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Italy allows 450 rescued migrants to disembark in Sicily

Our correspondent Anelise Borges discusses her exclusive documentary shot aboard the migrant ship Aquarius when it became the symbol of Europe's migrant crisis last month

Italy

EU Prize: Italian family wins European Citizen's award for migrants hosting model

In the small town of Camalò, near Treviso in northeastern Italy, Antonio Calò and his wife Nicoletta three years ago decided to host six African migrants and help them start a new life in their country.The experience turned into a hosting model that this year won the European Citizen’s prize.

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Euroviews. Think Fortress Europe is the answer to migration? Get real | View

Sealing Europe's borders might make voters feel safe today but it won't address the forces fueling migration, argues Human Rights Watch's Benjamin Ward.

Libya

Libya — with EU backing — can now order rescuers to return migrants

NGOs say the 'secretive' change, backed by the European Union, puts lives at risk.

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Europe News

Training migrants for European jobs

That's the aim of a new pilot project by the International Organisation of Migration called Skills2work. Its hoped it'll bridge the gap between the working population and aging community within the EU

Spain

An insight into the migrant rescue onboard the Aquarius

Euronews reporter Anelise Borges summarises the week on board the rescue ship, the Aquarius.

Europe News

EU migrant platforms 'will not be Guantanamos'

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

World News

Refugee girls put on fashion show for own clothing label

Iraqi refugee girls put on a fashion show in the capital of Jordan, Amman, on Wednesday featuring clothes that they sewed themselves.

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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,"

Malta

Migrants on Lifeline ship arrive in Malta

After being stranded out at sea on the Lifeline ship for almost a week, over two hundred (234) migrants are finally on land at Malta. It's after Italy refused to let the ship dock.

Italy

Refugees land in Rome by plane

One-hundred-and-thirty-nine refugees from Eritrea and Somalia arrived in Rome on Wednesday morning. It's part of a programme which aims to bring refugees to Europe by plane.

Europe News

Migration to dominate crunch EU summit

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

Europe News

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.

Spain

Hundreds of migrants arrive at Tarifa

Hundreds of migrants have been rescued by the Spanish Maritime Rescue Service. The migrants were taken to a makeshift migrant reception centre in Tarifa.

Europe News

Europe doesn't have migration problem, says Amnesty

"This is a political tactic to divert attention"

World News

Feeling good: positive stories from the week

GOOD NEWS FRIDAY| We’d like to introduce you to our roundup of some of the brightest stories from this week. We hope they'll give you a nice shot of energy to get more done and to start your weekend with a smile!

France

Students given 12 hours to clear out dorms for Aquarius migrants

Around 20 students who were relocated from their publicly-owned residence in Alicante, Spain, to make way for the arrival of migrants from the Aquarius rescue ship, told Euronews they had 12 hours to evacuate.

Italy

Euroviews. The negative image of migration portrayed in Italian newspapers

The Italian broadsheets have had difficulty in being neutral and avoiding any form of judgment in the description of events that have migrants as protagonists.

Italy

Benetton criticised for using pictures of migrants in adverts

Benetton criticised for using pictures of migrants in adverts

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Euroviews. I'm an activist, a mother, a student and a Syrian | View

After fleeing her home, Amal Nasr found asylum in Switzerland. The women's rights activist and PhD student has opened a school with her husband that provides free lessons to Syrian children, with dreams of being reunited with her own daughter who remains in Syria.