Denmark’s Ministry of Immigration and Integration said in a press release on Monday that about 2,700 people applied for asylum in Denmark in 2019, a decrease from 3,559 in 2018 and the lowest number in 11 years. “Record low asylum numbers are a good thing,” said immigration minister Mattias Tesfaye. Source: The Copenhagen Post
Elderly people and those with disabilities face losing care services across Scotland as deep cuts are made. Staff vacancies are left unfilled, even when vacancies could affect support elderly people need to live independently in their own homes, as the bodies that oversee social care and GP surgeries battle with budgets that are plunging millions of pounds into the red. Source The Times
Turkey has decided to no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land and sea, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Thursday, in anticipation of the imminent arrival of refugees from Syria’s Idlib where nearly a million have been displaced. Source Daily Sabah
At least 22 Turkish servicemen have been killed in an airstrike in Syria’s Idlib province, while an unspecified number of soldiers were injured. The airstrike has been attributed to the Syrian military by Turkish officials. Source RT
