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Migration
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Independents top polls in Ireland amid backlash against EU ‘careerists’
Support for non-aligned candidates has spiked amid anger attributed to the refusal of mainstream groups to address immigration
UK’s Labour wants ‘elite’ border unit with powers to stop migrants
The UK’s opposition Labour Party appears to have mirrored the ruling Conservatives by promising strict border controls aimed at stopping boats arriving with illegal…
Almost half a million illegal EU border crossings in 2023: Frontex
The latest annual report by Frontex - the European agency for external border control - showed a 17 per cent rise in illegal immigrant inflows into the European…
Tough French logic will lead Europe through immigrant crisis
As the militant Islamic threat to many Western societies steadily gained strength from increasing immigration, a high birth rate among migrants, and sustained collective…
PVV negotiator seen with notes citing ‘strictest asylum package ever’
A negotiator in the Dutch government formation talks was photographed with a draft coalition agreement in his hands, thereby leaking key elements of the negotiations.
UK Rwanda deportation law appeals to the Right across Europe
Marion Maréchal, head of the hard-right Reconquête list for the 2024 European elections, has defended both Rishi Sunak's Safety to Rwanda Act and what she calls…
‘Ireland should also send migrants to Rwanda,’ UK Government suggests
Ireland should join the UK in sending illegal migrants to Rwanda, the British Government has suggested.
Belgium allows Frontex agents to help enforce border controls and deportations
Officers of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex have been granted permission to aid the Belgian police with border controls and deportations.
EU hands €1 billion to Lebanon to fight migration flow to Cyprus
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a €1 billion support package for Lebanon in a bid to help Beirut quell the stream of migrants…
Russians who fled abroad return in boost for Putin’s war economy
As many as a million Russians fled abroad in the first year of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Missing child migrant report lacks ‘alignment with reality’, Austria says
In a scathing conclusion, the Austrian interior ministry said "the complexity of the situation" highlighted the "need for a nuanced understanding" of the issue not…
Belgian justice minister on migrants: ‘Who will clean my windows?’
Migrants are useful for menial jobs, according top Belgian justice minister Paul Van Tigchelt. "Who looks after our elderly? Who will lay my water pipe?
Poland and Lithuania ‘risk breaking EU law if they repatriate Ukrainian men’
Ukrainians relying on the EU's Temporary Protection Directive "have a right to access accommodation, benefits, medical care, education and employment in Poland,…
UK’s Rwanda Bill ‘causing migrants to opt for Ireland’, claims Irish Deputy PM
The tightening of asylum policies in the UK is causing ripple effects in Ireland as the threat of being deported to Rwanda spurs migrants to seek refuge in the Emerald…
German Liberals join growing chorus endorsing ‘Rwanda-style’ asylum procedures
The German Liberal Party (FDP) is promoting the idea of treating asylum applications in third countries outside Europe.
EU auditors target €6 billion Turkey migration deal with bloc
The European Union's auditors say it is impossible to identify exactly what the bloc achieved with its €6 billion migrant deal with Turkey.
Kyiv says passports to be issued exclusively in Ukraine for military-age men
The Ukrainian government, further tightening regulations on mobilisation, has approved rules under which passports for military-age men can be issued only inside…
French hard-right mysteriously immune to online reach reduction
Euro MP Nicolas Bay says he and his hard-right colleagues from France have remained immune to the reach-reduction phenomenon that has hit right-wing MEPs from other…
North Africa ramps up push-back against Europe on migration
A North African pushback has started against Europe over migration after Tunisian President Kais Saied told Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni his country “will…
France to ‘restore republican order’ on Indian Ocean island of Mayotte
France’s minister for overseas territories Marie Guevenoux said the country aimed to "restore republican order" on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte by…
Overwhelmed by Syrian migrants, Cyprus suspends asylum applications
Authorities in Cyprus have announced the suspension of asylum applications from Syrians following a significant surge in arrivals in April.
Left and Right trade insults as Migration Pact passed
MEPs rowed over allegations of "Nazi" rhetoric in the halls of the European Parliament before narrowly voting in favour of the Migration and Asylum Pact.
Tusk adamant EU Migration Pact will not apply to Poland
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has insisted the European Union Migration Pact approved by the European Parliament will not apply to Poland.
EC backs Frontex chief who says ‘nothing can stop migration’ into EU
The European Commission has voiced its support for the chief of European Union border force Frontex after he said it was impossible to stop migration.
French teen feminist arrested over ‘Foreign rapists out’ protest
A 19-year-old girl has been arrested by police in France for holding up a sign calling for the expulsion of foreign rapists.
EU Migration Pact likely to survive April 10 vote despite MEPs’ concerns
The contentious European Union Migration Pact is set to be approved by the European Parliament on April 10, despite almost every MEP offering little more than lukewarm…
NGOs sue Dutch state over 2016 EU migrant deal with Turkey
Three Dutch NGO's are suing the Government over the European Union-Turkey deal.
The Spanish paradox: Its economy may be recovering, but its people are not feeling it. The migrant crisis might be part of the answer
In a recent piece for Euronews. Piero Cingari waxed lyrical about Spain's economy.
Fury after Germany starts advertising citizenship in Arabic
Politicians on the German Right have expressed their fury after it was revealed their country's foreign ministry has started advertising citizenship opportunities…