Migration
EU paves way to allow migrant deportations to centres outside bloc
European Union lawmakers and governments agreed on Monday on new rules allowing countries to send migrants ordered to leave the bloc to…
Spain to introduce job-matching plan for migrants granted legal status
Spain will introduce a plan to match migrants to jobs under a programme to grant legal status to about 500,000 undocumented workers…
EU fails to agree on migrant returns law
EU negotiators on Thursday failed to back rules to increase deportations from the bloc amid continued disagreement on a start date. Migration…
From Vietnam to the EU by air: 8 arrested in a migrant smuggling sting across Europe
On 30 March 2026, a coordinated international French-led operation, which was supported by Europol and involved law enforcement and judicial authorities from…
Cyprus records fall in asylum applications according to Eurostat
Eurostat data published this week showed a decrease in asylum applications in Cyprus, with 130 first-time claims and 95 repeat applications in…
Britain to bar study visas for four nations, halt Afghan work visas
Britain said on Tuesday it would block study visas for nationals from four countries and halt work visas for Afghans, using what…
Deaths surge on Mediterranean migration corridor to historic high — UN
The start of this year has been the deadliest on record for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, according to a report from…
German government pushes Syrians to return to their homeland
Last year, 5,976 Syrians applied for voluntary repatriation to Syria, which was funded by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees…
Spain to grant around half a million undocumented migrants legal status
Spain's Socialist-led government presented a draft decree to expedite legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, in its latest move…
Human trafficker who tortured migrants in Libya jailed for 20 years in Netherlands
An Eritrean people trafficker who tortured African refugees and migrants in camps in Libya was jailed for 20 years on by a…
Hundreds feared missing or dead trying to cross the Mediterranean
Hundreds of people are feared dead or missing after attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, with reports of multiple shipwrecks in the…
One rescued, 50 feared drowned after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
A migrant has been rescued and 50 others are feared drowned after a boat sank in the Mediterranean, officials said on Sunday.…