The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that the government's longstanding plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful at present. However, the ruling hinges on the technicality that Rwanda cannot be deemed a safe third country, and does not mean that outsourcing asylum procedures to another country is illegal as such.
Serbia's increasingly restrictive border policies are having an overall impact on the Balkan migration route. Austrian authorities say they have noted a significant drop of about 70% of people being intercepted while trying to enter the country using irregular means since mid-December.
London's High Court said Britain's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal. A planned deportation flight in June was blocked by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
A legal ruling, from two years ago, nullified the decision that benefits received by single asylum seekers in Germany, who live in government-provided shared accommodation, should be docked. It has now emerged that that ruling applies to all asylum seekers, regardless of how long they have been living in the country.
Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has agreed to re-examine the cases of all three Nigerian nationals who had arrived in the Canary Islands on top the rudder blade of a cargo ship last week. This allowed them to have the status of asylum seeker until a final decision is issued.