Italian president holds talks to form new govt
Italy’s 78-year-old president, Sergio Mattarella, will meet political leaders today (Thursday) in an effort to form a governing administration after…
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Hungary marks first Iron Curtain breach
Thirty years ago this week Hungarian border guards allowed hundreds of East German citizens to cross into Austria in the…
Italy allows stranded migrants to disembark
Italy is due to allow 116 rescued migrants on its Bruno Gregoretti coastguard ship (pictured) to disembark, interior minister Matteo…
Turkey rounds up Syrian refugees in Istanbul
A crackdown on unregistered immigrants in Istanbul has led to more than 6,000 arrests in a fortnight, according to Turkey’s…
Salvini closes major Italian migrant camp
An Italian migrant reception centre on Sicily, which was once the largest in Europe, has been officially shut down by…
Norwegian ex-minister forced migrants to have sex
A 72-year-old Norwegian ex-minister has been convicted of abusing his power to force three young men seeking asylum to have…
Sea-Watch 3 captain freed and moved into hiding
The captain of the Sea-Watch 3 rescue ship who crashed through an Italian police coastguard ship to dock at Lampedusa…
NGO rescue boat captain faces Italian jail
The captain of the migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete, might be jailed for three and 10 years after…
Salvini refuses to bend over stranded migrant rescue boat
The standoff between a Sea-Watch rescue boat and Italy’s populist government has prompted the European Commission to call for relief…
Salvini’s migrant bill dismissed as illegal
Italy’s firebrand interior minister Matteo Salvini has proposed a bill to fine those who rescue migrants at sea up to…
Salvini faces charges over migrant ‘imprisonment’
Prosecutors in Sicily have placed Italy’s prime minister and both deputy prime ministers under investigation for the alleged false imprisonment…
France and Germany to rescue stranded migrants
France says it will take in some of the more than 60 migrants stranded on a German rescue ship, the…
‘Fake news’ sparks Greek migrant clash
Greek police have clashed with hundreds of migrants in the northeastern city of Thessaloniki who were hoping to enter North…
Italian populists show migrant divides
Italy’s populist coalition government is showing divides over the 49 migrants floating near Malta onboard two private rescue ships. The…
Pope demands compassion for migrants
Pope Francis has called on EU leaders to show “concrete solidarity” to 49 migrants stranded off Malta who are being…
German anti-immigrants patrol streets
An extremist German party, the NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany), claims to be patrolling to “protect” areas where it…