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WATCH: EU Migration Summit - 16 leaders meet to seek solutions

16 EU leaders have gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on migration.

Belgium

EU leaders call for joint solutions to migrant crisis

European leaders have been meeting in Brussels to try to find common ground on the migrant crisis ahead of a full EU summit this week.

Belgium

EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss migrant crisis

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says his country is committed to a joint European response on illegal migration, as EU leaders met in Brussels for an informal summit on the issue.

Spain

Migrants rescued in operations off the coast of Spain

The rescue operations come amid growing arguments over who should take the migrants

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France

France and Spain call for joint European response to migrant crisis

France and Spain have proposed setting up reception centres where migrants would be held while their asylum claims are considered.

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State of the Union: How do you solve a problem like migration?

Italy

Euroviews. The negative image of migration portrayed in Italian newspapers

The Italian broadsheets have had difficulty in being neutral and avoiding any form of judgment in the description of events that have migrants as protagonists.

Italy

Italy to seize rescue ships in new migrant row

Italy is to seize two ships from migrant rescue charity Mission Lifeline for allegedly breaking the law, which the NGO vehemently denies.

Spain

Migrant rescue vessel Aquarius sets sail from Valencia

The crew of the ship vow to carry on their work as long as there is a need

Spain

Spanish students relocated to make room for Aquarius migrants

Around 20 students were relocated from their publicly owned residence in Alicante to make way for the arrival of migrants from the Aquarius rescue ship, according to a spokesperson for the dorm.

World News

Salvini vows end to "human cargo" as migrants reach Sicily

Salvini vows end to "human cargo" as migrants reach Sicily

Europe News

Asylum applications in the EU fell by 44% in 2017

A new report by the European Asylum Support Office reveals that applications for asylum in the EU have almost halved. This is the second year in a row that the number of asylum seekers in the EU have fallen, but the inflow remains higher than the pre-crisis levels of 2014.

Spain

Spain welcomes migrants as the Aquarius docks in Valencia

The ship was one of three carrying over 600 migrants

World News

Watch: Aquarius migrants reach European soil - but what next?

Rescue boat Aquarius, which saved over 629 people from Libyan waters, has reached Valencia in Spain where it has finally docked. But what is next for the migrants aboard?

Spain

Watch: Which three documents were given to Aquarius migrants in Spain?

As the Aquarius rescue ship docked in Spain, flanked by two other Italian boats, the migrants on board were given a choice, represented by three forms.

World News

Aquarius: What now for the migrants?

Aquarius: What now for the migrants?

Spain

Watch: Aquarius migrants express their joy at arriving in Spain

Migrants that were on board the Aquarius rescue ship told Euronews' Anelise Borges of their relief at disembarking the vessel in Valencia, Spain.

Spain

Valencia prepares to welcome migrant ship

The Spanish port of Valencia is making last-minute preparations to receive the 630 migrants aboard the Aquarius and two Italian vessels.

Italy

Italians march in solidarity with migrant workers

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome on Saturday calling for greater rights for migrant workers.

Spain

At least four dead as hundreds more people rescued from Mediterranean

Spain's maritime rescue service said on Friday it picked up 471 people from more than 50 boats trying to cross from North Africa.