The bishop of Ventimiglia has criticized France over the "very negative consequences" of the suspension of the Schengen Accords along the country's border with Italy, citing discrimination in border control against African and Asian1
A controversial plan by the British government to fly asylum-seekers from the UK to Rwanda is set to go ahead after a court rejected a last-minute appeal.
A cemetery was inaugurated on June 10 by the Caritas charity in the city of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy for 45 migrants who died in June 2016 when trying to cross the Mediterranean towards Italian shores.
The EU says it has registered a considerable increase of irregular entries into the bloc from the Western Balkans. The EU border agency Frontex said that many of the irregular migrants and refugees were either Afghan or Syrian.
Turkey has announced plans to tighten conditions for foreigners to be eligible for residence permits. New rules to be introduced next month will especially affect Syrian refugees and other migrants in certain neighborhoods.