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Libyan coastguard returns boat with 64 migrants to shore

The incident comes just days after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya and 22 out of 32 people on board went missing, presumed drowned.

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Tensions over migrants escalate on Poland's border with Belarus

Two years after Poland erected a border barrier to stop migrants from entering from Belarus, the influx has diminished but public debate over the issue has not, fuelled in part by the fatal stabbing of a soldier in June.

Europe Decoded

Europe sees refugee and asylum seeker numbers go up, data shows

The continent saw the largest numbers of refugees coming from Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan, while Syrians and Afghans remain top asylum seekers in countries like Germany, according to Euronews' data analysis.

World News

Political tensions stoking anti-immigration riots, expert says

An expert in criminology and online extremism believes that the violent demonstrations currently gripping Britain are the product of people feeling threatened by a maelstrom of issues projected onto the "other".

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Euronews Witness

Can Cyprus cope with the current flow of asylum seekers?

Their massive arrival, especially until spring, has motivated a heated debate about the limits of reception in the country. Euronews Witness travelled there to listen to very different points of views.

Europe News

Ireland struggles to deal with migrant influx across UK border

London's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has many already inside the UK fearing for their safety, leading many to cross the Irish border.

World News

Rwanda's Hope Hostel prepares for migrants from Britain

The hostel, which once housed students whose parents died in the 1994 genocide, is preparing to house the migrants sent to Rwanda from the UK.

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WATCH: Around 1,000 migrants land in Lampedusa in 24 hours

Dozens of small boats from Tunisia and Libya were also rescued off the Italian island overnight.

Albania

Eight dead after car carrying suspected migrants crashes in Albania

Albania is a route for some migrants heading for the EU, which is working with the country to close off paths into the bloc.

Culture news

Art of Noise: Innovative project collects the sounds of migration

Migration is one of the most controversial policy issues European governments but what does it sound like? A new project is aiming to capture and collect the noise of this phenomenon.

Libya

German NGO accuses Libyan coast guard of threatening crew members

SOS Humanity said the guards fired real bullets while they were rescuing migrants from the Mediterranean, causing at least one of them to drown.

World News

Hungary set to implement strictest immigration law in EU

Hungary's new immigration measures, which were decided on January 1st but will come into effect this Friday, will be the strictest in the European Union.

United Kingdom

UK plans to pay TikTok influencers to discourage illegal immigration

Home Secretary James Cleverly has reportedly agreed to a major expansion of the country's campaigns to deter illegal immigration.

Euronews Witness

Life along the closed land border between Finland and Russia

In the autumn, the Finnish government closed all eight crossing points it shares with Russia, along a border of almost 1,400 kilometres. They will remain closed until at least mid-April.

United Kingdom

Alarm sounded over 'prison-like' UK immigration centres

A new report has urged UK authorities to make a raft of improvements inside immigrant detention centres, including detention conditions and staffing issues.

Euronews Witness

The simmering migrant crisis at the French-Italian border

What happens at Italy’s western door to northern Europe when migration crises put EU external borders under pressure? Monica Pinna went to Ventimiglia, at the French-Italian border, to take the pulse of this historic migrant runway.

My Europe Series

No EU country will be 'left alone' to cope with migration: Johansson

The reform of the European Union's migration policy means that no country will be "left alone" to cope with irregular arrivals, says Ylva Johansson.

Greece

Greece accused of failing to investigate migrant boat sinking

Greek authorities are under scrutiny from international human rights groups as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accuse them of inadequately investigating the circumstances surrounding a migrant boat sinking that claimed the lives of hundreds six months ago.

Serbia

Serbian police arrest smugglers and find 700 migrants in raids

The police said recent raids are aimed at "curbing illegal migration" following a deadly clash between migrants in the Hungarian border last week.

Slovakia

Slovakia backtracks on reinforcing border with Hungary

Less than 24 hours after announcing a "massive" deployment of police and armed forces at the border with Hungary to curb illegal migration, the new Slovak government called it off, saying it was a "one-off measure."