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The Cube

EU border agency Frontex criticised by NGOs for photo competition

NGOs have described the competition as a "Contest of Shame" and published photos that they say "reflect the reality of the situation"

World News

17 people found dead on migrant boat off Spain's Canary Islands

Spanish rescuers found seventeen people dead and managed to save three on a migrant boat off the island of El Hierro.

Denmark

Denmark first in EU to begin revoking residency for Syrian refugees

Denmark deems some parts of Syria safe for refugees to return to, and those that refuse to return face being sent to deportation centres.

Libya

130 people en-route to Europe feared dead in shipwreck off Libya coast

Around 130 people are feared dead after the wreck of a boat carrying them to Europe was found off the Libyan coast.

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Italy

Italy's Salvini to stand trial over migrant rescue ship standoff

Palermo prosecutors have accused the Italian ex-interior minister with dereliction of duty and kidnapping for leaving a migrant rescue ship stranded at sea for 19 days in August 2019.

Greece

New migrant camp approved for Lesbos but exact location undecided

The municipal council of Mytilene approved the construction of a new 3,000-capacity facility on the Aegean island - but without agreeing where it will be located.

Italy

Salvini may avoid trial over kidnap allegations

Italian prosecutor tells court there is no reason to put the right-wing leader, Matteo Salvini, on trial for alleged kidnapping

Spain

Migrants stuck in Spain's Canary Islands say camps are unfit

More than 23,000 people from Morocco and West Africa arrived on the resort archipelago in the past year as authorities cracked down on previously popular routes on the Mediterranean.

Syria

Syria’s war at 10: Meet two escapees who rebuilt their lives in Europe

Razan Ibraheem, Irish Tatler's 2016 International Woman of the Year, and Ahmed Barakat, who now works for the IOM, look back with Euronews over a decade of conflict.

Italy

COVID border closures push migrants to make dangerous Alps crossing

Hiking across the Italian-French Alps, especially in the winter, is difficult even for migrants who have overcome other arduous obstacles along the way.

World News

A diary of life aboard a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea

Euronews' Pablo Ramiro joined NGO Open Arms on a migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea. Here's what he saw.

Malta

Watch: On board as Open Arms rescue ship saves 40 migrants from Med

Despite the global pandemic, and despite it being winter, migrants are still trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya.

My Europe Series

No way forward, no way back: the nightmare of migrants trapped in Bosnia

Unreported Europe looks into the living conditions of economic migrants stuck in Bosnia desperately trying to get into the EU.

World News

Frontex chief told to handover details on 3 migrant pushback claims

Fabrice Leggeri says he is "working closely" with investigators to get them the missing information after they expressed concern over the time it had taken.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia migrants: Around 850 being moved to heated tents in Lipa camp

"The authorities have taken charge, which is a really good thing, and are now in charge of running these new temporary locations," the UN's Western Balkans Coordinator told Euronews.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hundreds of migrants stranded in freezing conditions at Bosnia camp

Residents in the local town of Bihac have refused to allow the migrants to be moved to a centre there, leaving them stranded in the cold while disputes over their fate continue.

Europe News

Hungary asylum policies 'failed' to fulfill EU obligations, ECJ rules

The EU top court said Budapest made it virtually impossible for people to make an asylum claim.

Europe News

Brussels wants to better integrate migrants. But how will they do it?

The European Commission (EC) says that around 34 million people living in the EU were born outside the bloc and that everyone has the right to "realise their full potential".

World News

Euroviews. Refugee-led organisations are critical to the fight against COVID-19 ǀ View

The COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique challenge but also a major opportunity to highlight how refugee-led organisations are best placed to act both in emergencies and on long-term integration strategies.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hundreds of migrants evicted from UN-run camps in Bosnia

On Wednesday, local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region sent police to evict several hundred people from the Bira camp in the town of Bihac.