the rise, according to Eurostat figures. Almost 100,000 people were ordered out of the 27-member bloc in the second quarter of 2022.
Lampedusa commemorates 368 migrants who died at sea in 2013
With prayers, silence, flowers and tears, Lampedusa commemorated on Monday the deadly migrant shipwreck of October 3, 2013, with a march of students, survivors, and members of institutions, asking Europe for a response to the migrat1