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Brief from Brussels: Planned farm subsidies are not a "massacre", says EU Commission chief

Honduras

US to end temporary protected status for Hondurans

Immigrant rights groups and labor unions pledged to support Honduran immigrants on Friday after the United States said it will end temporary protections for them on January 5, 2020, leaving potentially 57,000 people vulnerable to deportation.

World

Europe and USA take the fight against Jihadism to Niger

Niger has been increasingly playing a pivotal role in the global struggle against jihadism since the terrorist threat has been quickly shifting from the middle-east to Africa.

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Small groups from caravan of asylum seekers cross to US

A group of women and children passed through to the US side of the border with Mexico on Wednesday, part of the caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States

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United Kingdom

UK: New Home Secretary Javid pledges Windrush help

Sajid Javid, the first Interior Minister from Britain's Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, says that putting things right for the Windrush generation is his immediate priority

United Kingdom

Rudd quits and Javid takes over at Home Office, but May's woes deepen

UK Prime Minister loses key ally who takes blame for policies Theresa May instigated while Home Secretary, a fact the Labour opposition has been underlining.

United Kingdom

British interior ministry gets first Muslim head as Windrush scandal claims Rudd

Theresa May loses a strong supporter in cabinet, but for Sajid Javid, son of Pakistani immigrants, it is a considerable step up.

United Kingdom

Amber Rudd resigns over Windrush scandal

UK's Home Secretary steps down after misleading a parliamentary committee over government deportation targets.

United Kingdom

UK: Rudd urged to quit over Windrush scandal

Britain's Labour opposition is spearheading calls for the resignation of Home Secretary Amber Rudd amid the scandal over the country's treatment of Caribbean immigrants. However PM Theresa May has expressed confidence in her minister.

Germany

10,000 refugees from Middle East, North Africa to resettle in Germany

Around 10,000 refugees from North Africa and the Middle East will be allowed into Germany from Greece, the European Commission has confirmed.

Italy

How many migrants in your country? Probably fewer than you think

Italians are the worst in the EU at over-estimating the proportion of immigrants living in their country, a new report claims.

United Kingdom

UK apologises to 'Windrush' immigrants wrongly declared illegal

Prime Minister Theresa May has said sorry to 12 Caribbean nations for the harsh treatment of post-war migrants to the UK, denied rights in recent years amid a tightening of immigration rules.

United Kingdom

No known cases of deported 'Windrush' residents says Britain

A day after apologising for "horrendous" mistakes, UK ministers now give conflicting details about deported British residents

Germany

'Little enquiry' letter by anti-immigrant AfD links severe disability with immigration

An enquiry by MPs of Germany's right-wing populist AfD is seeking data on the number of children of immigrant background born with severe disabilities that may have resulted from marriage inside the family.

United Kingdom

Migrants wrongly denied legal status in ‘flawed’ UK system, say lawyers

The Law Society says too many immigrants and asylum seekers in Britain are having to go through lengthy and costly appeals after being wrongly refused the right to stay.

Germany

'Too many’ migrants in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call?

Skeptical of multi-culturalism in Germany? Feel let down by mainstream politics on the issue of immigrants? Ali Can, founder of the ‘concerned citizens hotline’, wants to talk.

Europe News

Migration dominates in run-up to Hungary's election

Orban's Fidesz party uses the issue to occupy the far right ground while the traditional far-right Jobbik re-brands itself as more centrist

Hungary

Hungary gave golden visa to Assad's 'money man', says MP

Orban's government is "hiding criminals and giving passports to them to move freely in the whole Schengen Zone," MP Marta Demeter told Euronews.

Hungary

Hungarian government rehashes UKIP anti-migrant poster in new ad

An old photo used by Britain's eurosceptic party UKIP that was used in a 2016 Brexit campaign poster has found a new home – a Hungarian government anti-immigration ad.

Syria

Kidnappings, murder and ISIL: A Syrian family’s voyage to France

In spring 2013, Syria’s government lost the city of Raqqa to rebel militants. Raqqa was also home to the Khatib family, who offered shelter to international journalists at their house as the conflict escalated. But one day, two of them disappeared, and the Khatibs realised their time was nearly up.