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Euroviews. Italy's election already has a winner ... xenophobia: View

The tenor of the campaign leading up to Italy’s national elections on immigration issues is profoundly alarming, writes Human Rights Watch's Judith Sunderland from Milan.

Czech Republic

Czech Republic: Refugee row

Prague is facing an EU legal suit for refusing to accept asylum seekers under the bloc's system to relieve other member states hit most by immigration

World News

Naples gets funding for migrants — but is it enough?

Minister Marco Minitti announces €21 million for security and integration projects in Castel Volturno

Libya

Libya repatriates 250 African migrants

They were the latest to be sent home as part of a voluntary deportation scheme

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Finland

Finland turns away asylum seeker — who gets killed upon return to Iraq

Ali's daughter, Noor, is adamant her father was killed by the same people who had made him seek refuge in Finland in 2015.

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Igloo village built by migrants hands lifeline to dying Italian ski r

A dying ski resort in northern Italy has come back to life thanks to an igloo village built by migrants.

Italy

Italian 'Nazi' shows no remorse for shooting at migrants

Leftist politicians are blaming far-right for stirring up racist ferver

Italy

African migrants are gunned down in drive-by shooting in Italy

Police have arrested an Italian man over a shooting in which six African migrants were shot. At least one is said to be in a serious condition.

Italy

Several migrants reported injured in shooting in central Italy -media

A man opened fire on passersby in the central Italian city of Macerata, injuring at least four African migrants in an attack that might be racially motivated, local media report. Police say they have arrested a suspect.

France

More police bound for Calais after huge migrant brawl

Thursday's confrontation in the French port city left four young men with serious gunshot wounds

World News

German parliament extends ban on migrant reunions

Reunification bill paves the way for a new migrant plan this summer.

Europe News

A warning on pollution and concerns that Belgium is about to toughen its stance on immigration

Air pollution and Belgium's tough stance on immigration are in the headlines

Europe News

Belgium's hard line on migrants

Belgium's hard line on migrants

Thailand

EU threats fail to end abuse of Thailand’s migrant fishermen: report

A new report by Human Rights Watch urges the EU to do more to bring an end to abuses in Thailand’s fishing industry.

United Kingdom

May and Macron to sign Calais border treaty

Leaders say Anglo/French summit to show relations go beyond Brexit

Vatican

'Treat newcomers with respect' pontiff urges

Pope Francis called on people to welcome the unknown as he delivered a mass for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees.

Israel

Israel tells illegal Africans to leave before April or face jail

Clampdown to focus on illegal immigrants and will incarcerate, not deport, those found to be breaking the law.

Germany

AfD tests Germany's new social media law as police probe Von Storch

Party leader Alice Weidel pours fuel on the fire and backs her deputy.

Libya

Libya sends migrants sent home to Gambia

More migrants stuck in Libyan detention centres are sent home with the help of the UN's migration agency

Vatican

The Pope says in 2018 we must work for peace for migrants and refugees

Pope Francis offered his reflections on 2018 as he celebrated New Year's Day Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and later greeted some 40,000 people in St. Peter's Square.