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EU should make 'individual assessments' before returning migrants

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How EU countries watered down plans to relocate asylum seekers

A new migration law introducing "mandatory solidarity" has been all but circumvented by the EU's member states, who will relocate fewer than 9,000 asylum seekers this year – even after the annual minimum was set at 30,000.

Brussels, My Love?

Podcast: The most political World Cup to date?

What makes the 2026 World Cup so political? What does the entry of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact mean in reality? The two questions we answer on Brussels, My Love? the podcast.

Europe Today

Newsletter: EU’s historic migration overhaul enters into force

In this newsletter: Exclusive interviews with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and the European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner.

EU.XL

Why Europe's labour needs clash with its migration policy

Europe faces a paradox: economies need workers while governments tighten migration rules. This tension grows as the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact takes effect on 12 June, marking the bloc’s strictest migration policy in decades.

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EU.XL

EU migration rules kick in, but enforcement is already in doubt

Two years after it was signed, the EU's Pact on Migration and Asylum takes effect this Friday, and the gap between promise and delivery is already wide. Will it hold? Watch the video.

EU.XL

EU migration pact to take effect: ready to deliver?

Co-legislators agreed on “return hubs” on 1 June, preparing to rollout the Migration and Asylum Pact of 12 June. Stricter border controls, uniform asylum rules, and a new digital monitoring system will crack down on illegal migration. But are member states ready for the new rules?

EU.XL

EU migration pact: are countries ready to revamp the asylum system?

The EU’s pact on Migration and Asylum is set for full application on June 12th. It’s meant to create a unified, legally binding European system to fast-track border screenings and split the responsibility of hosting asylum seekers amongst all member states.

EU.XL

How is the EU cracking down on migration? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot

The Migration and Asylum Pact takes effect on 12 June. It changes the EU’s migration system from tighter external borders to a stricter return policy. But what does it include? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot.

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Cyprus minister: EU to examine human rights safeguards in return hubs

Minister Nicholas Ioannides says EU countries will adopt "more tangible measures" to safeguard fundamental rights of rejected asylum seekers, after the bloc rubber-stamped new rules for establishing deportation centres in third countries.

Europe News

Why is the EU establishing return hubs for migrants — and why are they so controversial?

The new migration law approved on Monday allows EU countries to establish return centres outside the bloc. But critics warn it could lead to human rights violations, while governments are seeking partner countries to host the facilities.

Europe Today

Newsletter: A historic, hardline shift in EU migration policy

Also in this newsletter: Denmark's Mette Frederiksen holds on, Magyar sets off to Berlin and Paris, and former Lebanese deputy PM speaks live to Europe Today.

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Spain's 'humane migration policy' is 'model for EU', minister says

Spain's Migration Minister defended the country’s migration approach in an interview with Euronews amid criticism from EU leaders on plans to regularise an estimated 500,000 undocumented migrants.

The Ring

“Out of sight?” EU lawmakers fight over migrant return hubs

In this new edition of The Ring, broadcast from the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs Lena Düpont (EPP) and Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D) debate whether return hubs will speed up the return of irregular migrants.

Europe News

EU parliament to approve controversial law to return migrants

A law enabling detention centres built outside the EU to accelerate the return of irregular migrants has been approved at committee level, splitting Parliament’s traditional majority.

World News

'No sign' of Middle East refugee surge but EU ready - Swedish minister

Sweden's Minister for Migration Johan Forssell tells Europe Today that the EU "cannot have another refugee crisis", after the bloc's home affairs ministers gathered to discuss the spiralling conflict in the Middle East.

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Finnish minister denounces Spain's mass regularisation of migrants

Finnish Minister of Interior Affairs Mari Rantanen, who has spearheaded a significant tightening of immigration to the country, told Euronews that Europe’s migration policies will not be resolved with solidarity.