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Under the Dublin system, responsibility for an asylum application generally falls on the EU member state through which the applicant first entered the bloc.
German media reported that the first case involves a 22-year-old Somali woman who entered Germany in March 2026.
Migrants crossing the Mediterranean often arrive first in either country before travelling onwards to northern Europe, including Germany.
The victim was Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan-born man who had lived in Italy since the age of seven and built his life in the Bologna area.
India remains the top nationality for main applicants, also bringing in a huge number of dependents. 2,395 Indians brought in 10,504 dependents.
The figures come from medical and documentary checks carried out on thousands of young migrants who arrived claiming to be minors.
One of the largest regularisation programmes in recent European history.
So far, authorities have granted around 360,000 temporary permits, representing roughly 40 per cent of processed requests.
The report, published by the Danube Institute, defines a migrant plotter as anyone born outside Europe who spent their childhood in a non-European country.
Greek migration minister Thanos Plevris has warned that approximately 550,000 migrants and refugees are currently waiting in Libya for an opportunity to cross the…
The Spanish Government has instructed prisons to actively identify foreign inmates eligible for regularisation and to assist in processing their applications as…
Elon Musk has accused Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of "high treason" over the Spanish Government's mass regularisation of undocumented migrants, as the…
On the first day alone, 13,500 migrants submitted applications through the Spanish Government’s new "extraordinary regularisation" scheme.
Large crowds of migrants, including many from African countries, have formed outside Spanish consulates and foreign embassies across Spain as the government’s…
A covert network of immigration advisers and law firms is reportedly charging migrants substantial fees to engineer asylum applications by falsely claiming persecution…
The first two months of 2026 saw a record number of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, despite fewer crossing attempts towards Europe, according to data from the…
Spain's Council of Ministers has approved a royal decree mandating universal access to public healthcare for all foreign nationals residing in the country, even…
Spain's left-wing government approved Tuesday a plan to regularise around 500,000 undocumented migrants by decree, the country's latest break with harsher policies…
A dozen people have been indicted regarding the issuing of more than 1,000 false documents from three private universities to enable migrants to enter the European…
Spanish police are investigating more than 20 illegal immigrants over the deaths of more than 70 others reportedly accused of witchcraft.
Spain has seen several nights of ethnic violence between locals and migrant communities after an elderly Spaniard was attacked.
An ongoing investigation into the allegedly corrupt practices of former Spanish transport minister José Luis Ábalos has disclosed that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's…
Libya has closed down the headquarters of 10 NGOs active in the nation, forcing them to suspend their activities after accusing them of “settling illegal immigrants”…
The Spanish Government said it was set to give illegal immigrants affected by the floods in Valencia legal status.
New figures from the French Ministry of the Interior have revealed record-high migration levels. In 2024, 2,858,083 visas were granted, or a rise of 16.
Annual numbers released by Spain's Interior Ministry have shown that 46,843 migrants reached Europe via the Canary Islands in 2024, marking a new record.
The Spanish Government aims to replace the current asylum law with a stricter framework aligned with the new migration rules agreed upon in Brussels.
NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has announced it will cease its operations using the boat Geo Barents due to strict Italian laws that have made its operation "impossible".
The number of migrants reaching Spain's Canary Islands on precarious vessels from West Africa has hit an all-time annual record with 41,425 arrivals between…
The Spanish Government has announced the country is set to legalise 300,000 undocumented migrants per year through 2027 under new regulations.
