Having spent more than a week onboard the Geo Barents rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, 659 refugees have finally been given clearance to disembark in Italy. They are expected to arrive in Taranto on the morning of August 5.
The European Commission has awarded €171 million to Cyprus, Spain, Greece, Italy and Poland to help manage asylum reception and returns. The funds are aimed at easing the burden of migrant arrivals in the border Member States.
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced that Ukrainian nationals who opt to go back to their home country while the war with Russia continues are allowed to return to the EU. She added, however, that data on who was co1
The death of a spouse cannot impede the acquisition of Italian citizenship. According to the Italian Constitutional Court, death cannot cancel the full safeguard of guarantees based on the marital bond.
A new shelter, destined to house migrants who arrive autonomously from Tunisia, is now open on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria. The facility will also be coordinating the transfer of the migrants to other parts of Italy.