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Germany

Germany deports failed asylum seekers

A group of failed asylum seekers have been deported from Germany’s Frankfurt Airport back to Afghanistan.

United Kingdom

Theresa May outlines UK Brexit plans in long-awaited speech

The UK Prime Minister says that a Brexit deal will have to pass a parliamentary vote but that Britain will leave the single market.

Cuba

Obama consigns 'wet foot, dry foot' law to history

US President Barack Obama has ended the immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who reached US soil to remain and be granted residency.

USA

America pulls away its welcome mat for Cuban emigrants

Reversing a policy it has had since the days of Fidel Castro, America will no longer grant residency rights to Cubans arriving without visas.

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Greece

Refugees freezing in snow-hit Greece 'because of lack of EU solidarity'

Refugees are being forced to live in freezing, snow-covered camps in Greece because EU states have failed to take in their share of asylum seekers, it’s been…

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Migrants battle cold in Serbia and Hungary

Around 1,500 migrants from Asia and the Middle East found sheltering in abandoned warehouses in Belgrade in order to survive a cold snap which on Monday (January 9) brought night-time temperatures to

World News

Big freeze takes deadly toll on migrants in Europe

As a big freeze grips Europe, the plight of refugees has become increasingly desperate.

Slovenia

Amnesty urges Slovenian MPs to reject new powers to exclude migrants

Amnesty International has criticised Slovenia over the government’s approval this week of a move enabling the country’s borders to be sealed to illegal migrants for a limited period if deemed…

USA

Mexicans in US fear ban on money transfers back home

As the countdown begins to the Trump presidency in the US, anxiety is building in neighbouring Mexico

Italy

Calm restored after riot at migrant reception centre in Italy

The unrest in Conetta comes amid signs that Italy is toughening its stance on migrants, with more deportations and an increased number of reception centres.

Spain

Woman arrested after immigrant is found in a suitcase

Spanish police have released a photograph of a young African man found hidden in a woman’s suitcase.

Germany

Cologne police: New Year arrests of North Africans 'not racial profiling'

The chief of police in the German city of Cologne has dismissed claims of racial profiling after hundreds of North African men were detained during New Year…

Spain

Migrants storm border fence into Spain's Ceuta enclave

More than 1000 migrants stormed a double fence on Sunday in a bid to cross from Morocco into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta.

United Kingdom

Nail salons targeted by immigration officers in the UK

Immigration officers arrested just under 100 people, mostly from Vietnam, and more than a dozen were considered to be at risk from slavery

World News

Faces of 2017: Ten to watch for Europe

The European Union enters 2017 under siege from without and within, facing challenges to the east, west and south

World News

Record 5,000 migrants drown in Mediterranean in 2016

More than 5,000 migrants are thought to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016, a record figure described as “a devastating milestone” by the UN refugee agency…

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Serbia: migrant crowd grows in Belgrade’s squalid informal camp

The migrant population grows at an informal camp in Belgrade.

Croatia

Croatia: migrants hospitalised after being found in packed van

They were found in a serious condition, dehydrated and apparently had not eaten for five days.

Europe News

Swiss duck immigration row with the EU

The Swiss parliament has avoided a clash with the EU over immigration rules by ditching plans for jobs quotas for foreigners.

Europe News

Migration, Turkey, Syria war and Brexit dominate EU summit

EU leaders have been getting down to business in Brussels – with the migration crisis, Turkey, Russia and Syria among the pressing issues on the agenda of their last summit of the…