The Swedish government intends to inform immigrants about their duty to defend the country. Ultimately, the topic of the threat of war is to be included in the syllabus of a compulsory course on Swedish society for newcomers.more
The UK House of Commons today began a two-day debate on a highly controversial and hugely divisive bill within the ruling Conservative Party to allow the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda.more
Six people from Rwanda have been granted asylum in the UK since the two countries signed an agreement in April 2022 to return illegal immigrants to the African country, the i daily reported today, pointing out that this undermines the government's claims that Rwanda is a safe country.more
The first people seen crossing the English Channel in a small boats in 2024 have arrived on Kent shores, nearly a month after the last arrivals. A group believed to be migrants were seen arriving in Dover after being picked up in a Border Force vessel on Saturday morning.more
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is likely to delay ruling on orders halting deportation flights from the UK to Rwanda and may be "tempted" to drag this out until after the House of Commons elections, the Daily Telegraph wrote yesterday.more
Not a single boat with illegal immigrants has entered the UK across the Channel for the past 25 days, the longest such period since February/March 2020, according to Home Office figures released yesterday.more
In the Netherlands, over 5 thousand labor migrants from Eastern Europe, primarily from Poland, are homeless - reported the daily "De Telegraaf". The newspaper warns that some of them are forced to sleep in tents.more
The percentage of immigrants receiving asylum in the UK is higher than in most European countries, and has more than doubled since Brexit, reports the Daily Telegraph. Poland is also among the countries with the highest percentage of positively considered applications.more
Britain is insufficiently coordinating efforts with France to reduce the number of illegal migrants crossing the English Channel on small boats, according to a report by the French Court of Auditors published yesterday.more
Fewer migrants arrived in the Netherlands last year than in 2022, the Dutch Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has notified. A total of 336,900 such people arrived in the Netherlands in 2023, compared to 404,000 the year before.more
The detention of 2,000 migrants who entered Poland through Slovakia has deterred more. The pressure from the Balkan route has eased, but Russia and Belarus are preparing new routes, "Rzeczpospolita" reports today.more
The number of migrants crossing the Channel has fallen year-on-year for the first time since current records began. Government figures show the total arrivals in 2023 were down by more than a third on 2022.more
At the end of 2022, approximately 1.523 million permanent residents of the country were temporarily staying outside Poland - the Central Statistical Office reported. As he explained, it was about 24 thousand. less than in 2021more
"There are several reasons why Rwanda is willing to accept illegal immigrants coming to the UK - money, international standing, reputation - but whether the deal will help its image is as uncertain as whether deportations will begin at all," he says. Ben Shepherd, Africa analyst at the London think tank Chatham House.more
The British Ministry of Home Affairs withdrew from the - announced at the beginning of December - and causing great controversy - raising by more than one hundred percent the income threshold required for Britons to be able to bring a foreign family member.more
The Greek Parliament voted yesterday to amend the law so that illegal immigrants will be able to apply for a three-year residence and work permit, the Kathimerini portal reported. The government of Kyriakos Micotakis wants to solve the country's labour shortage in this way.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that there is no "concrete date" for fulfilling his promise to stop boats with illegal immigrants crossing the Channel, although he made this one of his five priorities for the year in early January.more
Climate migration is already underway in the United States; residents are fleeing flood-prone areas, say scientists in a report published on Monday analyzing national migration trends caused by climate risk. 3.2 million Americans have already left the threatened areas.more
The Federal Ministry of the Interior has announced the extension of stationary controls at Germany's borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland for three months - until 15 March. These controls are an effective measure in the fight against people smugglers and illegal migration, justified the head of the German Interior Ministry Nancy Faeser (SPD).more
James Cleverly’s package of policies, aimed at bringing about “the biggest ever reduction in net migration”, has provoked a widespread backlash in short-staffed sectors across the economy. Here are some of its potential implications.more
In County Galway in the west of Ireland, a hotel that had not been used for several years burned down on the night of Saturday to Sunday, where 70 asylum seekers were due to be accommodated on Thursday. A few hours earlier, a protest was held in front of the hotel by those opposing their placement there.more
The number of migrants coming to the Netherlands will increase over the next few years, the Dutch Statistics Bureau (CBS) announced on Friday. From 2028 onwards, there will be around 310,000 of them per year, compared to the current 240,000.more
"The government is willing to sacrifice the rights of British citizens who happen to fall in love across borders," one rights advocate told Euronews.more
The number of inhabitants of Spain has exceeded 48 million, a level previously unheard of in this country - according to preliminary estimates of the population census prepared by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) in Madrid.more
Human rights report also identifies over 90 worker deaths in different sectors around the world in the past year mainly linked to health and safety breaches.more
