Ireland Ireland launches amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants “I firmly believe this scheme will improve the lives of thousands of people," said Ireland's justice minister. 01/02/2022
Uncovering Europe Is Europe turning its back on Belarusians fleeing Lukashenko's regime? Poland was the only country to grant asylum to Belarusians in significant numbers, according to Eurostat. 04/01/2022
View We must protect children on Europe’s borders | View To mark International Migrants Day on December 18, Save the Children Europe director Anita Bay Bundegaard reflects on Europe’s need to uphold its core values and make sure all children stranded on the borders with Europe are safe. 17/12/2021
Denmark Denmark's ex-immigration minister convicted over asylum seeker policy The rare impeachment case related to a 2016 order to separate asylum-seeking couples when one of the partners was a child. 13/12/2021
Hungary Hungarian court avoids ruling on EU law primacy in migration case The Hungarian Constitutional Court said it could not rule on whether EU law took precedence over Hungary's constitution. 10/12/2021
France Monitoring crossings will make migrants take more risks, says activist "People who want to go to England will continue to take all risks to go. And adding a plane and two helicopters will not change things. It will only push people to take even more risks." 09/12/2021
world news UK panel asks government to scrap plan to turn back migrant boats UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed legislation that would give authorities patrolling the Channel the power to turn away boats carrying migrants. 02/12/2021
Europe News Brussels accused of 'weakening asylum rights' to manage Belarus crisis The European Commission is facing backlash after it proposed to give Poland, Latvia and Lithuania more flexibility to process asylum applications. 01/12/2021
no comment French authorities start moving migrants from camp in northern France Authorities began evacuating some 1,500 migrants seeking to reach the U.K. from a muddy camp in northern France on Tuesday. Police and CRS (special forces) officers have been overseeing the operation in the camp near Grande-Synthe. 16/11/2021
Italy Afghan evacuees in Italy fear for relatives left behind under Taliban Afghan refugees in Italy tell Euronews of their anxiety as they wait for news of family members they have left behind. 19/10/2021
Poland EU calls for emergency meeting over worsening Belarus border crisis The EU Home Affairs Commissioner questions Poland's treatment of migrants attempting to cross its border from Belarus after Polish police found the body of a Syrian migrant. 15/10/2021
Italy Italy: Outcry at jail term for pro-migrant ex-mayor Domenico Luccano The Calabrian town of Riace had become a symbol of the reception of migrants while Domenico Lucano was mayor. 30/09/2021
Europe News Poland carried out migrant push-back at Belarus border, Amnesty says Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have declared states of emergency at their borders with Belarus over an influx of migrants. 30/09/2021
no comment Haitian migrants cross Colombian jungle en route to US Hundreds of Haitian migrants cross the Darien Gap jungle in Colombia to reach Panama on their way to a better life in the United States. 28/09/2021
Greece New migrant centre opens on the Greek island of Samos Migrants have told Euronews conditions are better at the new facility but NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it was "nothing more than a prison for people whose only crime is seeking safety". 23/09/2021
Uncovering Europe How does Europe's largest Afghan diaspora view the crisis back home? Germany has more Afghans than any other country in Europe. 15/09/2021
Pakistan Afghan asylum seekers in Pakistan sleep rough on the streets Escaping the Taliban is one thing, but once across the border, a different challenge awaits. 01/09/2021
no comment Albania: first arrivals of afghan refugees The first group of refugees fleeing the Taliban after their takeover of Kabul have arrived in Albania in the early morning of Friday. 27/08/2021
Austria Austria postpones deportation of Afghan man after ECHR ruling The ECHR considers that an expulsion under the current conditions could constitute a violation by Vienna of the European Convention on Human Rights. 03/08/2021
Sweden Man convicted of stabbing several people in Sweden knife attack A 22-year-old Afghan refugee has been sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing and injuring several people in Vetlanda in March. 14/07/2021
Austria Murder of Austrian teenage girl sparks row over deportations policy A 13-year-old girl was allegedly drugged, abused, and killed in Vienna last weekend by four Afghan nationals. 01/07/2021
Greece Amnesty accuses Greece of 'systematic' policy of migrant pushbacks Athens has disputed reports accusing Greek border police of violent returns of refugees and migrants to Turkey. 23/06/2021
world news Millions driven from homes in 2020 despite COVID crisis, says UN Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, said conflict and the impact of climate change were among the leading sources of new movements of refugees and internally displaced people in 2020. 18/06/2021
United Kingdom Council threatens UK government with legal action over child refugees Kent County Council has given an ultimatum of June 17 before it pushes for judicial review, saying its services dealing with lone migrants have reached "breaking point". 07/06/2021
world news The most striking images from this week's top stories The key stories of the week, captured by photographers around the world. 05/06/2021
world news EU alarmed by Greece's use of sound cannons at border Greece is facing questions over its reported use of sound cannons at the border to deter asylum seekers seeking to enter the country. 03/06/2021
