Police removed a rejected asylum seeker from a church after nearly three years, marking the first such case since Norway scrapped protections for “church asylum.”
With two-thirds of Greek voters favoring stricter immigration policies and arrivals still exceeding deportations, the ruling New Democracy party faces an uphill battle to rebuild trust before next year’s elections.
Despite rising political pressure to secure borders, German authorities are struggling to locate migrants, with ‛not found’ cited as the primary reason for failed removals.
An unusual alliance of centre-right, conservative, and nationalist parties pushed through measures aimed at curbing asylum applications and speeding up returns.
