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United Kingdom

Lack of UK Border Force vessels exposes British coastlines

“Two cutters for the whole coastline is frankly ridiculous. We need more investment so the whole border is secure,” MP Charlie Elphicke told Euronews.

USA

US Judge blocks President Trump's proposed asylum ban

US District Judge Jon Tigar blocked the Trump administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally.

World

Donald Trump ramps up the immigration rhetoric before midterms

The US President is ramping up the rhetoric- Just days away from the midterms, Donald Trump is running a campaign that starts and ends with immigration. He's pledged he will change asylum laws to keep more people out of the country, and said migrants throwing rocks at border police could be shot at.

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Thousands of people stuck between Guatemala and Mexico

They're part of a caravan of thousands of people determined to make it to the United States. Now they are stuck on a bridge over a river that marks the border

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World News

Avatar passport controls at airports

The avatar technology hopes to help police guard borders in a pilot scheme which starts next month and can apparently tell if someone is lying

Economy

Brexit & Gibraltar: the Rock and a hard place

Every day, some eight thousand Spaniards cross the border between Spain and Gibraltar to work on the rock ... By car, on foot, by bicycle ... Now they are worried about Brexit.

France

France readies for no-deal Brexit, to give Britons reciprocal rights

France seeks a "reciprocal" arrangement with the UK as the Brexit deadline looms.

Venezuela

Venezuela: exodus of migrants heading towards a "crisis moment"

That's according to the United Nations migration agency. Peru has tightened its border controls as Venezuelans flee over the high inflation nearly reaching 1 million percent

My Europe Series

Germany toughens approach on migrants as EU struggles for unity

In this edition of Insiders Euronews examines how migration continues to top the European agenda and exposes Europe’s fault lines, even if a deal was reached in late June to toughen border controls and beef up repatriation procedures of migrants non-eligible for asylum.

My Europe Series

Lack of trust among member states undermines EU migration deal

Lack of trust among member states undermines EU migration deal

My Europe Series

Bavaria tightens borders amid German rethink on migrants

As Germany grapples with divisions over migration, Bavaria takes action to stem the flow through the country's southern border

Germany

Germany to hold migrants in detention centres on Austria border

To save her government Chancellor Angela Merkel capitulates and agrees to detention camps for migrants on the Austria border.

Germany

Merkel averts coalition crisis

Chancellor Angela Merkel out plays her interior minister, Horst Seehofer and settles migration row

Finland

Asylum seekers enter Finland from Russia using World Cup IDs: border guard

Five people have entered Finland illegally with the help of soccer World Cup fan identity papers and then applied for asylum.

Bulgaria

Bulgarian cow sentenced to death for wandering outside of EU

Penka the cow will be shot for crossing EU border without documentation

Europe News

EU signs border agreement with Albania

The EU and Albania have signed a draft border agreement that would allow European border agency Frontex to deploy to the West Balkan country in case of a sudden surge of migrants into the country.

World

Federica Mogherini: 'Europe is already fighting slavery in Libya'

Euronews recently met up with the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, at the MED – Mediterranean Dialogues conference – in Rome.

Ireland

Irish border key to UK’s post-Brexit future

European Council President Donald Tusk has given the British government until Monday to make a final offer to avoid a hard border on the island.

Ireland

Brexit: Why the fuss about the Irish border?

Right now, it's invisible. Many fear a return to border checks could undermine peace on the island and hurt its economy.

United Kingdom

Standoff over Irish border threatens Brexit talks

Britain's Liam Fox says there won't be a deal on the question of the Irish border until the EU agrees to discuss trade. Brussels wants things to be dealt with the other way around.