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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.

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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.

World News

English Channel migrant smuggling ring dismantled, say police

Security forces from France, Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands arrested twelve people suspected of smuggling migrants across the English Channel.

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Makeshift migrant camps grow outside Bosnian towns

The migrants have built tents in the forests after local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region decided last month to start pushing them away from urban areas, even kicking them out of the existing UN-run reception centers there

Europe News

New EU migration pact aims to increase member state contributions

The long-overdue migration and asylum policy is set to be unveiled with mandatory measures on how to manage migration.

Germany

Thousands protest in Germany to demand EU action over Moria migrants

The aunt of Alan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Mediterranean in 2015, joined protesters in Berlin to urge politicians to act.

Italy

NGO blasts Italy's blockade of its migrant rescue ship as 'political'

The vessel was detained in the port of Palermo for 11 hours for an inspection the NGO Seawatch International called "arbitrary."

Germany

Germany to take in 1,500 migrants from Greek islands after Lesbos fire

This represents a sharp increase from the initial pledge to host some of the 400 unaccompanied children evacuated from Lesbos to mainland Greece following the September 8 blaze.

Greece

Displaced migrants on Lesbos protest in wake of fire at Moria camp

Over 12,000 people were left homeless after fires on Tuesday and Wednesday gutted the Moria camp in the midst of a coronavirus lockdown.

Greece

MEP says Moria migrant camp is an 'insult' to European values

"Europe is not leaving up to its values by parking people in such camps. We should have acted earlier", says Greens EFA's co-president Philippe Lamberts.

Germany

Moria camp fire: France and Germany urge EU states to welcome migrants

Berlin and Paris announced on Thursday that they will welcome unaccompanied minors following a devastating fire at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. They urged other member states to follow suit.

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Euroviews. It’s time the EU ended the cynical stalling game endangering lives in the Mediterranean ǀ View

Implementing a plan that reflects a shared responsibility among its member states is the only way the EU will end the deaths or indefinite languishing at sea of migrants crossing the Mediterranean for a better life.