German citizenship reforms would ‘result in Turkish applicants surge’
Germany is going to be overwhelmed by Turkish migrants rushing for naturalisation should the country's government reform its citizenship law, according to critics…
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Italy detains three NGO migrant ships
Italian authorities have seized three ships in the past few days used to transport migrants to Europe. The vessels belong to the NGOs Open Arms, Sea-Eye and Sea-Watch.
Belgium: while French-speaking jobless refuse work in Flanders, employers look for manpower abroad
New figures show how wide the gap between Dutch-speaking Flanders and Francophone Wallonia is in Belgium.
Libya conflicts reignite as militias clash in Tripoli
Gunfire rang out through the Libyan capital Tripoli as leading militias in the city clashed once again.
UK defends immigration strategy despite Channel deaths
The British Government has defended its immigration strategy after six people drowned and more than 50 needed rescuing when the small boat they had boarded to cross…
The EU’s voluntary solidarity mechanism on migration falls short – only one-third of target hit
Just 2,503 migrants have been distributed in 14 months across 21 European Union Member States, far removed from the goal of 8,000 people.
Small migrant-boat landings in UK top 100,000 since 2018
The number of small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel to the UK has topped 100,000 since 2018, according to latest figures from the UK Home Office.
Deploy German police in the Mediterranean to save migrants, Greens demand
Members of the German Green party are calling on the country's government to deploy police in the Mediterranean to save drowning migrants.
Migrant-boat shipwreck off Italian island ‘leaves 41 dead’
As many as 41 migrants have reportedly died following a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to four people claiming to be the only survivors…
EC insists migrant relocation payments are ‘not penalties’
The European Commission says payments imposed on European Union Member States that reject relocated migrants are not “penalties”.
Proposed EU Migration Pact stranded amid ‘insufficient support’
The European Union's contentious migration law has become bogged down in the Council of the European Union after it failed to gain enough backing.
‘Migration reverses EU population decline,’ says Eurostat
A two-year trend of population decline in the European Union has been reversed by the ongoing migration wave, a report by EU statistics agency Eurostat has found.
Libyans ‘use EU-donated boat to shoot at NGO rescuers’
The Libyan Coast Guard opened fire on an NGO migrant rescue mission from a European Union-donated boat, according to reports.
Dutch Government ‘on the brink’ over migration
The Dutch Government is suffering a major crisis and might even collapse, some say, with Prime Minister Marc Rutte on a collision course with his left-wing coalition…
Tempers flare among MEPs over Greek migrant-boat tragedy
An unseemly shouting match broke out in the European Parliament on July 6 as tempers flared over the tragic deaths of hundreds of passengers when a migrant boat…
Brussels upping the stakes in the migration fight with Poland and Hungary
EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson upped the stakes in a row with Hungary and Poland over the proposed Migration Pact on July 4, saying the Commission had “other tools”…
Over 500,000 non-Ukrainian refugees now in France
France is now looking after more than 500,000 non-Ukrainian refugees, the country's Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) announced…
Racism against sub-Saharan Africans in Tunisia: An overlooked factor in the migrant crisis
Tunisians are protesting against migration from sub-Saharan Africa.
Migration talks set to divide EU Member States, again
The European Council is set to enter difficult discussions on migration on June 29 and 30.
EU budget fails to take account of Ukrainian refugee crisis, says Poland
Tensions have been ramped up between Poland and the European Commission over the EC’s revision of the European Union budget for 2021-2027.
France and Italy kiss and make up after heated migrant dispute
French President, Emmanuel Macron, and Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, have buried the hatchet at a meeting in the French presidential palace on June 20…
Greek boat disaster fuels migration debate
The tragic sinking of a boat packed with hundreds of people seeking refuge abroad has sparked riots and furious debate about migration throughout Europe.
Deaths on Middle East and North Africa migration routes skyrocket
Almost 3,800 people died on migration routes from the Middle East and North Africa in 2022, the highest number since 2017.
Migration Pact: frontline states get more power under draft deal
European Union Member States will gain new powers to return migrants under an EU 'Migration Pact' deal struck late on June 8.
Nigeria helps repatriate nationals seeking to enter Europe from Libya
Nigeria has received 108 repatriated Nigerians from Libya as part of a concerted effort to reverse mass migration.
Libya’s eastern army deports thousands of Egyptian migrants
Eastern Libyan forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army, have expelled thousands of Egyptians back to their…
Meloni meets Libyan general Haftar in new attempt to solve civil war
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Libyan general Khalifa Haftar on May 4 as part of another attempt to solve the migrant crisis and the country’s…
Will the EU’s agreement with Tunisia stem the flow of migrant crossings and save lives?
The European Commission and Tunisia have reached agreement for a partnership to control illegal immigration.
Migration in the Mediterranean: more deaths at sea
At least 70 bodies have been recovered from the sea since April 21, according to the Tunisian coastguard in Sfax, as another wave of migrants attempts to reach European…
European countries scramble to evacuate citizens from violence-torn Sudan
European countries are hastily organizing the evacuation of their nationals from Sudan, where heavy fighting seems to be intensifying.