Europe News Outrage at UK plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda The UK's plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda has sparked outraged, while the government has said it is necessary to stop "people smugglers." 14/04/2022
Europe News How is life back home for the Lithuanians who left the UK post-Brexit? For some, it's all smiles, but others are struggling to adapt to life back home. 11/04/2022
Europe News Watch: How the EU will use an untested law to support Ukraine refugees The Temporary Protection Directive will mean no restrictions on Ukrainians working or getting their children into school. 11/03/2022
Europe News 'Europe has learned from 2015', EU migration chief says The migrant crisis seven years ago emboldened the far right and changed the face of European politics. This time, it will be different, says Ylva Johansson. 11/03/2022
Europe News EU agrees to trigger never-before-used law to host Ukrainian refugees More than one million Ukrainians have fled the country since the invasion began one week ago, with the vast majority arriving at neighbouring EU countries. 03/03/2022
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
Europe News EU urged to stand firm against 'desperate and illegitimate' Belarus A surge of migrants attempting to cross into Poland from Belarus has brought international condemnation and threats of more sanctions against Lukashenko's regime. 09/11/2021
Europe News EU summit: No major breakthrough in energy crunch and Polish row The European Council rejected a push from Eastern countries to build fences under EU funding to prevent the arrival of new migrants. 22/10/2021
Europe News UN chief 'asked EU states to take in more than 40,000 Afghan refugees' It came as the European Commission hosted a high-level forum about the resettlement of Afghan refugees. 07/10/2021
Europe News EU suspends visas for Belarusian officials amid migrants row Brussels believes the Lukashenko regime is sending migrants towards the EU's eastern border in order to destabilise the bloc and sow chaos. 29/09/2021
Europe News EU system for deporting migrants 'encourages illegal migration' Instead of deterring illegal migrants, the EU system actually encourages people to attempt the journey to Europe, says an EU auditors report. 13/09/2021
Europe News EU agrees to rely on Afghanistan's neighbours to avoid migrant crisis The EU is keen to avoid a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis when more than one million migrants arrived at the bloc's external borders. 31/08/2021
Europe News 'EU must intervene before Afghan refugees arrive at external borders' Ylva Johansson said the European Union must support countries neighbouring Afghanistan to help them host displaced people fleeing the Taliban rule. 25/08/2021
Europe News Belarus migration is 'act of aggression towards EU', says Johansson "Member states are in a position to decide how they protect their external borders and they are the best ones to assess how to do that," Johansson added. 25/08/2021
Europe News Could the EU use an old, obscure law to manage a new refugee influx? Yes, but whether it would get any support in European capitals is another matter. 23/08/2021
Europe News EU states should 'take in people in immediate danger' in Afghanistan EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson says Europe should prevent unsafe smuggling routes but 'we cannot abandon people in immediate danger'. 18/08/2021
world news Lithuania takes a tougher line on the migrant influx from Belarus Lithuania has struggled with a flow of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, a huge influx that the Baltic country has blamed on Minsk as part of a "hybrid war" against the EU. 03/08/2021
Uncovering Europe How Frontex became the most contentious EU agency The EU's external border agency is facing the most serious crisis of confidence in its history just as it prepares to expand its mandate, budget and personnel. 29/07/2021
state of the union Europe's week: Brexit returns and Orban announces anti-LGBT referendum The Commission also released its annual report on the rule of law across the EU, with Hungary, Poland and Slovenia in starring roles. 23/07/2021
world news Migrant deaths on sea routes to Europe more than double, says UN Restrictions on humanitarian vessels combined with the absence of government-led search and rescue operations were among the main factors behind the spike, according to the International Organisation for Migration. 14/07/2021
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
Europe News Nine months after fire, work still not started at Greek migrant camp The redevelopment of Moria camp was supposed to have been finished by now. 09/06/2021
Europe News Europe 'must tackle criminals that encourage illegal migration' The EU is currently working on a deal with Tunisia to offer economic help in order to stop migrants coming illegally into Europe. 04/06/2021
Spain Is Morocco using migration as a bargaining chip against the EU? A heavy influx of 8,000 migrants in Spain last week came following the hospitalisation of Ghali in the country, a move that angered Morocco. 25/05/2021
Europe News EU leadership 'crucial' in dealing with migration, says UN chief European Union leadership is key if migration into the bloc is to be dealt with effectively, according to the United Nations' refugee chief. 11/05/2021
world news Italy, Malta & Libya slow to react to deadly shipwreck, analysis finds An analysis of logs and emails show that Italian, Maltese and Libyan authorities responded slowly, insufficiently, or not at all to migrants' pleas for help at sea in a deadly April shipwreck. 04/05/2021
