Tighter controls in Germany in recent years have succeeded in limiting irregular immigration, its interior minister said on Tuesday, highlighting lower asylum applications and boosted deportations. The country has made "significant progress" on the issue under the outgoing government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the minister, Nancy Faeser, said. "The figures speak for themselves," she said,…

  A Swedish journalist arrested on arrival in Turkey and detained on terrorism charges is being kept away from other prisoners but is otherwise in "good spirits", his employer said Tuesday. Joakim Medin is "well fed, he can exercise" but is being held "isolated" at Siliviri prison, according to his lawyer who met with him,…

Operatives at the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have detained a syndicate for allegedly trafficking girls from Nigeria to Mauritania for prostitution and sexual exploitation. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), CSP Umma Ayuba, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. She said the syndicate was apprehended on March 22 at the…

Sweden's government moved ahead Tuesday with plans to toughen requirements for migrants, with a report proposing a bill that would require them to adhere to "honest living" or face deportation. "The vast majority of people who come to Sweden are perfectly honest, they simply want a better life, for themselves, for their families. They want…

Djibouti has named a new foreign minister to succeed Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, who was elected as head of the African Union in February, according to a presidential decree published Tuesday. Abdoulkader Houssein Omar, a former ambassador to Kuwait and Jordan, was appointed minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, replacing Youssouf who served in the…