Tag: migrant crisis

Five years after the German anti-migrant group Pegida held its first gathering in Dresden, four counter-demonstrations have been held against…

European Union ministers have discussed migration as Greece has again become the main gateway to Europe with the United Nations…

Eight members of a suspected neo-Nazi gang from Chemnitz (pictured), which witnessed anti-migrant violence last year, have gone on trial…

A total of 82 immigrants have disembarked in Italy, marking the end of hardline measures pushed by the former far-right…

Italian prosecutors have decided to push ahead with libel charges against the far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for comments he…

The two parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition maintained a slim lead in two eastern regions yesterday (Sunday). …

Italy’s 78-year-old president, Sergio Mattarella, will meet political leaders today (Thursday) in an effort to form a governing administration after…

Thirty years ago this week Hungarian border guards allowed hundreds of East German citizens to cross into Austria in the…

Italy is due to allow 116 rescued migrants on its Bruno Gregoretti coastguard ship (pictured) to disembark, interior minister Matteo…

A crackdown on unregistered immigrants in Istanbul has led to more than 6,000 arrests in a fortnight, according to Turkey’s…

An Italian migrant reception centre on Sicily, which was once the largest in Europe, has been officially shut down by…

A 72-year-old Norwegian ex-minister has been convicted of abusing his power to force three young men seeking asylum to have…

The captain of the Sea-Watch 3 rescue ship who crashed through an Italian police coastguard ship to dock at Lampedusa…

The captain of the migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete, might be jailed for three and 10 years after…

The standoff between a Sea-Watch rescue boat and Italy’s populist government has prompted the European Commission to call for relief…