EU: Home Affairs Commissioner expresses hope that qualification Directive will soon be adopted buy optimism does not seem to be founded

ECJ: Austria’s Supreme Court asks for clarity on family reunion for third country nationals

EU: Proposals for a comprehensive EU immigration policy still have a long way to go

UK: Immigrants and asylum-seekers lose major institution providing advice and legal aid

EU: Coalition of European NGOs decide to hire a vessel and go out to the Mediterranean Sea to rescue people fleeing Libya

SPAIN: Police union claims instructions to carry out identity checks are ‘ineffective and risky’ for police agents

NETHERLANDS: On-the-spot verification of fingerprints with mobile devices

BULGARIA: Serious doubts about Bulgaria’s judicial system after several provisions of the Convention violated in the case of an Afghan refugee

DENMARK: Stateless Palestinians denied Danish citizenship – lawsuit widens to include another former immigration minister

MALTA: Government to make post-humous award to an Eritrean refugee who died after saving a French student

EU: Call for EU response in the wake of Oslo massacre

FRANCE: Anti-racism association accuses far-right parties of having played a role in Oslo massacre

GERMANY: The German pensioner who perseveres in removing racist stickers and posters from the streets

EU: European agenda for integration

ECHR: Complaint against Switzerland for minaret ban is declared inadmissible

ITALY: Public indignation at one more ‘honour killing’