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Italy

Italians show support for stranded migrants with Italian soul food

Italian protesters showed up with arancini — a local snack — to not only protest the government's handling of a ship carrying migrants, but to also extend their hospitality.

23/08/2018

Italy

Italy allows 29 young people aboard the Diciotti to disembark

The fate of the remaining 148 asylum seekers is still uncertain. Prosecutors say “they require urgent medical assistance.... the situation onboard is critical.”

23/08/2018

Germany

Germany: Family reunification programme starts again for refugees

It's after the government in 2016, suspended the right for asylum seekers to bring immediate family members. But the new rules mean only a 1,000 people per month will be chosen

01/08/2018

Sweden

Student plane protest highlights Sweden's asylum-seeker deportations

Elin Ersson's Facebook video showing her preventing an Afghan man from being deported has gone viral - but it's unclear what consequences whe faces and his fate is unknown.

25/07/2018

World News

Italy allows 450 rescued migrants to disembark in Sicily

Our correspondent Anelise Borges discusses her exclusive documentary shot aboard the migrant ship Aquarius when it became the symbol of Europe's migrant crisis last month

16/07/2018

Libya

Libya — with EU backing — can now order rescuers to return migrants

NGOs say the 'secretive' change, backed by the European Union, puts lives at risk.

06/07/2018

Austria

Germany and Austria will talk to Italy about migrant issue

Germany's Interior Minister and Austria's Chancellor want to shut the migration route across the Mediterranean from Africa into Europe. At a joint press conference in Vienna, Austria's Chancellor says this will be in the best interest for Germany and Italy

05/07/2018

Germany

New Border Police at Bavarian and Austrian border

The new border police will work with the federal police to secure the boundary. With state-of-the-art equipment, they'll be able to compare data of asylum seekers which should prevent people applying for asylum in several different EU countries.

02/07/2018

Europe News

How far can the EU go in changing its migration rules? | Explained

We spoke to legal experts about the international laws the EU is bound to — and the likelihood of any major changes being agreed on at the upcoming summit.

27/06/2018

My Europe Series

State of the Union: How do you solve a problem like migration?

22/06/2018

World News

7 charts that explain the global refugee crisis

On World Refugee Day, we take a look at the numbers behind the global refugee crisis.

19/06/2018

World News

Does Europe need a regional response to migration?

As France and Italy call for a more regional response to migration, we crunch the numbers on where migrants are actually going.

15/06/2018

Germany

Iraqi failed asylum seeker returned to Germany on murder charge

Ali Bashar is accused of killing 14-year-old Susanna Feldman in May

10/06/2018

Hungary

Hungary’s ‘Stop Soros’ bill seeks to criminalise migrant helpers

Hungary's government has drafted new laws which could criminalise NGOs who help migrants seeking asylum.

30/05/2018

Germany

1,000 refugees wrongly granted asylum to Germany

1,000 refugees have been wrongly granted asylum to Germany. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer is under pressure to get to the bottom of the scandal.

23/05/2018