Europe News 'Huge challenge': EU preparing for migrant waves due to food crisis The UN has warned that the cost-of-living crisis could spark a "cycle of social unrest leading to political instability" in many countries worldwide. 12/07/2022
Europe News 'Violent and illegal' migrant pushbacks must end now, EU warns Greece Greece has been accused by NGOs of carrying out violent illegal pushbacks of migrants at its border with turkey and at sea. Athens denies the accusations. 04/07/2022
Poland Poland completes 186-kilometre border wall with Belarus The EU has accused Belarus of waging "hybrid warfare" by pushing migrants towards the bloc's borders in an attempt to destabilise it. 30/06/2022
Europe Decoded Melilla massacre prompts international calls for investigation MEPs, the African Union and an UN committee have demanded a prompt inquiry into the fatal border crossing. 30/06/2022
Morocco Moroccans living in Europe head home for first time in three years With more than 3.3 million travellers in the summer of 2019, the crossing is one of the world's largest flows of people between continents in such a short period. 17/06/2022
Europe News EU gives fresh push to stalled migration pact EU home affairs ministers achieved "major progress" in the negotiations around a long-stalled pact on migration and asylum. 10/06/2022
Spain Spain first as court grants nationality to child born during migration Leaving the girl stateless would have placed her "in a situation of inequality", the court said. 09/06/2022
Europe News 'An abomination': Charities react as UK orders first Rwanda deportation flight The UK's first deportation flight to Rwanda is scheduled to leave on June 14. 01/06/2022
Greece Greek coastguard intercepts hundreds of migrants arriving from Turkey Athens says it had blocked the largest single migrant crossing attempt this year. 23/05/2022
Tunisia Three migrants dead and ten missing in shipwreck off Tunisian coast Officials say the boat carrying more than 50 Tunisian migrants had been trying to reach Europe illegally. 20/05/2022
Algeria Eleven migrants die off coast of Algeria while trying to reach Europe Five other migrants, including two children, were reportedly rescued from the stricken vessel. 16/05/2022
Austria Austrian government dismantles international migrant smuggling group The network had allegedly trafficked thousands of Syrian refugees to Western Europe. 12/05/2022
Spain Several migrants feared dead off coast of Spain's Canary Islands Spanish authorities rescued thirteen people in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday but many more remain missing. 09/05/2022
Europe Decoded EU immigration is broken. Brussels is unlikely to fix it. EU rhetoric concentrates on fighting illegal immigration when only a tiny fraction of new arrivals come to Europe illegally. The vast majority of skilled migrants are doing low-skill jobs despite Europe's growing labour shortage. 04/05/2022
world news Over 3,000 migrants died at sea on their way to Europe in 2021 — UN The number of migrants who died or went missing was twice as high as in the previous year, the UN's refugee agency said. 29/04/2022
Spain One migrant dead, 24 missing in shipwreck near Spanish Canary Islands The Spanish coastguard said they had rescued 36 people from the stricken vessel. 26/04/2022
no comment In Kharkiv's metro, families carve out a life away from the bombs Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv has been pummelled by strikes day and night since Russian forces attempted to seize it at the start of the invasion. 24/04/2022
Europe News EU sees big rise in migrant entries not including Ukraine: Frontex The number of migrants crossing into the EU this year is the highest since the 2016 migration crisis, says the EU border agency Frontex. 19/04/2022
no comment Turkish charity holds iftar for Syrian orphans in war-torn Idlib Syrian orphaned children have a fast-breaking iftar meal organised by the charitable "Turkiye Diyanet Foundation" at a fairground in al-Bardaqli town, in the northern countryside of the rebel-held city of Idlib. 19/04/2022
Europe News Outrage at UK plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda The UK's plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda has sparked outraged, while the government has said it is necessary to stop "people smugglers." 14/04/2022
Europe News How is life back home for the Lithuanians who left the UK post-Brexit? For some, it's all smiles, but others are struggling to adapt to life back home. 11/04/2022
Spain Twenty-five migrants feared dead off Spain's Canary Islands Spanish police say several people may have been thrown overboard during the attempted sea crossing from Mauritania. 31/03/2022
Europe News Watch: How the EU will use an untested law to support Ukraine refugees The Temporary Protection Directive will mean no restrictions on Ukrainians working or getting their children into school. 11/03/2022
Europe News 'Europe has learned from 2015', EU migration chief says The migrant crisis seven years ago emboldened the far right and changed the face of European politics. This time, it will be different, says Ylva Johansson. 11/03/2022
Spain Hundreds of migrants attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla The attempted crossings came just days after 871 people successfully crossed from Morocco. 08/03/2022
Europe News EU agrees to trigger never-before-used law to host Ukrainian refugees More than one million Ukrainians have fled the country since the invasion began one week ago, with the vast majority arriving at neighbouring EU countries. 03/03/2022
