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MEPs call for more solidarity on migration as tough talks loom

The vote by MEPs in Strasbourg on Thursday establishes the institution's negotiating stance, as it prepares to enter long-awaited talks with EU countries on the matter.

Europe News

What will happen to Turkey's EU migrant deal if the opposition wins?

The influx of migrants and refugees in the last decade had a big impact on relations between Turkey and the European Union.

Italy

Record-breaking number of migrants reach Italy in 48 hours

An unprecedented amount of migrants have reached Italy in the past two days, crossing one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world.

World News

Euroviews. People have the right to asylum in the EU. We can't let humanity drown

Europe cannot just helplessly watch people on the move dying at sea. It needs a migration policy that puts people’s rights at the centre, MEPs Cornelia Ernst and Pietro Bartolo wrote.

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WATCH: Migrants demand entrance at US-Mexican border

Hundreds of migrants of different nationalities arrived at the dividing line between Mexico and the US, where a barbed wire and hundreds of border control police blocked their access.

World News

Pope Francis: 10 years of papacy in 10 points

History’s first Latin American pope marks his 10th anniversary on Monday as head of the Roman Catholic Church

Italy

Alert in Mediterranean: NGO loses contact with 47 'panicked' migrants

Alarm Phone has urged for those aboard the missing boat to be rescued immediately amid ‘extremely dangerous’ weather conditions.

World News

Meloni cabinet approves decree for new trafficking law

The proposed law would punish human traffickers with up to 30 years in prison. It would also target those who finance smuggling operations.

United Kingdom

EU concern over UK's proposed migrant crackdown

The British Prime Minister's plans to crack down on illegal immigration must comply with international law. That's the verdict of the EU Commission and interior ministers meeting in Brussels.

United Kingdom

UK government defends law barring 'illegal' English channel migrants

Critics have blasted the plans as unworkable, unethical and illegal.

United Kingdom

UK government to introduce legislation to deport Channel migrants

The UK government is set to announce a bill that will bar asylum claims by anyone who reaches Britain illegally.

Malta

Mediterranean countries call for more EU solidarity on migration

Ministers from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain met in Malta to push back against their EU neighbours for not voluntarily accepting asylum-seekers.

Italy

Officials fear death toll for shipwreck in Italy could top 100

Rescue workers are still looking for dozens of missing people after a boat carrying some 200 migrants crashed into rocks off the Italian coast.

Italy

Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; dozens dead

Bodies have washed up along the coast near the town of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy after a boat carrying over 100 migrants broke apart.

Lithuania

'Bodies in the forest': Missing migrants worry activists

Lithuania’s government recently approved controversial legislation to formalise pushbacks as an official policy at the Belarus border.

Europe News

Brussels unveils plan to boost returns of irregular migrants

An irregular migrant is defined as a person who does not meet the requirements to enter or remain in the EU.

Austria

UN concerns over reporting of human trafficking and other crimes

The United Nations says a decrease in the reported numbers of human trafficking and other crimes is in reality masking a much bigger problem

Europe News

Expectations for migration deal low as Stockholm starts EU presidency

Sweden's government is propped up by the far-right and anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats.

Mexico

'Three Amigos' wrap up North American Leaders' Summit

US President Joe Biden, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to downplay their frustrations with one another on migration and trade as they met for the summit.

World News

Rescue comes at Italy mulls stricter rules for rescuers

European charity SOS Mediterranée said its Ocean Viking vessel has rescued 113 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea.