View Immigrant integration in Amsterdam. Tesfalem's story. An opinion piece from Amsterdam's Mayor, Eberhard van der Laan, on the city's pioneering integration of immigrants 09/05/2017
world news "Calais mon amour": how a National Front supporter fell in love with a migrant The improbable story of how a French National Front supporter fell in love with an immigrant 08/05/2017
Libya African slaves 'sold in Libyan car parks for $200' The United Nations’ migration agency says growing numbers of African migrants passing through Libya are being sold as slaves by traffickers or militia groups before being held for… 11/04/2017
Greece Greece's island refugee camps buckle under the strain Greece is feeling the first wave of 2017's refugee harvest, but camps on its Aegean islands are already full and the country is ill-prepared to take any more people without help. 11/04/2017
View How the city of Ghent copes with increased numbers of refugees As a local government, we believe in a pro-active and two-sided approach, not only speeding up the integration process for the refugees themselves, but also allowing organisations and citizens to get to know newcomers. 28/03/2017
View Why don't migrants want to stay in Turkey or Greece? - view By Katie Kuschminder, European University Institute In order to stem the flow of migrants crossing into Europe, the EU signed a deal with Turkey 07/02/2017
View European integration: Will the EU remain a beacon of openness and liberal democracy? By Sergei Guriev, chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The past year has been full of watershed developments 06/02/2017
no comment Migrant arrivals in Italy and Turkey Exhausted migrants being rescued at sea and others arriving in Lampedusa, Italy and Ayvacik, Turkey this weekend. 05/02/2017
Libya Scores of migrants rescued off Libya It comes after at least 1,131 were intercepted near the western Libyan city of Sabratha over the last week. On Friday, EU leaders offered Libya money and other assistance to try to curb the record mig 05/02/2017
brussels bureau EU eyes more money to process refugees in Africa EU interior ministers want to spend more money on camps in Africa so refugees and migrants can be processed there. 26/01/2017
France Police clear thousands from Paris migrant camp Hundreds of French police officers moved in at dawn to clear what is described as Paris’ largest migrant camp. 04/11/2016
world news Denmark: Syrian refugee and two children found dead in a freezer The remains of a Syrian refugee and her two children have been found in a freezer in their flat in Denmark. 01/11/2016
Egypt Four people smugglers arrested in Egypt after migrant boat capsizes Four suspected people smugglers have been arrested in Egypt after at least 42 people were killed when a boat carrying hundreds of African migrants capsized off the Egyptian… 22/09/2016
brussels bureau 65 million people displaced by conflict worldwide: World Bank report The number of people displaced by conflict worldwide stands at 65 million, according to a new World Bank report. 21/09/2016
Germany Merkel starting to feel immigration backlash in Germany A million refugees arrived in Germany in 2015, with the peak migration being reached in September, when Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to open the frontiers. 13/09/2016
Italy Italy new 'frontline' in Europe's refugee crisis, warns Frontex chief Italy is once again on the ‘frontline’ of Europe’s refugee crisis, replacing Greece, the head of the EU’s border agency has said. 12/07/2016
Germany Germany sees dramatic drop in asylum seeker numbers The influx of people seeking asylum in Germany has fallen sharply, government figures show. 08/07/2016
Syria Disillusioned Syrian refugees return home Months of living rough in makeshift camps have taken their toll. Some Syrians are now reportedly paying smugglers to return home. 09/06/2016
Greece Joyful reunion of Syrian family in Greece Syrian refugee Zaki Ismail Khalil has finally been reunited with his family after a gap of more than a year, he claims. They attempted to settle in 22/10/2015
world news INTERPOL creates specialist network to combat people smuggling INTERPOL and Europol, two major transnational law enforcement agencies, have outlined fresh measures to break up the organised criminal networks 16/10/2015
brussels bureau Greece opens first 'hotspot' centre for refugees Greece has opened its first reception centre on the island of Lesbos. Known as ‘hotspots’, the centre will separate new arrivals between bona fide 16/10/2015
Hungary Serbia calls Hungary "brutal" over treatment of migrants at border Clashes between migrants and Hungarian police at the joint border with Serbia leaves scores injured on both sides. 17/09/2015
Hungary 'First arrests made' as Hungary cracks down on immigration Tough, new laws have come into effect giving police in Hungary the authority to arrest and charge migrants attempting to enter the country illegally 15/09/2015
Hungary Hungary seals border with razor wire Hungary has sealed its border with Serbia. A razor wire fence was moved into position around 1am CET. #Europe: Barbed wire gate at the train track. 15/09/2015
Austria Germany and Austria beef up border checks Austrian authorities have followed Germany’s lead and imposed additional border checks on its eastern border. Train services from Hungary via Austria 14/09/2015
Hungary 'Shame on you Orbán' protest hits Budapest Thousands have taken to the streets of the Hungarian capital to demonstrate against the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The crowd marched across 14/09/2015
