Europe had a decrease in the number of asylum applications by 10% in 2018. Family migration, where people migrate with, or to join, family members, increased by 9% and labour migration by 6%. When it comes to Europe the population growth here has been small during the last decades and mainly driven by immigration.
The global economic growth is set to slow down to its lowest levels in a decade. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has cut its world forecast to 2.9% this year before a predicted 3.0% in 2020 Laurence Boone, OECD Chief Economist: "I think we should be pretty worried at this point because the downward revision that we have made is very broad based.
Budapest in Hungary and the world's best Judoka prepared for day two of the World Championships as the limited but lively Hungarian crowd looked on.
Belgium national team manager Roberto Martinez gave a press conference to discuss the team's preparation for EURO 2020 from the Belgian national team's basecamp in Tubize.
Police in London, Ontario, say a driver plowed a pickup truck into a family of five, killing four of them and seriously injuring the other in an attack that targeted the victims because they were Muslims. (June 7)
The London, Ontario man who swerved off the road and ran over a Muslim family of five did so deliberately and the incident is now considered a hate crime, police said. Canada's government reacted by condemning Islamophobia.
Governments across Asia have staked their pandemic success on eliminating the coronavirus — a "Zero Covid" strategy. But as people in the West begin to experience a pre-Covid normal, countries across Asia will go through yet another season of closed borders.
Australian police raid properties and seize evidence in the eastern state of New South Wales as part of a three-year global operation to infiltrate criminal groups with FBI-operated encrypted phones, resulting in hundreds of arrests worldwide.
Foreign companies which have been doing business in China for many years still found Chinese market attractive not only because of the improved level-playing field but also the next significant competitors which are likely to be from the country.
US Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new anti-corruption task force, as well as tougher measures against drug smuggling and human trafficking, during her visit to Guatemala, on Monday. Speaking at a joint conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, in Guatemala City, Harris said one of the priorities of the Biden administration is to tackle corruption.
Inequitable vaccination is a threat to all nations, not just those with the fewest vaccines, said Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday.
Apple kicked off its second annual all-virtual developer conference with a keynote that outlined new updates to its software for iPhones and other devices but included no major product announcements. (June 8)
