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EU population returns to growth in 2022 due to migration

The European Union’s population grew in 2022 for the first time in three years, according to new data published on Tuesday by the EU’s statistics office Eurostat.

Europe News

MEPs call for EU search and rescue mission over Med 'disgrace'

Members of the European Parliament will vote Thursday on a motion calling for a new EU-wide search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean.

Europe News

Frontex chief: Suspending activity in Greece would cost lives

Withdrawing Frontex from Greece, as suggested by the agency's own Fundamental Rights Officer following one of the deadliest shipwrecks in Europe, could restrict "our capabilities to save lives," the agency's chief said on Thursday.

My Europe Series

France's working on a new immigration bill. It's proving controversial

In France, introducing new immigration laws seems almost like a governmental rite of passage.

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Poland and Hungary thwart EU summit as they resist migration reform

Poland and Hungary made good on their promise to prevent the European Council from adopting joint conclusions on migration.

United Kingdom

UK Appeal Court rules plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda illegal

The UK High Court has delivered a blow to PM Sunak's plans to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda by ruling the move illegal. The government says it will appeal the judgement at the Supreme Court.

Europe News

EU leaders gather in Brussels to talk Ukraine, China and migration

Leaders from the 27 member states are gathering today in Brussels for a summit with a busy agenda on the table.

Greece

Frontex: What would happen if the EU border agency quit Greece?

The agency's fundamental rights officer has recommended Frontex temporarily suspend its activity in Greece over the latest migrant boat tragedy. But the move might not be the best option to keep the Greek authorities in check.

Climate

Climate change may force millions to migrate towards poles

The climate crisis will displace millions of people. In her book, author Gaia Vince argues that we should embrace this migration.

World News

The best photos from across Europe this week

The best photos from across Europe this week

World News

UN chief urges EU to define effective migration policy

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was shocked by the news of the deadly shipwreck off the Greek coast which killed at least 78 migrants, insisting that this was not a Greek problem, but a European one.

Italy

Italy: 'Pirate hijackers' were distressed, malnourished migrants

Last weekend, Italy's defence minister said that the country's special forces were rescuing a cargo ship hijacked by armed pirates. The reality was something quite different.

World News

9 arrested as hope fades for migrants aboard capsized boat near Greece

Nine survivors of a migrant boat sinking were arrested Thursday on suspicion of smuggling as hope faded for hundreds of other passengers who were missing and attention turned to Greece's failure to act before the overcrowded ship capsized.

Europe News

EU to still 'criticise' Tunisia despite migration deal, Brussels says

A sharp democratic backsliding has been observed in Tunisia since a 2019 power grab by President Kais Saied.

Europe News

EU chiefs hail new migration deal while Orbán calls it 'unacceptable'

Official reactions are pouring in after home affairs ministers struck a major deal to revamp the European Union's migration and asylum policy.

Europe News

Breakthrough: EU countries strike major deal on migration rules

European Union countries have reached a major deal to revamp the bloc's migration and asylum policy.

Germany

Germany tighens borders as far-right support surges

Authorities in Germany are tightening controls on the border with Poland in a bid to curb illegal migration but some fear it is simply a response to a rise in support for the right-wing in the country.

Europe News

'We are so close': EU countries on the cusp of major deal on migration

After years of divisive and bitter debates, the European Union is nearing a major deal to establish a unified migration policy.

Europe News

EU has 'big chance' of migration breakthrough this week: Johansson

Home Affairs ministers will vote later this week on a draft law that introduces new rules on the relocation of asylum seekers.

Europe Decoded

Could crisis force European-wide issues into EU election campaigns?

Since 2019, the European Union has faced multiple crises -- does that mean that EU-wide issues will dominate the 2024 European election campaigns?