Last year saw another sharp rise in the number of people arriving 'irregularly' in Germany, even though they had already received refugee protection in Greece. Tens of thousands of claims for asylum in Germany remain on hold while a1
After fights broke out in a migrant reception camp on Cyprus on Tuesday and Wednesday, the country's Interior Minister said that repatriation would be key to easing overcrowding.
The Italian right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party has said that migrant detainees, about 30% of the prison population in Italy, should serve a sentence in their country of origin to avoid overcrowding in Italian prisons.
Italian authorities have reported five migrants to prosecutors and to pensions and social security agency INPS for allegedly claiming the 'citizenship wage' minimum-income benefit illicitly.
Austrian police say they have uncovered an illegal operation that has been smuggling migrants in a box hidden under a truck from Romania. Eight migrants found on Wednesday were suffering from hypothermia and some had passed out.