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Euronews Witness

The inside story onboard a rescue ship on a deadly migration route

In this episode of Witness, Euronews reporter Monica Pinna joins an NGO rescue crew whose mission is to save migrants’ lives in the Mediterranean Sea. This immersive report takes you behind the scenes of a rescue operation.

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Dozens of migrants attempt to reach US climbing Tijuana border fence

The Mexican army and the National Guard have been monitoring the area since Wednesday however, they are not empowered to arrest or prevent migrants from trying to cross the border

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WATCH: More than half of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh have now fled

Some 66,500 forcibly displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh crossed into Armenia as of 10am, Thursday, 28 September, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan said at the Cabinet sitting. He said that the intensity of the influx is not decreasing.

Vatican

Catholic Church marks 109th World Migrant and Refugee day

Pope Francis, returning from a two-day trip to Marseille, called for the right not to migrate after the Angelus prayer on Sunday.

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France

Pope Francis insists Europe doesn't have a 'migrant emergency'

Pope Francis challenged French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty, insisting Saturday that the continent does not face a migration “emergency” but rather a long-term reality that governments must deal with humanely.

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No Comment videos of the week

The official opening of Oktoberfest, migrant influx to the US border, UK's Queen Camilla playing ping-pong and more... Here are this week's No Comment videos:

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? Déjà vu - Europe's migration muddle

In this edition of our talk show Brussels, my love?, we discuss the EU's response to the migration crisis on the Italian island of Lampedusa and the EU's dream to have zero pollution by 2050.

Italy

Euroviews. View Q&A: Lampedusa shows migration is integral to human history

Following the latest spike in boat arrivals to the Italian island of Lampedusa, Euronews View spoke to MEP Pietro Bartolo about what migration means for Italy and Europe and whether the continent can find a viable and fair way to solve the crisis.

World News

Experts say better response needed to the ongoing migration crisis

Following a surge in people arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa by boat, experts say a better response is needed to the ongoing migration crisis.

France

Pope in Marseille: Religious groups commit to helping migrants

Migrants "arrive and don't speak French. [They] have no friends, no money, no relationships... It is essential to help them integrate," one Christian volunteer told Euronews.

Italy

Salvini and Le Pen present a united front ahead of 2024 EU election

Italy's Matteo Salvini and France's Marine Le Pen confirmed their far-right alliance ahead of next year's EU elections and highlighted their anti-immigration platform to supporters.

Italy

Ursula von der Leyen to visit Lampedusa amid surge in migrant arrivals

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will visit the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday after 8,500 migrants arrived by boat in three days, an EU official announced.

Italy

Italy: Lampedusa reels after thousands of migrants arrived in 24 hours

The Mediterranean island of Lampedusa is often the first point of arrival for people seeking asylum or looking to keep moving north to other European countries.

Poland

Poland just experienced its biggest migrant hunger strike

“It was one of the biggest strikes of this kind, if not the biggest strike in detention centres in Poland,” attorney-at-law Zuzanna Kaciupska told Euronews.

World News

Asylum applications surge 30% so far in 2023 across EU

This year so far Germany has received the most applications: 30% of the total, almost twice as many as Spain (17%) and France (16%).

Italy

Dozens evicted from their home in Milan which will become a mosque

The mosque, the first to be built legally in the Italian city, will replace the former public baths which for seven years have been occupied by a group of migrants who can't afford a home in Milan's rental market.

Greece

Migrant hunters in Greece show off captured 'trophies' after wildfires

As the popular belief spreads that migrants are to blame for the fires that have ravaged Greece, self-organised civilian 'militias' are hunting them down.

Niger

Thousands of migrants who tried to reach Europe caught in Niger's coup

Sahr John Yambasu watched people die at sea and abandoned his journey but is among thousands who can't return home as borders closed following the coup in Niger.

Italy

Who should save migrants at sea?

The number of migrants arriving on Italy's shores has more than doubled this year, forcing the government to ask for help from the very NGOs it has tried to stop.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi border guards guilty of mass killings of migrants, says HRW

Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the border were killed by Saudi guards between March 2022 and June 2023.