Tag: migrant crisis

The far right has won its first seats in a Spanish assembly since the 1970s as Vox, a hardline anti-immigration…

An Italian mayor, who won international praise for welcoming migrants, has been arrested by the populist authorities on suspicion of…

Italy’s controversial interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is being investigated for his role in preventing migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea…

The European Commission yesterday (Thursday) sent a formal letter of notice to Hungary, the first step of an infringement procedure,…

The popularity of Angela Merkel’s government has fallen after the internal dispute with her Bavarian interior minister, Horst Seehofer, over…

EU leaders are due to tackle crises with migration and the euro at a summit in Brussels today (Thursday) with…

Austria has carried out a large-scale exercise on its southern border with Slovenia over fears of a repeat of the…

Italy has called for migrant “protection centres” in other EU countries to relieve overcrowding and demanded more aid for African…

Hungary’s parliament has passed controversial legislation making it possible to punish anyone helping migrants with a year in prison. The…

Donald Trump’s tweet that “crime in Germany is way up” because of immigration has created a further rift with Chancellor…

The 630 migrants rescued by the Aquarius who were refused asylum in Italy and Malta began disembarking in Spain this…

Moroccan rescue services recovered the bodies of about 20 migrants from the Mediterranean, the authorities in the Spanish enclave of…

The Czech Republic’s pro-Russian president has won a second five-year term after beating his western-oriented opponent in the weekend runoff. …

German leaders say they have achieved a breakthrough in talks aimed at forming a workable coalition. A framework for more…

German politicians are calling for tougher age checks on young migrants after questions over the age of an Afghan asylum-seeker…