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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.

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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

World News

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.

World News

On World Refugee Day 68.5 million people remain uprooted

USA

As it happened this morning: Wednesday 20 June

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as it happened on Wednesday morning.

Europe News

UNHCR: More people displaced in 2017 than ever before

Ahead of World Refugee Day, the UNHCR unveils its annual report on refugee trends. They say that 68.5 million people were displaced in 2017.

Europe News

Asylum applications in the EU fell by 44% in 2017

A new report by the European Asylum Support Office reveals that applications for asylum in the EU have almost halved. This is the second year in a row that the number of asylum seekers in the EU have fallen, but the inflow remains higher than the pre-crisis levels of 2014.

World News

Euroviews. Migration: Aquarius docks, but moral high ground rests on sand | View

Despite their claims, France and Spain have shown little solidarity in sharing the burden of irregular migration.

World News

Does Europe need a regional response to migration?

As France and Italy call for a more regional response to migration, we crunch the numbers on where migrants are actually going.

World News

Migration dispute escalates between France and Italy

World News

Euronews' correspondent describes experience aboard Aquarius

Euronews' correspondent Anelise Borges describes what it's been like aboard the Aquarius rescue ship during a search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea.

Turkey

Turkey scraps migrant deal with Greece over diplomatic row

Ankara's decision follows a decision by a Greek court to release eight soldiers suspected of being involved in the July 2016 coup attempt

Austria

Austrian Chancellor calls for reinforcement of EU border

Sebastian Kurz says Austria will use its six-month presidency of the EU to focus on migration

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Balkan countries meet to discuss how to avoid repeating the 2015 migra

More than a million refugees came into Europe from North Africa and the Middle East three years ago

World News

Angela Merkel calls for EU-wide asylum policy

German Chancellor says failure to implement joint system could threaten fundamental aspects of the European Union

Turkey

Nine migrants have died after a speedboat sank

It happened off the coast of Turkey's southern province of Antalya on Sunday. Five were rescued by the Turkish coastguard and fishermen