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Lithuania

Czech Republic helps Lithuania fund border fence with Belarus

The deal comes after Lithuania asked fellow EU member states for assistance against illegal migration.

Poland

Migrants stuck at Poland-Belarus border facing ‘dire conditions’

The UN migration agency says it is concerned by “dire conditions” facing migrants who have been stranded for weeks at the border between Poland and Belarus.

Spain

Spanish rescuers pull 208 migrants from boats in sea and ocean

The rescue operation adds to Spain's rise in arrivals of people who risked a perilous seaborne journey to reach Europe.

World News

Euroviews. EU must resettle Afghan refugees to manage migration crisis | View

After a rushed pull-out from Afghanistan, and with future evacuations unlikely to happen, EU countries should prioritise opening up safe and legal ways for Afghans to find protection in Europe. Increasing refugee resettlement would be a true sign of international solidarity.

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Spain

Migrant death toll rises on Atlantic route to Spain's Canary Islands

The International Organization for Migration says that 529 migrants have died attempting to reach the Spanish islands this year.

Poland

Poland wants state of emergency declared over Belarus border migrants

Poland's government has called for a state of emergency to be declared at the border with Belarus to tackle illegal migration.

Europe News

EU agrees to rely on Afghanistan's neighbours to avoid migrant crisis

The EU is keen to avoid a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis when more than one million migrants arrived at the bloc's external borders.

Experiences

European digital nomad destinations that will pay you to move there

Digital nomad on the move in Europe? Here are the places in Europe that will reimburse you to live there.

Poland

Migrant stuck at Poland-Belarus border 'will soon die', says NGO

A Polish refugee support group has warned that at least one migrant stuck at the border between Poland and Belarus is on the verge of death.

Europe News

'EU must intervene before Afghan refugees arrive at external borders'

Ylva Johansson said the European Union must support countries neighbouring Afghanistan to help them host displaced people fleeing the Taliban rule.

Europe News

Belarus migration is 'act of aggression towards EU', says Johansson

"Member states are in a position to decide how they protect their external borders and they are the best ones to assess how to do that," Johansson added.

United Kingdom

Record number of migrants cross English Channel in a single day

The UK Home Office says more than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel on Saturday, a new record for a single day.

Belgium

How will Europe decide on Afghan refugee policy?

Catherine Woollard, Director of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, said the EU is doing well on evacuating and providing safe routes for people who've worked for the international community. But that's not the full story...

Europe News

Could the EU use an old, obscure law to manage a new refugee influx?

Yes, but whether it would get any support in European capitals is another matter.

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'No one asked where we are going': Afghans reach Pakistan border

Once a journey with stops and checks by the previous Afghan authorities, the escapees say, "now there is no one asking us questions."

Afghanistan

Afghanistan is 'full of disappointment, fear and hopelessness'

"Whoever I talk to is not optimistic at all. There is no hope for a better future under Taliban control."

Poland

Political spat leaves Afghans trapped on Polish-Belarusian border

A Polish humanitarian group has demanded the group, which includes a teenage girl and several sick people, be allowed to claim asylum in their country.

Poland

Poland bolsters border with Belarus to stop migrants

Poland has deployed hundreds of troops and is laying barbed wire along its border with Belarus to stop the arrival of migrants seeking to enter the country.

Europe News

EU states should 'take in people in immediate danger' in Afghanistan

EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson says Europe should prevent unsafe smuggling routes but 'we cannot abandon people in immediate danger'.

United Kingdom

Unaccompanied kids seeking asylum in the UK try to adapt to new lives

These children are learning how to adapt after fleeing countries such as Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan without parents or family.