Asylum seeker

NGOs ask German Parliament to vote against immigration policy measures

Non-governmental organizations defending human rights, Amnesty International and ProAsyl, calls the German Parliament not to vote for the new package of measures that Germany’s government has submitted on immigration and asylum policy, according to Die Welt and Die Zeit newspaper.

Commissioner Avramopoulos and Minister Asselborn to visit hotspot area in Italy

On Friday 9 October, Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean Asselborn will travel to Italy accompanied by Interior Minister Angelino Alfano for a concrete demonstration of the roll out of the European Union’s comprehensive response to the refugee crisis.

Bulgaria Registers Triple Increase in Number of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers

Since the beginning of the year, more than 11 000 requests for temporary stay in Bulgaria have been submitted, which represents nearly a double increase compared to 2014.

This was announced by the chairperson of the State Agency for Refugees (DAB), Nikola Kazakov, in an interview for private bTV station on Tuesday.

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