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Migrants move off Banksy rescue vessel as ships come to its aid

All migrants aboard a rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy have been transferred to other boats, the team behind the mission said after its pink and white boat carrying more than 200 passengers sent out an urgent appeal for help.

World News

Banksy funds pink boat to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean

The ship's website said the vessel "is as agile as she is pink" and that Banksy bought it with the proceeds of his sold artwork and decorated it with a fire extinguisher.

World

Sicily's governor issues decree ordering refugee camps to be closed

Nello Musumeci says the order affects migrants in every reception centre in Sicily

France

UK and France 'seek to completely cut' Channel migrant boat route

UK and French immigration ministers held talks in Paris on Tuesday after a recent surge in migrants trying to reach England in small boats.

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Libya

UN deplores deadly shooting of three Europe-bound migrants in Libya

"We can no longer afford to ignore what's happening inside Libya," UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley told Euronews.

Norway

Norway will prioritise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender refugees

Under previous guidelines, vulnerable women and children were given priority.

Europe News

Greece faces fresh calls to probe migrant deaths at its Turkish border

It comes after a report from research group Forensic Architecture which described as "highly probable" that the Syrian man was shot by Greek soldiers.

Italy

Ocean Viking: 180 migrants begin disembarking rescue ship in Sicily

After over a week at sea, the first individuals began disembarking the Ocean Viking aid vessel at a Sicilian port late on Monday night.

France

UNHCR: Europe 'not able to deal' with record-high refugee movements

Speaking to Euronews, Filippo Grandi says the EU must have a united system in place to distribute asylum seekers.

World News

UN: 1% of all humanity on the move as refugee numbers rise

A total of 79.5 million people are currently forcibly displaced from their homes.

Greece

'Devastating': Thousands of migrants face eviction in Greece

Athens says the move was necessary to alleviate pressure on the more than 32,500 migrants living in squalid camps on the Greek islands.

Hungary

Euroviews. Don’t be fooled by its sudden compliance. Hungary is helping to unravel the EU’s legal order ǀ View

The Hungarian government’s decision to comply with the Luxembourg court’s judgement makes perfect sense in the illiberal calculus of strategically resetting the terms of EU membership.

Europe News

EU pledges aid to Venezuelan refugees impacted by coronavirus pandemic

As Latin America becomes the new epicenter for the pandemic, the EU and Spain sought to raise awareness and aid to help Venezuelan refugees struggling from the migration and health crisis.

My Europe Series

Homeless under lockdown: the forgotten faces of France's coronavirus nightmare

In this episode of Unreported Europe, Euronews' Valerie Gauriat reports on the desperate plight of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in France as the country emerges from lockdown.

World News

Euroviews. Before coronavirus, Europe lacked empathy for migrants. The pandemic can teach us compassion ǀ View

The EU should provide humanitarian assistance to people stranded in countries less capable to confront the crisis, not more speedboats to contain them there.

Greece

Greece transfers almost 400 migrants from Lesbos island to mainland

This is the first massive transfer of asylum seekers from Moria camp since the start of confinement imposed by the Greek government on March 23 to stem the spread of coronavirus.

Portugal

Asylum seekers return Portuguese kindness during COVID-19 lockdown

Stories like this prove the COVID-19 crisis is not all doom and gloom.

Spain

Euroviews. Countries are suspending immigration detention due to coronavirus. Let’s keep it that way ǀ View

The Spanish authorities have not suddenly had a change of heart regarding the use of immigration detention but rather recognised what activists have been saying all along – health and legal issues make the system untenable.

Greece

Euroviews. Using empty Greek hotels to host refugees threatened by COVID-19 is a win-win scenario ǀ View

While the first attempt to use empty hotels for quarantining a thousand of the most vulnerable migrants on the Greek islands has just been announced by the European Commission, more remains to be done.

World

UNHCR warns social and economic consequences of pandemic may be worse than health impact

Filippo Grandi says refugees who live in a precarious situation are likely to be among the first to suffer, if the pandemic causes a global recession.