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Syria will take back its citizens trying to reach Cyprus by boat

Human traffickers are cutting deals with local employers to bring in Syrians, according to Cyprus' deputy migration minister.

12/05/2025

Economy

Euroviews. What is the economic impact of migration on Europe?

The recent surge in migration caused by war and instability means those seeking shelter as migrants, refugees or asylum seekers are affecting the socioeconomic landscape of Europe and its countries in more ways than one, Osama Rizvi writes.

22/01/2024

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A giant puppet called Little Amal visits the US-Mexico border

Little Amal represents a girl from Aleppo in Syria driven from her home by conflict. She visited the border to draw attention to the issues surrounding migration.

28/10/2023

World News

Migration to OECD countries at a record-high rate

Migration to OECD countries reached unprecedented levels in 2022, according to a new report published on Monday.

23/10/2023

World News

Asylum applications surge 30% so far in 2023 across EU

This year so far Germany has received the most applications: 30% of the total, almost twice as many as Spain (17%) and France (16%).

05/09/2023

Portugal

Pope Francis desciribes the Mediterranean as a migrant 'cemetery'

Pope Francis calls for action to save the lives of migrants who perish in the Mediterranean, or the deserts of North Africa, trying to reach Europe

07/08/2023

Germany

Germany takes aim at skilled labour shortage with new legislation

Germany's parliament on Friday approved plans to attract more skilled workers to Europe's biggest economy and help address labour shortages in a growing number of professions.

23/06/2023

Italy

1,300 migrants overcrowd Lampedusa reception centre designed for 400

Around 1,300 migrants are crowded into one reception centre on the island of Lampedusa after a new wave of boats arrived since Saturday.

19/06/2023

Italy

Italian coastguard rescues 242 migrants off Lampedusa island

The Italian coastguard has rescued the migrants, some of whom may be refugees, in waters off the small island near Tunisia.

18/06/2023

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Slippery promise of 'control' steers the UK's radical migration policy

Perhaps the real reason we face a permacrisis is that some people benefit from it, including the politicians who like to present complex and nuanced issues in this simplified way – as problems that they can offer to "control", Rob McNeil writes.

07/04/2023

Europe News

Expectations for migration deal low as Stockholm starts EU presidency

Sweden's government is propped up by the far-right and anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats.

12/01/2023

World News

Greek authorities search for dozens of missing people after boat sinks

Dozens of migrants were reported missing after an overloaded sailboat capsized and sank in rough seas off an island near Athens.

01/11/2022

Greece

More than a hundred Yazidis sleeping outside Greek refugee camp

For almost two weeks, some 120 Yazidis have been sleeping in the street after they have been refused entry to the Serres refugee camp in the north of Greece.

08/09/2022

Italy

Fishing boat crammed with over 500 migrants arrives in Lampedusa

Accommodation for migrants on the Italian island designed for 250 people now has to cater for over 1,200.

28/08/2021

Europe News

More than 450 "sans papiers" say they have not eaten since May 23rd

A hunger strike taking place at a church in central Brussels and at two universities in the city is pressuring the government to grant them residency without going through the asylum process.

29/06/2021

Spain

Two-year-old dies after migrant boat capsizes near Canary Islands

was among 52 people who departed from Dakhla in the Western Sahara coast and spent five days in the Atlantic Ocean before Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service saved the group.

21/03/2021