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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.

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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.

World News

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.

Italy

Authorities move hundreds of migrants from crowded Lampedusa centre

The move aimed to relieve some of the severe overcrowding at the centre, although it remains hugely oversubscribed.

Italy

New party representing second-generation migrants launches in Italy

The party is called 'Future is Now' and was founded by the son of two Morrocan migrants.

World News

Alan Kurdi anniversary: Migrant children 'worse off' than 5 years ago

Five years ago, the picture of three-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up dead on a Turkish beach shocked the world. Nevertheless, refugee and migrant children are "often worse off" now than in 2015, says Save the Children.

Turkey

Turkish lake turns into migrant graveyard

Lake Van, Turkey's biggest lake in the far east of the country, makes up part of the deadly route for Afghan, Pakistani and other migrants seeking security and economic opportunities in Europe.

Italy

'Unsustainable': Lampedusa calls for help after mass migrant arrival

The Italian coast guard also transported to Lampedusa another 49 people on Saturday from Banksy's rescue ship Louise Michel.

World News

Migrant rescue ship seeking a port to dock at after Malta refusal

A rescue ship with more than 200 migrants aboard is struggling to find a port that it can dock at.

Greece

Seven dead in Greece as car carrying migrants crashes into roadworks

The migrants were believed to have recently entered the country when the crash happened, according to police.

World News

France, Italy agree to unify border forces to fight people smuggling

Both countries' guards and officials will operate under one command to make them more effective.

World

How COVID-19 is complicating Europe's migrant problem

The return of NGO migrant rescue ships to the Mediterranean has brought Europe's migrant problem back into focus. And the issue is being compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.

World News

The EU is paying migrants to go home and stay there. It's not working

A Euronews investigation across seven African states over six months has uncovered massive failings in a programme that has so far paid for 80,000 migrants to go home.

World

UNHCR warns social and economic consequences of pandemic may be worse than health impact

Filippo Grandi says refugees who live in a precarious situation are likely to be among the first to suffer, if the pandemic causes a global recession.

World News

Euroviews. Without continued aid, the next migrant crisis will be people fleeing coronavirus not war ǀ View

Coronavirus is currently tearing its way through the Western world. But the loss of life, destruction of the economy and paralysis of infrastructure will be exponentially worse in the developing world - and it could lead to a migrant crisis the likes of which Europe has never seen before.

Greece

Migrants exposed to coronavirus

Migrants arriving in Greece say they are being given no protection from coronavirus as UNHCR describes conditions in some camps as inhumane

Europe News

The Brief: Trump flight ban, foreign policy report card

Europe is reeling from the news of the US president's flight ban. Ursula's planned trip to Greece is put on hold due to coronavirus and at 100 days in office, we look at Team Ursula's foreign policy performance.