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"The system is full” - Trump tells migrants

Donald Trump has been visiting Southern California to hammer home his message that more fencing is needed to prevent illegal immigrants entering from Mexico.

Italy

Rescue ship with 64 migrants onboard denied entry

The ship is currently near the Italian island of Lampedusa but Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said it should "go to Hamburg" as it is German-registered.

Malta

Teenage migrants charged with hijacking tanker after sea rescue

Teenage African migrants charged with hijacking tanker after sea rescue

Europe News

The Brief: Operation Sophia extended for an additional six months

The European Union's Operation Sophia has been agreed to be extended for an additional six months. Yet, the Operation will transition from using rescue boats to rescue airplanes after Italy said it would no longer receive people from the Mediterranean Sea.

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Lebanon

Lebanon says new 'waves' of migrants can be expected in Europe soon

Lebanese President Michel Aoun made the comments during his visit to Russia this week

World News

Malta's armed forces intercept tanker hijacked by migrants

The tanker, El Hiblu 1, had rescued them off the coast of Libya on Wednesday. After it was hijacked it was re-routed towards Europe.

Belgium

Operation Sophia: EU to scale back Mediterranean rescue mission

The European Union is set to end the navy patrols aimed at preventing migrants from making the perilous Mediterranean Sea crossing from North Africa to Europe.

World News

NGOs slam EU-Turkey refugee agreement as non-viable and ineffective

The agreement between the EU and Turkey to control the flow of refugees has led to non-viable and ineffective policies and practices in Greece

Spain

Firefighter’s ‘vortex of worry’ over human trafficking probe

Spanish firefighter Miguel Roldán was told by an Italian court he was being investigated for human trafficking after he took part in mission to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean.

Greece

Dozens arrested for erecting giant cross in Lesbos to deter migrants

The Greek island was one of the main gateways into Europe at the height of the migrant and refugee crisis.

Europe News

The Netherlands tougher on migration after granting asylum to Armenian family

As European election approach, the government led by Mark Rutte is tightening up asylum regulations

World News

Illegal EU border crossings at six year low, says new report

EU member states saw around a twelfth of the 1.8 million detections at the height of the migration crisis in 2015.

World

Raw Politics: Orban takes aim at Juncker in poster campaign

Viktor Orban has taken his anti-migration rhetoric up a notch ahead of the European elections.

World News

How can you tell the real age of an undocumented migrant?

When turning 18 can mean a migrant's asylum request is four times more likely to be refused, how can authorities find out a person's real age?

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Drone shows Venezuelans illegally crossing into Colombia

Venezuelans line up as they cross the Colombian-Venezuelan border over the Simon Bolivar International Bridge outskirts of Cucuta

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Venezuela moves and deciphering the EU

In this edition: which way forward on Venezuela, the EU makes its move and we breakdown the week in letters and numbers.

Italy

NGO ship with 47 migrants docks in Sicily ending a two-week standoff

The migrants will be sent to seven EU member states.

Djibouti

As many as 130 migrants feared drowned in shipwrecks off Djibouti

It is feared that around 130 migrants have drowned in shipwrecks off Djibouti, according to the United Nations migration agency.

World

Raw Politics in full: 'gilets jaunes'

Join us for the full edition of Thursday's Raw Politics show from Brussels.

World

Raw Politics: Migrants head towards Malta after Italy denies entry

Just a few weeks after 49 migrants were left stranded off the coast of Malta, 47 more are on their way to the country in hopes of asylum.