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Italy

Caught in the act: people smugglers filmed transferring migrants at sea

Italian authorities have detained the crew of a fishing boat after they were spotted allegedly helping migrants cross the Mediterranean.

World News

NGOs slam EU's failure to resolve migration issue, failed quota system

NGOs are critical of the EU's failure to resolve the migration issue as thousands of refugees and migrants try to enter the EU, often with tragic consequences

Libya

Escaping Libya: a special report as warlords lay siege to the country

As part of a Euronews special, Anelise Borges travels to Libya to meet with those who are desperate to escape the war-torn country,

Mexico

Tariff war averted as US and Mexico reach agreement on border controls

Some 132,000 would-be migrants were stopped on the US Mexico border in May, the highest monthly total for thirteen years.

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USA

U.S. man fatally shot at border believed to have been smuggling Chinese men

The two men were found in the back of the suspect's truck after the shooting at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

Greece

Inside the migrants' jungle in Samos

A former political science lecturer and civil rights activist, Sarah fled Uganda where her security was at risk. She has been surviving in the so-called migrants "jungle" on the greek island of Samos for 8 months. She takes us on a tour of what she calls hell on earth.

No Comment

Orban and Salvini inspect Hungary's border fence with Serbia

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini took a helicopter from Budapest during his visit to Hungary on Thursday (May 2) to visit Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the fence on the country's southern border with Serbia.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Facing jail for saving lives

Top stories of the day from Brussels

World News

Illegal EU border crossings at six year low, says new report

EU member states saw around a twelfth of the 1.8 million detections at the height of the migration crisis in 2015.

Hungary

Watch: ‘Hungarians are not migrants,’ says foreign minister

Péter Szijjártó told Euronews it was “not fair to confuse migration with the free flow of labour within the European Union.”

France

'In Calais, a dog ruined my life' | An asylum seeker's perspective

Euronews talks to young men trying to cross the channel into the UK.

Spain

Spanish government blocks rescue ship's mission in the Mediterranean

After Open Arms, Aita Mari becomes the second ship to have its rescue mission blocked by the Spanish government.

USA

Trump blames "pathetic" Democrat immigration policies for childrens' deaths

Attributes death to rigours of desert crossing and ill-health.

Greece

2018 review: struggles continue for migrants and locals in Lesbos

2018 review: struggles continue for migrants and locals in Lesbos

USA

Seven-year-old girl dies in custody at US-Mexico border crossing

A seven-year-old girl died while under Border Patrol custody, authorities confirmed on Thursday.

My Europe Series

Tighter EU border controls does not deter refugees

Thousands of migrants are stranded in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the border with Croatia. As the winter closes in, the external border of the European Union is inching towards a humanitarian emergency. Around 21,000 migrants have taken this route seeking safe refuge in the EU.

My Europe Series

The new Western Balkans Route and the future of migration crisis

With the emergence of the new Western Balkans Route and continued illegal migration, how is Europe responding to the refugee crisis? Insiders’ host Sophie Claudet speaks to Gerald Knaus ‐ the founding chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI) think tank.

Italy

What you need to know about Italy's new security decree

After the Italian parliament approved Matteo Salvini's new immigration-security decree, what can we expect to change for asylum seekers in Italy?

Belgium

Brussels protesters support 12 on trial for helping migrants

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a Brussels courthouse on Wednesday to show support for 12 people on trial for helping undocumented migrants.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On the ground at the Bosnian-Croatian border

Euronews correspondent Hans von der Brelie takes you to the border between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, where tensions are rising as migrants demand entry to the European Union.