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France

France told to reconsider over repatriation of suspected IS women

The European Court of Human Rights said France had violated two women's rights as they were French nationals.

Culture news

How did the FBI find out where a 2,000 year old artwork was from?

The mosaic had been in storage in Los Angeles since the 1980s, but now it's back in the hands of the Italian government.

Culture news

Are enough of the Benin Bronzes being returned?

The artefacts were looted from the kingdom of Benin by British soldiers in the 1800s, now they're returning home.

Culture news

Paintings return home to Zimbabwe after 70 years forgotten in London

"The Stars are Bright" exhibition is now showing in Zimbabwe for the first time since the collection left the country more than 70 years ago. But where were the paintings discovered?

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Europe News

France repatriates 51 women and children from camps in Syria

France has repatriated 35 children and 16 mothers who were detained in Syrian camps.

Germany

Four women arrested in Germany after being repatriated from Syria

Germany's foreign minister said 10 women and 27 children were brought home in an "extremely difficult" operation.

USA

Germany and Austria repatriate 19th-century human remains to Hawaii

The bones were originally collected by a German naturalist around 1880 but will now be transported to Hawaii for burial.

Romania

Romania plans to evacuate 90 Europeans stranded in South Africa

It comes as Europe restricts flights from southern Africa after the detection of the new COVID variant Omicron.

Belarus

Belarus will not force migrants to return home, says Lukashenko

Lukashenko made his first public appearance at the Polish border since the start of the crisis.

France

Afghan evacuee convicted for leaving surveillance in France

One of the five Afghans placed under watch after being repatriated to France has been convicted of leaving surveillance, the French government has announced.

World News

Europe's capitals scramble to evacuate nationals from Kabul airport

From Madrid to The Hague, via Paris, Bucharest, London... European governments have been trying to rescue their nationals from Kabul, and where possible help Afghans who worked for them.

Spain

Spain defends the return of unaccompanied child migrants to Morocco

Spain’s interior minister has defended sending unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco and denied accusations by rights groups that the returns breach international law.

Belgium

Belgium repatriates 6 mothers and 10 children from Syria camps

The operation marks Belgium's largest repatriation effort from jihadist camps since the fall of the so-called Islamic State group in 2019.

Spain

Bodies of Spanish and Irish victims repatriated from Burkina Faso

Several European countries have vowed to keep fighting extremism in Africa's Sahel region.

Syria

COVID-19 has slowed repatriation of foreign children in Syrian camps

According to Save the Children, an estimated 200 foreign children were repatriated in 2020 from camps in north-east Syria, down from 685 in 2019.

Germany

Germany repatriates 3 women, 12 children from camps in Syria

European governments have so far been reluctant to take back their citizens who joined jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.

Norway

Norway government under pressure after populist party quits coalition

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has said she will continue to govern with a minority three-party coalition.

Netherlands

Netherlands not required to return children of IS families, says court

An appeals court has ruled the Netherlands is not required to repatriate the children born into families of its fighters that left to join the Islamic State.

United Kingdom

Thomas Cook: UK to fly 135,300 people back after after firm's collapse

British travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed on Monday, stranding 600,000 holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in UK's history.

Belgium

Six Belgian orphans of Islamic State fighters taken in by Belgium

European countries are currently wrestling with the idea of whether to repatriate citizens captured in Syria and Iraq fighting for IS, who are considered a security risk.