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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.

28/03/2019

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.

27/03/2019

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

18/03/2019

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.

07/03/2019

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.

04/03/2019

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

25/02/2019

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.

21/02/2019

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.

20/02/2019

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?

14/02/2019

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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

14/02/2019

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.

01/02/2019

Italy

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

The migrants will be sent to seven EU member states.

31/01/2019

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.

29/01/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: 'gilets jaunes'

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

24/01/2019

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.

24/01/2019

World

Pope intervenes in latest migrant vessel row

Pope Francis has used his Epiphany address to urge European leaders to welcome 49 migrants stranded aboard two humanitarian rescue ships in the Mediterranean.

07/01/2019

Spain

Watch: NGO rescue boat arrives in Spain carrying 311 migrants

A rescue boat run by, Spanish charity Proactiva Open Arms, arrived in Spain's port of Algeciras carrying 311 migrants on Friday morning.

28/12/2018

World News

Euroviews. Criminalising sea rescues will not stop us saving lives | View

Premeditated legal charges, smears and accusations may have forced Médecins Sans Frontières and SOS MEDITERRANEE to cease their search and rescue operations, but they will not stop NGOs trying to save lives in the Mediterranean.

27/12/2018

Greece

2018 review: struggles continue for migrants and locals in Lesbos

2018 review: struggles continue for migrants and locals in Lesbos

26/12/2018

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Dozens of rescued migrants stranded at sea wait for safe port

A total of 344 migrants have been rescued at the Mediterranean Sea since Friday, December 21. While 311 migrants were retrieved off the coast of Libya by Proactiva Open Arms NGO on Friday and Saturday

24/12/2018