Italy’s highest court of appeal ruled that it was illegal to return migrants from the sea to Libya. The ruling was welcomed by charitable organizations and human rights groups, which criticized the government for cooperating with the Libyan authorities on migration. The court upheld the conviction of the captain of the Italian tugboat (ASO 28),…
Top German newspapers have paid attention to the approaching month of Ramadan, which creates a special atmosphere for German Muslims and new refugees, and published many reports and articles explaining the nature of this month and its importance for Muslims in Germany, especially immigrants and refugees, as the percentage of Muslims in Germany is approximately…
Starting from the first of March 2024, the system for employing foreigners with professional experience in Germany will be activated, in accordance with the new immigration law, which aims to meet the need of the labor market in Germany for skilled workers. This system will benefit people with professional experience who hold certificates accredited by…
Under the slogan “For Democracy and Cohesion,” about 6,000 people demonstrated in the center of the German city of Wolfsburg against the far-right. This demonstration was called for, among other organisers, by the Volkswagen Group, whose CEO Oliver Blume said: “People are currently taking to the streets throughout Germany for democracy and freedom. For the…
The Italian authorities arrested 14 people after violent protests broke out in a pre-deportation detention center in Ponte Galleria, near the capital, Rome, in the wake of the tragic suicide of an immigrant from Guinea, while human rights powers called for the closure of “inhumane” detention centers, which they considered to be collapsing and does…
The French authorities announced their intention to make a controversial constitutional amendment that would abolish the right of those born on the French island of Mayotte, which has a Muslim majority in the Indian Ocean, to obtain citizenship, claiming that it would help stop the illegal immigration crisis. This step was rejected by the Socialists…
The German Development Minister inaugurated a third immigration center, in the West African country of Nigeria, as part of a series of new immigration centers, with the aim of reducing irregular immigration and providing advice and guidance to people who want to work in Germany. German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze…
A migrant was shot dead, and another was injured near the Loon-Plage camp in northern France, while the judicial police and the Central Office to Combat Migrant Trafficking opened an investigation. The injured person was a 33-year-old Iraqi, while the identity of the deceased was not confirmed. Dunkirk prosecutor Charlotte Hutet said on Sunday, February…
The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Ofpra) announced that it had received “142,500 applications for international protection, including 123,400 asylum applications for the first time” during the year 2023, which represents an unprecedented increase in the number of asylum applications in France. Afghans represented the largest number of asylum seekers…
The Spanish Supreme Court ruled that the deportation of hundreds of young Moroccan minors from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in August 2021, after a mass border crossing, was illegal and violated the European Convention on Human Rights, in a blow to the coalition government’s immigration policy. The court’s judges rejected an appeal filed by…
A state court in Germany declared that German intelligence services classified the youth organization affiliated with the far-right Alternative for Germany party as a confirmed extremist movement, after a series of angry demonstrations over a far-right plan, woven at night, and recently exposed, to expel foreigners from Germany. The Cologne Administrative Court issued the ruling…
The first opinion poll after millions demonstrated against right-wing extremism and the Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) that spread across Germany showed that the AfD had begun to lose its popularity among German voters, but the ruling coalition did not benefit from this decline. The “AfD” in the opinion poll called “Sonntagsfrage” came at 21.5%,…
