Belgium’s growing appeal as migrant route to UK
A growing number of migrants are attempting to reach the UK by departing from the Belgian coast, showing a shift in smuggling routes along the English Channel.
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‘Absurd’: MEP condemns EU blocking Frontex from sharing people smugglers’ data with police
Mary Khan, MEP for the Alternative for Germany Party (AfD), has said European Union policies that block Europe's border agency Frontex from sharing data on people…
French judge probes ex-EU border chief for complicity in crimes
A French judge will investigate claims brought by an NGO that the former head of the European Union border agency, Frontex, was complicit in crimes against humanity,…
Illegal migration to Europe halves in two years
Irregular border crossings into the European Union have plummeted by more than half over the past two years, according to the latest figures from Frontex, the EU's…
Activist Thunberg’s ‘Gaza flotilla’ detours to bring illegal migrants to Europe
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg's ship Madleen has made a detour in the Mediterranean to pick up illegal migrants and bring them to Europe.
Illegal migration to Europe continues to decline, says border agency
Irregular border crossings into European countries in the first two months of 2025 have gone down by 25 per cent compared to one year ago, according to European…
Irregular migration into EU drops sharply in 2024, EU border agency says
The number of migrants entering the European Union by irregular routes dropped overall by 38 per cent in 2024, reaching the lowest level since 2021, the EU border…
Human Rights Watch accuses Poland of ‘inhumane and illegal’ migrant pushbacks
The NGO Human Rights Watch has accused Poland of conducting “unlawful" and "inhumane” pushbacks of migrants at its border with Belarus.
Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia sign deal to curb immigration in Eastern Europe
Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia have signed an historic agreement during a trilateral meeting in Komarno, southern Slovakia, on the border with Hungary.
Illegal EU border crossings down 42 per cent in first nine months
There has been a sharp decline in illegal border crossings into the European Union, the border agency Frontex has reported.
Ukraine in EU? First, trouble with Hungarians, Slovaks, and the Poles want the bodies back
Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the beleaguered country formally applied to join the European Union.
European Union: it has become illegal to fight illegal immigration
Neither the massive arrival of boats to the Canary Islands, the Solingen attack, nor the election results in Thuringia and Saxony are surprising or political earthquakes.
Home affairs Commissioner Johansson ‘closer to NGOs than Member States’ on illegal migration, ex-Frontex boss claims
The European Commission's home affairs tsar Ylva Johansson is closer to pro-mass migration NGOs than to the Member States she is meant to serve, the former head…
Massive immigration in Europe is dangerous, says French ex-border boss
Fernand Gontier, the former director of the French Border Police, has warned that mass migration into Europe is becoming "unmanageable" and "destabilising."
Finnish Parliament approves controversial border law on migrants
Finland has given the go-ahead to a controversial temporary bill empowering Finnish border guards to deny entry and return asylum seekers attempting to cross the…
‘Canary Islands a mess despite what Brussels says,’ migration expert claims
The pressure of illegal migration in the Canary Islands has become "unsustainable", according to Rubén Pulido, a Spanish ex-military immigration analyst.
Finland fears new immigration wave at border with Russia
Finnish authorities fear a new influx of immigrants at several points along its border with Russia as part of what they see as the “hybrid war” Moscow is encouraging…
Finland calls for EU-wide solutions to prevent migrant flow from Russia
Finland wants the European Union to find common measures to prevent what it calls instrumentalised migration, meaning a flow of migrants arriving from Russia…
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…
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.
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.
Italy’s Lampedusa island sees sudden influx of migrants
More than 1,700 migrants came to the Italian island of Lampedusa by boat over the weekend of March 23.
Frontex: Illegal migration from Western Africa to EU up by 541 per cent in first two months of 2024
Illegal border-crossings into the European Union are maintaining their rising overall level - but the routes used by illegal immigrants are changing.
Head of Frontex: ‘Nothing can stop people from crossing a border’
There is "nothing" that EU authorities can do that will prevent migrants from entering the continent, the head of the bloc's border control agency has said.
EU border strategy still ‘encourages irregular migration’, MEP claims
Europe's immigration and border control strategy is still "encouraging irregular migration", an MEP has claimed.
Nordic countries agree to joint return flights for failed asylum seekers
Nordic Governments agreed at a Copenhagen summit to co-operate more on returning migrants to their countries of origin, especially rejected asylum seekers.
Frontex to boost Finnish border presence amid Russian migrant surge
European Union border agency Frontex has announced it will increase its number of guards on the Finnish border in response to a burgeoning migrant crisis emanating…
Frontex: 331,600 migrants illegally reached Europe so far in 2023
331,600 migrants illegally reached Europe in 2023, the most since the migrant crisis of 2015, says Frontex.
EU states abandon Italy to deal with Lampedusa migrant surge
A number of European Union Member States have abandoned their neighbour Italy, choosing to tighten borders with the country after the arrival of thousands of migrants…
EU court backs Frontex in Syrian man’s ‘pushback’ damages case
Judges have found against a Syrian migrant who claimed his family were victims of “pushbacks” and sued for damages.