EU striving for unity at high-stakes summit on migration, economy
Can EU leaders overcome rampant euroscepticism, deep divisions on migration and Britain's looming departure to show a common front at their next summit?
Merkel faces ultimatum from ally over migrants
Hardliners of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc are poised to give the German leader an ultimatum to tighten asylum rules or risk pitching the country into a political crisis.
Immigrants in Italy: a look at the numbers
Italy's refusal to offer safe harbour to a rescue ship carrying hundreds of migrants has cast a harsh spotlight on the new populist government's hardened stance on immigration.
EU calls on member states to step up to migration challenge
EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos calls on member states to agree on reforms to the bloc's asylum system.
Big drop in EU asylum requests granted in 2017: official
The number of asylum-seekers in the European Union whose applications were granted dropped by almost a quarter in 2017 to 538,000, official figures released has shown.
Immigration in Italy: facts and myths ahead of election
Italian politicians are capitalising on anti-migrant sentiment in the lead up to the election on March 4, but what are the key facts?
Migration to dominate southern EU meet in Rome
Migration will be the hot topic on the agenda when the leaders of seven southern European states gather in Rome for a regional summit
Libya’s slave trade and torture scar African migrants for life
Reports of African migrants being tortured, killed and sold as slaves in Libya have caused a global outcry. The few who manage to escape the horrors carry deep physical and psychological scars.
European and African Leaders agree migrant evacuation deal
The European Union and The African Union agree at an emergency meeting an evacuation plan that will allow migrants to be repatriated from Libya.
Estonia bids to restart talks on EU’s refugee quotas
Estonia has presented a compromise proposal on the relocation of refugees which it said would be "fair" to all EU member states.