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UK net migration hits three-year low after Brexit vote

More than half the drop is down to EU citizens leaving and fewer arriving

Portugal

Travellers warned of delays as border staff strike in Portugal

The industrial action is happening at the height of the tourist season.

Canada

Canada: violence greets far-right demonstration

The silent march, by la Meute, met with violent counter-protests

Austria

Austria sends troops to Italian border

Austria, where an election campaign is getting under way, sends troops to crack down on human trafficking on its Italian border.

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Spain

Spain's busiest day as hundreds of migrants head for southern coast

Spanish coastguards rescue around 600 migrants off the southern coast in their busiest ever day.

Spain

Boat carrying migrants lands on popular tourist beach in Spain

Video shows a dinghy carrying dozens of migrants landing on a beach full of holidaymakers on the coast of Andalusia, southern Spain,

Canada

Migrants crossing from US into Canada

Migrants are pouring over the boarder away from the US into Canada

Italy

Italy's code of conduct for NGOs involved in migrant rescue: text

This is a transcript of the document issued by Italian authorities

USA

Trump announces plans for a new 'merit-based' immigration system

Donald Trump has announced plans for a new 'merit-based' immigration system in what he described as the biggest reform in half a century.

Norway

Bus seats mistaken for burqas by members of anti-immigrant group in Norway

“Tragic”, “terrifying” and “disgusting” - an anti-immigrant group from Norway mistake bus seats for ladies in burqas.

Spain

70 African migrants injured on Ceuta razor wire border fence

70 African migrants injured on razor wire after rushing border fence between Morocco and Ceuta

Italy

C-Star ship seeks to evade opponents as it heads out to disrupt migrant flow

Germany

Germany’s immigrant population hits record high

The number of people with an immigrant background in Germany reached a new high of 18.6 million in 2016, data from the Federal Statistics Office shows

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A man sets himself on fire in Sydney over immigration policies

A man set himself on fire after a standoff with police near the Sydney offices of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

Europe News

Special report: Desperate plight of Calais migrants

Nine months after Calais’ so-called ‘Jungle’ camp was razed to the ground, migrants have returned – and are even more desperate to get across the Channel to…

Europe News

Exclusive: French police accused of abusing Calais migrants

They have ended up in Calais in search of a better life, only to have their dreams shattered.

United Kingdom

What Brexit may look like after 2019: UK finance minister's view

The United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) has said that in the immediate aftermath of the country’s departure from the European Union, “many things will look similar” in the

United Kingdom

UK: pre-Brexit consultation on EU migrants

The British government will examine what contribution EU citizens make to the UK economy

Europe News

ECJ to reject protest over migrant quotas, according to preliminary opinion

The European Court of Justice will reject a case brought by Hungary and Slovakia, that the EU migrant quota system is not legal, according to a preliminary opinion by advocate general Yves…

World News

EU court urged to dismiss migrant quota challenge

The top EU court's adviser says a case brought by Slovakia and Hungary challenging the mandatory relocation of asylum seekers across the bloc should be dismissed