France, UK sign new deal to thwart migrant Channel crossings
Britain has agreed to pay France another 72.2 million euros to prevent migrant boat crossings in the English Channel under a new deal that underlines improving ties between the neighbours.
Channel migrant crossings to UK more than triple in 2021
More than 27,000 migrants have made the perilous crossing to Britain from mainland Europe in 2021, more than three times the total who crossed the Channel in 2020
How Paris attacks prompted tougher Greek migrant checks
With the support of EU equipment and personnel, Greece has stepped up security safeguards since the 2015 Paris attacks when jihadists killed 130 people in suicide bombing and gun assaults
Europe still mired in division after migrant crisis
Since taking in more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in 2015, Europe has stepped up border controls but still falls short on common migration and asylum policies
Virus highlights plight of Europe’s migrant farm hands
The coronavirus outbreak has thrown the plight of Europe's migrant farm workers into stark relief with the added risk of contagion in overcrowded, unsanitary living quarters
The state of Britain’s economy as Brexit looms
What is the state of the British economy as the country prepares to leave the EU -- with or without a deal according to PM Boris Johnson -- on October 31?
EU drops plan for 10,000 border guards by 2020
The European Union has abandoned its plan for a 10,000-strong bloc-wide border and coastguard saying it was "unrealistic" for the force to be ready by 2020
Demographic gap widens between eastern and western Europe
A demographic gulf has opened up in Europe since the fall of the Iron Curtain, with migration behind a population decline in many eastern European countries
Warming climate to displace millions in coming decades: World Bank
The wave of refugees fleeing crop failures, droughts and rising sea levels will grow drastically over the next three decades if world governments do not intervene, according to the World Bank.