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European migrant rescue NGOs stuck on dry land amid ‘political crackdown’

German charity Sea Watch compared the restrictions imposed by Malta to "stopping an ambulance trying to reach a road traffic accident”.

Austria

Kurz responds to German migration deal with plans to toughen borders

Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, says Germany’s new migration deal could force Austria to introduce tougher border checks

Germany

Merkel averts coalition crisis

Chancellor Angela Merkel out plays her interior minister, Horst Seehofer and settles migration row

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View from Vienna - migration set to dominate Austria's EU presidency

Austria plans to use rotating hot seat to help prevent new migrant waves

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Austria takes over EU presidency - what does it mean?

Austria takes over EU presidency - but with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at the helm of the bloc. What will the appointment of the right wing populist Chancellor mean for Europe's migration policy?

Germany

Germany's interior minister threatens to resign, putting more pressure on Chancellor Merkel

Last week Horst Seehofer threatened to turn asylum seekers away from Germany's borders unless Merkel reached an acceptable deal with other EU partners.

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US candidate rejected in vote to head UN migration agency

The position of the head of the Inernational Organisation Migration traditionally goes to an American, but Ken Isaacs had expressed xenophobic and anti-Islamic views.

Italy

Italy's interior minister rules out migrant reception centres

Hours after EU leaders agreed to set up migrant reception centres Savini rules them out.

Belgium

EU leaders agree deal on migration after lengthy summit

They agreed to restrict migrants moving within the bloc but made clear virtually all of their pledges would be carried out on a "voluntary basis" by member states.

Europe News

EU Summit: 'Too early to talk about success'

A word of caution from EU Council President as marathon talks on migration wrap-up in Brussels

Belgium

EU Summit: Leaders claim breakthrough migration deal

After marathon talks that ran into Friday morning, Eu leaders claim they have agreed to a breakthrough migration deal, but is it a feasible solution? Euronews takes a look.

World News

EU leaders reach agreement on migration after late-night summit

Leaders of the European Union reached a deal on migration after late-night talks in Brussels.

Belgium

France and Italy have reached a preliminary agreement on a proposal on migration

France and several other European Union countries including Italy have reached an agreement on new wording for migration conclusions at the EU summit in Brussels

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'We must act to stop arrivals' - Italian MEP's migration plea

'Since most people don't run away from wars and simply think about finding wealth...we cannot allow these people to come to Europe'

Europe News

EU migrant platforms 'will not be Guantanamos'

EU tries to get political backing for disembarkation platforms at crunch summit

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EU leaders begin migration talks at summit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described the summit as "make or break" for the Eu.

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EU offshore migrant processing would 'breach human rights'

"To have policies like the offshoring of asylum claims, in North African countries for example, is wrong,"

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As it happened this morning: Thursday, June 28

News and updates as they happened on Thursday, June 28.

Europe News

Migration to dominate crunch EU summit

Divided leaders will try to agree new migration approach amid fault lines threatening future of bloc

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How far can the EU go in changing its migration rules? | Explained

We spoke to legal experts about the international laws the EU is bound to — and the likelihood of any major changes being agreed on at the upcoming summit.