Niger is a migration hub for those trying to reach Europe through Libya, as well as a laboratory for Europe’s remote control migration policy. As efforts to keep people from travelling to Europe step up, the effects are seen on the ground in Agadez, Niger.

In this edition of State of the Union: Brussels takes Poland to the EU’s top court over controversial judicial reforms; the EU looks to Egypt to help

In Vienna, Austria and Italy's far-right interior ministers suggested that the European Union hold migrants rescued at sea on ships for days while an initial screening of their chances of obtaining asylum is carried out

EU incentives seek to deter trafficking but organisers complain of corruption