Europe News Lithuania challenged on migration law changes amid Belarus border row The Council of Europe says the changes "remove, in the case of an emergency situation, significant safeguards in the asylum procedure". 24/08/2021
Europe News Germany, Netherlands and France suspend deportations of Afghans The move comes as the Taliban have captured three more provincial capitals in a relentless campaign against Afghan government forces. 11/08/2021
Europe News Humanitarian ships rescue over 700 migrants from Mediterranean The ships are awaiting permission to dock at a safe southern European port to disembark their passengers. 02/08/2021
Uncovering Europe Over Mediterranean, volunteer pilots search for migrants in danger This year alone, the French pilots have accumulated over 500 flight hours over the Mediterranean searching the sea for migrant boats in danger. 22/07/2021
Italy Hundreds of rescued migrants disembark in southern Italy Hundreds of rescued migrants have disembarked in southern Italy after the rescue ship Ocean Viking warned of a food shortage onboard. 09/07/2021
Uncovering Europe 'A pathetic revenge policy': Is Belarus enabling illegal migration? The number of people who illegally crossed into Lithuania from Belarus shot up in June following condemnation over the forced landing of a Ryanair flight to arrest a journalist. 30/06/2021
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
Europe News Brexit 5 years on: UK exit 'shifted EU power balance to big nations' Brexit forced the EU to reconsider how it is made up and the balance of power. Five years on, Brussels watchers spoke to Euronews about their views on the UK's exit. 23/06/2021
Italy Judge dismisses migrant case against Italy's Matteo Salvini While the Catania case was dismissed, the leader of the right-wing League will face trial in the Sicilian capital of Palermo on kidnapping charges for failure to let a Spanish migrant rescue ship dock in 2019. 14/05/2021
Europe News Sea Watch 4: Rescue ship carrying 455 migrants docks in Sicily A rescue vessel with hundreds of migrants aboard has disembarked at the Italian port of Trapani. 04/05/2021
Europe News 17 people found dead on migrant boat off Spain's Canary Islands Spanish rescuers found seventeen people dead and managed to save three on a migrant boat off the island of El Hierro. 26/04/2021
France France rescues 159 migrants as they bid to make it to the UK The number of migrants attempting to cross from France to the UK has soared in recent months. 02/04/2021
Greece Brussels allocates €276M to Greece for migrant camps on its islands About 40,000 people currently live in overcrowded facilities on Greek islands. 29/03/2021
Spain Migrants stuck in Spain's Canary Islands say camps are unfit More than 23,000 people from Morocco and West Africa arrived on the resort archipelago in the past year as authorities cracked down on previously popular routes on the Mediterranean. 25/03/2021
Europe News EU's border agency Frontex probed over migrant pushback claims The investigation comes after MEPs called for Frontex's director to resign over alleged migrant pushbacks. 12/01/2021
Europe News Bosnia: EU gives €3.5 mln over 'unacceptable' conditions for migrants The Commission said the funds will help migrants and refugees "facing a humanitarian disaster" by financing warm clothing, blankets, food, healthcare and mental health and psychological support. 03/01/2021
Italy Migrants and older residents come together in Italy's 'COVID red zone' In the Tuscan coastal city of Livorno, a social project matches young migrants with elderly residents in need of help or companionship. 02/01/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina 'Desperate situation': Migrants return to fire-hit camp in Bosnia Nearly 1,000 migrants are facing a night with no shelter on Wednesday after their relocation from a fire-ravaged camp in Bosnia was cancelled amid protests by residents. 30/12/2020
Turkey EU to spend hundreds of millions more on refugees in Turkey The EU's programmes will be extended until early 2022 at a total cost of €485 million. 23/12/2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina Huge fire breaks out at Lipa migrant camp in Bosnia Around 1,200 people live in the Lipa camp, in Bihac. 23/12/2020
Uncovering Europe Violence and vigilantes add to winter woes of migrants in the Balkans Thousands are camped near the Bosnia/Croatia border as sub-zero temperatures sweep in ahead of winter. 18/12/2020
View Why COVID-19 shows that migrants’ integration in Europe is as important as ever ǀ View Europe needs and depends on migration to sustain its own development and the well-being of its citizens. Yet, when it comes to acknowledging their contributions, migrants are left at the mercy of socio-economic hardships on the fringes of society. 18/12/2020
Europe News MEPs call for EU Border Agency chief to quit over 'migrant pushbacks' Fabrice Leggeri was questioned over Frontex's alleged role in denying rights to asylum-seekers by preventing them from entering the EU. 01/12/2020
France French police dismantle 2,000 strong migrant camp near Paris Authorities said the aim of the operation was to "guarantee the safety and health" of the 2,000 migrants but an NGO deplored that there were few social workers or mediators to assist. 17/11/2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina Hundreds of migrants evicted from UN-run camps in Bosnia On Wednesday, local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region sent police to evict several hundred people from the Bira camp in the town of Bihac. 01/10/2020
Europe News English Channel migrant smuggling ring dismantled, say police Security forces from France, Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands arrested twelve people suspected of smuggling migrants across the English Channel. 30/09/2020
