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…
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Italian Government ordered to compensate illegal boat migrants
Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government must compensate a group of illegal migrants who were stranded aboard the Coast Guard ship Diciotti from 16…
Italy’s Meloni vows to overcome all obstacles to Albanian migrant deal
Italy's prime minister on February 17 vowed to push ahead with a plan to deport irregular migrants to camps built in Albania, which has been stalled by national…
French Mayor faces prison for refusing to marry illegal migrant under expulsion order
Robert Ménard, the Conservative Mayor of Béziers, is looking at a possible prison term for refusing to officiate the marriage of an illegal Algerian migrant subject…
Migrants affected by Valencia floods in Spain set to receive legal status
The Spanish Government said it was set to give illegal immigrants affected by the floods in Valencia legal status.
Italy resumes immigrant transfers to Albania despite legal hurdles
Italy has resumed the transfer of illegal immigrants intercepted in the Mediterranean to asylum seeker centres in Albania, sending 49 people after more than two…
France and Germany launch new immigration crackdown
France has introduced stricter rules aimed at curbing the influx of illegal migrants and reducing the number of undocumented individuals granted legal status.
Eritrean people-smugglers slammed in report
A group of Eritrean people-smugglers were involved in widespread human trafficking and committed violent atrocities against migrants, a report by the Dutch National…
Swedish government tightens naturalisation requirements with focus on ‘honest living’
Sweden's government has called for toughening the country's citizenship requirements by increasing the necessary time in the country to eight years and introducing…
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…
Scores of migrants arrested on Greek island
The Greek Coast Guard has arrested 124 migrants on the island of Karpathos after spotting speedboats without identification markers.
Spain’s Canary Islands reports record number of migrants for 2024
Annual numbers released by Spain's Interior Ministry have shown that 46,843 migrants reached Europe via the Canary Islands in 2024, marking a new record.
Sweden announces potential EU immigrant ‘return hub’ proposal for March
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has said the European Union could submit a proposal on creating so-called “return hubs” to expedite the removal of illegal…
Illegal migration to Italy drops by almost 60 per cent in 2024
There was a sharp decline in illegal migration to Italy in 2024, with almost 60 per cent fewer illegitimate migrants reaching the country than in 2023.
EU tries to tighten border ahead of possible Syrian migrant wave
Brussels has launched additional measures to strengthen the European Union's external borders, amid fears of a coming migrant wave from Syria.
UK detains hundreds in Northern Ireland in crackdown on people-smugglers
Hundreds of people have been detained in Northern Ireland as they attempted to cross into Britain during an operation designed to crack down on human traffickers,…
Number of migrants reaching Spain’s Canary Islands breaks all-time record
The number of migrants reaching Spain's Canary Islands on precarious vessels from West Africa has hit an all-time annual record with 41,425 arrivals between…
Italy PM Meloni connects sexual violence against women with immigrants
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ruffled feathers on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by connecting such violence with immigration.
Britain’s ‘King’ of migrant hotels ‘earns £4.8 million a day’
A British businessman is set to become a billionaire, earning vast sums of money from the UK's migration policies.
Almost 2,000 alleged smugglers arrested under German border controls
Germany's border controls have successfully targeted illegal border crossing into the country, according to published figures.
‘Hundreds of refugees in Germany have visited their homelands,’ report states
Hundreds of refugees have travelled back from Germany to their home countries for vacations since the beginning of 2023.
Migrant ‘return hubs’ are gimmicks, better just to close the borders
Immigration is not just the elephant in the European Union’s room. It is a horde of stampeding elephants, running at full speed toward the European establishment.
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.
Migrants are invading empty properties in Warsaw, Polish opposition warns
Migrants are invading empty properties in the Polish capital of Warsaw, the country's leader of the opposition has claimed.
Italian Court rules migrants in Albania must return to Italy
The immigration section of Rome's court rejected the detention of migrants at the new hosting and repatriation centre in Gadjer Albania, the judge ruled on October…
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.
First of many? Italy sends first batch of asylum seekers to Albania
"We took extra time so that everything was done in the best way, but we are very satisfied with the results of this work," Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said.
French interior minister to restore ‘order’ by regularising working illegals
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau wants to regularise a large swathe of illegal migrants as part of the country's new 2025 immigration law.
French interior minister aims to scrap illegal migrant regularisation scheme
French interior minister Bruno Retailleau has announced plans to abolish the country's 2012 migrant regularisation programme.
G7 commits to end migrant trafficking
The Group of Seven (G7) will establish specialized police units to investigate human trafficking, Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi announced on October…