Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser rejected the Union’s proposal to implement a stricter immigration policy. During the coalition negotiations, Faeser — a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) — presented the Migration Budget Report, which highlighted a decline in the number of refugees in Germany. She also criticized Merz for the Union faction’s hardline…
The British Labor government has received UN approval to transfer rejected asylum seekers to detention centers outside the country. This follows a meeting last month between Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), where Cooper discussed a plan to relocate asylum seekers to detention centers in…
The Polish opposition has accused the government of covertly assisting Germany in transferring thousands of migrants into Poland. Just days after a protest at the western border, key opposition leaders, including Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of the Law and Justice party, visited the southern border with Germany. They urged Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government to…
According to 2024 statistics, the number of asylum cases pending before German courts has increased significantly. This rise is attributed to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees implementing a new law designed to expedite the processing of pending asylum applications from previous years. As a result, more than 100,000 new asylum applications are being…
A Syrian refugee carried out a random knife attack on pedestrians in the city of Villach, in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia, killing a 14-year-old teenager and injuring five other men, including two in critical condition. Police arrested the suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian man with legal residency in Austria. Police have not revealed the…
The Council of State in Athens has overturned a government decision that classified Turkey as a safe third country. This classification was jointly issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Migration and Asylum. The ruling was made in a closed session and passed by a majority vote. Michalis Pikramenos, President of…
A fake video circulating on social media in Greece falsely portrays demonstrations from last February as anti-migrant and refugee protests. The video has amassed nearly 1.2 million views on Twitter, with Euro News reporting that many of these views were artificially boosted by bot-like fake accounts as part of a coordinated disinformation campaign. An investigative…
In 2024, Germany experienced a 30% decrease in asylum applications compared to 2023, with a total of 237,000 applications registered. This figure represents about 92,000 fewer applications than the 334,000 recorded in 2023, according to a report from the European Union Asylum Agency. Interestingly, this total is approximately 7,000 more than the 230,000 applications reported…
The British government has introduced amendments to the guidelines for immigration officers, seeking to prevent asylum seekers who entered the country illegally from obtaining British citizenship. Many legal experts argue that these new amendments violate international refugee agreements to which the UK is committed. The new changes are expected to prevent asylum seekers from obtaining…
The Dutch government has announced that it will proceed with its plan to send rejected asylum seekers to Uganda. This initiative, developed by Reinette Klever, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Aid, and Marjolein Faber, Minister of Asylum and Migration, stipulates that rejected asylum seekers will be sent to Uganda only after they have exhausted…
Geert Wilders, the right-wing leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, has threatened to pull out of the ruling coalition and push for early elections if a strict asylum bill is not passed. His warning follows a contentious recommendation from an advisory body against submitting the legislation to parliament. The Dutch Council of State’s advisory body…
The Free Democratic Party (FDP) is advocating for a compromise migration pact to be reached before the end of the parliamentary session. They are seeking the support of the Federalist faction, the Greens, and the Social Democrats to create a new migration agreement that aims to reduce illegal immigration while upholding German values. The FDP’s…
