The European Union’s top court has ruled that Hungary’s 2018 law aimed at criminalizing aiding illegal immigrants who are claiming asylum violates the “rights safeguarded” by the bloc’s legislature. The Hungarian legislation, passed in 2018, sought to punish anyone “facilitating illegal immigration” with a year in prison, under a bill dubbed the “Stop Soros” law. […]
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Italian ex-mayor, once praised for integrating migrants, gets 13 YEARS in jail for ‘irregularities’ in handling asylum seekers
The ex-mayor of a small Italian town was slapped with a 13-year sentence for various irregularities in his handling of migrants. During his time in office, he received international praise for his efforts to integrate migrants. Domenico Lucano, the former mayor of the town of Riace, located in Italy’s southern region of Calabria, was sentenced […]


