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Europe

Strasbourg roundtable addresses the burning issues of refugee integration and resettlement

STRASBOURG, 18 November 2010 (UNHCR<)—The integration of foreigners into European societies is the subject of a heated and sometimes acrimonious debate in Europe. What is often missing from this discussion is an understanding of the specific challenges that refugees, as opposed to other foreigners, face when trying to integrate in this important region.Read more<

Fall

DRIVE Newsletter: Improving protection and assistance in mixed migration arrivals

The bimonthly DRIVE newsletter provides information on international and European policy developments in the area of maritime arrivals in the Mediterranean countries of focus in the DRIVE project (Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain), including especially issues related to the identification, referral and protection of asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants at arrival.Read more<

Europe

Stop sending asylum seekers to Greece

BRUSSELS, 29 October 2010 (ECRE<)—In a letter to EU governments, ECRE and its member organisations across Europe call on EU countries to follow the example of Belgium, the UK, Iceland and Norway, which have stopped sending asylum seekers to Greece and are examining the cases nationally.Read more<

Austria

Schönborn calls for immigration law reform

VIENNA, 26 October 2010 (Austrian Independent<)—Viennese Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn has appealed to the Austrian government to reform the current immigration laws.Read more<

Greece

EU teams to patrol Greek border amid migrant surge

25 October 2010 (BBC News<)—The EU is for the first time sending border guards to help Greece stem an influx of migrants entering across the land border with Turkey.Read more<

Gulf of Aden

Deadly incidents mark the start of the sailing season in the Gulf of Aden

GENEVA, 17 September 2010 (UNHCR<)—This week we have received reports of a killing and drownings in the Gulf of Aden, indicating that the autumn mixed-migration sailing season has resumed.Read more<

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