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Switzerland

Woman, 73, to appeal fine for helping cold asylum seeker over border

Anni Lanz, 73, is to appeal a conviction and 800 Swiss francs (€735) fine for helping a homeless Afghan asylum seeker into Switzerland.

19/08/2019

World News

Spain to allow Open Arms migrants to disembark in Mallorca

Migrants have been jumping from Open Arms and attempting to swim ashore and scuffles have broken out as the vessel remains barred from Italy.

18/08/2019

Italy

Open Arms captain demands evacuation, says ship is like a ticking bomb

The captain of the Open Arms rescue ship says migrants onboard are "psychologically broken" and the vessel is like a bomb that is "going to explode."

16/08/2019

United Kingdom

UK-based Turks take government to court over immigration policy change

"We feel vulnerable and insecure. What if the Home Office changes the rules again?," Esra Candan Saginc, a Turkish national established in the UK, told Euronews.

14/08/2019

USA

Civil rights group: 911 children split at US-Mexico border since 2018

The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday 911 children had been separated from their parents in the past year, including 678 whose parents faced allegations of criminal conduct.

30/07/2019

World News

Who acquired citizenship in the EU in 2017?

A quarter of people acquiring citizenship in the EU were Moroccans, Albanians, Indians, Turks, and Pakistanis.

23/07/2019

World News

Which EU country gives most first residence permits?

More than 3.1 million first residence permits — which allows for non-EU nationals to remain up to three months in the country which granted it to them — were handed out in 2017.

15/07/2019

USA

Fear of deportation raids spreads to U.S. citizens

"I've been carrying a passport since the day [Trump] was elected," said the American spokesman for a Latino organization.

14/07/2019

France

'Gilets Noirs' occupy Pantheon in Paris to protest migrant rights

Hundreds of protesters occupied the Pantheon monument in Paris on Friday to denounce the conditions illegal immigrants allegedly face in France.

12/07/2019

World News

Germany, France, Greece and Spain host 68% of illegal migrants in EU

68% of illegal migrants present in the EU live in four EU countries: Germany, France, Greece and Spain.

12/07/2019

USA

Administration tells judge 'all available options' being considered to add citizenship question

The Trump Administration notified a federal judge Friday that government lawyers are looking at "all available options" for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census form that goes to every U.S. household.

05/07/2019

USA

Fact check: Trump's claims about the citizenship question on the census

The president's comments come as the administration is trying to figure out a way to include the question.

05/07/2019

Italy

It was supposed to be a life-saving armada to defy Salvini. It failed

The story of how a 400-strong fleet conceived to defy Italy's right-wing government and save migrants' lives turned into a concert and boat parade.

28/06/2019

Germany

German far-right suspect confesses to killing politician

A German far-right suspect confessed to killing a pro-immigration politician, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Wednesday.

27/06/2019

Germany

Eleven men, mostly migrants, on trial in over rape of woman, 18

Eleven men, mostly from Syria, have gone on trial in Freiburg, Germany over the gang rape of an 18-year-old woman outside a nightclub last October.

26/06/2019

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.

22/06/2019

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

20/06/2019

Europe News

The Aquarius case: one year on the EU migration policy is sinking

The Aquarius with its 629 migrants on board sparked a diplomatic raw among EU member states to reallocate asylum seekers. One year on little has changed. Italy closes its ports, member states oppose to Dublin regulation reform. People keep on dying in the Mediterranean

19/06/2019

World

Racist attacks on the rise in Italy, independent monitors warn

The NGO Lunaria says the increase in the number of attacks is linked to the hostile political atmosphere.

19/06/2019

World News

'Europe has got to catch up' on refugee policy: IRC president

Euronews spoke to International Rescue Committee president David Miliband in Brussels.

18/06/2019