Europe News

Brief from Brussels: What next for EU-Turkey relationship?

26 March 2018

World News

Euroviews. EU-Turkey deal, a symbol of a short-sighted asylum policy | View

"Fear is a constant," says a Syrian woman living in a camp on the Greek islands, where thousands of asylum seekers remain stuck because of a deal the EU struck with Turkey two years ago, according to Amnesty International.

19 March 2018

Europe News

Immigrants struggle for health care in Belgium

New legislation puts an end to free medical treatment of undocumented foreigners.

15 March 2018

World News

Euroviews. Italy's election already has a winner ... xenophobia: View

The tenor of the campaign leading up to Italy’s national elections on immigration issues is profoundly alarming, writes Human Rights Watch's Judith Sunderland from Milan.

27 February 2018

Hungary

Hungary's PM demands EU refund

Viktor Orban wants at least half of the more than one billion euros that Hungary has spent on border protection refunded.

23 February 2018

United Kingdom

Number of EU citizens leaving UK at highest level since 2008

New figures show net migration to the UK from EU countries continues to slide after the Brexit vote. But more people continue to come to Britain than leave.

22 February 2018

Europe News

Migration 'dangerous' for EU's Christian culture: Orban

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban lashes out at Europe's migration policies during visit to Bulgaria

19 February 2018

Germany

Rival rallies highlight migrant tensions in German city

Feelings are running high in Cottbus after knife crime attacks

4 February 2018

Austria

Austria's Kurz backs Hungary's Orban against EU migrant quotas

The two leaders have pledged to cooperate and challenge the EU's migration policy.

30 January 2018

Europe News

Brief: EU updates tax haven blacklist and Belgium debates migrant law

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital.

23 January 2018

France

French president says he'll not allow migrant camps to develop

Emmanuel Macron due to meet British counterpart on Thursday to discuss migrants in Calais eager to cross into Britain.

16 January 2018

France

French migrant policy under scrutiny as Emmanuel Macron visits Calais

The French president has visited the northern port – long a magnet for UK-bound migrants – to defend his government’s much-criticised immigration and asylum policy.

16 January 2018

Italy

Greek and Italian leaders meet ahead of Southern Europe summit

Greece and Italy have long been engaged in a tug of war with parts of Central Europe, the so-called "Visegrád group" who are opposed to the sharing of refugees among all European partners.

10 January 2018