Frey Lindsay

London

Contributor at Forbes

Broadcast Journalist at BBC

Journalist - migration (all kinds, except bird and data) @bbcworldservice, occasionally @InfoMigrants, @BeyondSlavery and others. He/him.

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Articles

Many Immigrants In Germany, Facing Discrimination, Consider Leaving

1 week ago | forbes.com | Frey Lindsay

Friedrichstrasse Shopping Street in central BerlingettyMany immigrants living in Germany are considering leaving the country for another, driven by economic concerns as well as discrimination, according to a new report from the country’s federal research agency. With results showing that only just over half of immigrants intend to stay in Germany permanently, the report signals trouble for Europe’s largest economy which is already struggling with historic labor shortages.
Europe’s Human Rights Court Sides With Italy Over Migration Shipwreck

1 week ago | forbes.com | Frey Lindsay

People crossing the Mediterranean sea off the Libyan coast. (Photo by Matias CHIOFALO / AFP) (Photo ... More by MATIAS CHIOFALO/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesThe European Court of Human Rights has sided with Italy in a controversial case involving a shipwreck in the Mediterranean.
This week in EU policy: Is the EU slipping on clean aviation fuel?

1 week ago | impactloop.com | Frey Lindsay

It’s a big week for the EU's various institutions. First, it's plenary week in Strasbourg, where MEPs are expected to urge the EU to actually get to work on implementing the Clean Industrial Deal. Meanwhile, a quarterly meeting of EU environment ministers is to meet in Luxembourg, to give their updates on their countries' 2030 strategies, and the Commission is expected to propose further measures to end reliance on Russian fossil fuels.
Low Turnout In Italian Vote Ends Hopes For Shorter Citizenship Wait

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Frey Lindsay

Getty CreativegettyA measure presented to Italians via referendum, to reduce the waiting time for Italian citizenship, has failed after nowhere near enough people showed up to vote on it. The result - unsurprising given widespread political opposition to the measure - means millions of people will continue to wait well more than ten years for citizenship and Italy remains an outlier in the EU on the matter.
This week in EU policy: Major renewables conference, a focus on Oceans and trouble from Berlin

3 weeks ago | impactloop.com | Frey Lindsay

"When we protect marine areas, life returns," so said UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the opening of the UN Ocean Conference in the South of France on Monday. Oceans are really in the spotlight this week, even as the Impact community is still digesting the announcement last month of the EU's new Startup and Scaleup Strategy.
Migration In Poland: Where The Two Presidential Candidates Stand

4 weeks ago | forbes.com | Frey Lindsay

Poland is to hold a second-round runoff election in early June to elect the next President. The two candidates appear polar opposites. Liberal-centrist Warsaw mayor, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform party, is facing off against conservative Karol Nawrocki who is technically independent but supported by the right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS). Both candidates are using migration in Poland as a core campaign issue.
Germany Tightens Migration Rules On Family Reunification, Citizenship

4 weeks ago | forbes.com | Frey Lindsay

The new German coalition government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz has approved a set of measures to, among other changes, restrict family reunification for people under humanitarian protection in the country. The changes to migration policy are being brought in to, according to the government, “relieve pressure” on the country’s reception and integration infrastructure.
Germany Scraps Informal Visa Rejection Appeals Process

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Frey Lindsay

1 hour agoIran: Iran, Pakistan leaders discuss recent India tensions, Gaza war and border securitySHOTLIST TEHRAN, IRAN (MAY 26, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT “IRANIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND ISLAMIC GUIDANCE” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY) 1. IRAN’S PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN WELCOMING PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER SHEHBAZ SHARIF AND HUGGING HIM NEXT TO CAR 2. VARIOUS OF SHARIF AND PEZESHKIAN LISTENING TO NATIONAL ANTHEM 3.
Germany Scraps Informal Visa Rejection Appeals Process

1 month ago | forbes.com | Frey Lindsay

Germany has gotten rid of an informal procedure for people to appeal visa rejections. The system, which the government claimed is too costly to staff, is to be replaced with a more official procedure that is likely to take considerably longer and be more expensive. The move looks likely to affect many Indian citizens in particular, who face a relatively high rate of rejection for Schengen visas, and comes as non-EU nationals face considerable hassle in the visa process.
U.K. Expected To Ask Kosovo For Deal On Migration Deportation Hubs

1 month ago | forbes.com | Frey Lindsay

The United Kingdom government under Prime Minister Keir Starmer is reportedly considering asking Kosovo to enter into an agreement for a so-called migration ‘return hub’ scheme, wherein failed asylum seekers would be deported from the former to a reception center in the latter. Kosovo is understood to be on a list of nine countries, several of which are in the Balkans, the U.K. is considering for such a scheme, after Albania definitively ruled it out.