Greeks fear ‘invasion’ of migrants across Turkish border
Border regions of Greece were on a state of alert at the weekend as they faced an influx of thousands of migrants seeking to cross from Turkey, with locals fearing a new immigration crisis
On Greek mainland, locals stonewall migrant relocations
The village of Makrygialos is one of many areas in mainland Greece where the government is locked in a tug of war with local communities over the housing of migrants
New EU commission: What challenges await von der Leyen?
New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was sworn into office on Sunday. She has set a plan and goals she wants to achieve in her five-year term. Von der Leyen will be however facing some challenges in return.
‘It’s the jungle’: Bosnian migrant camp in crisis
No running water, putrid toilets and surrounding woods littered with land mines -- these are the bleak conditions of a camp where hundreds of migrants brace for winter in Bosnia
The European Union: a history marked by crises
From De Gaulle's infamous 'non' to the Brexit vote in 2016; a brief recap of the most testing times in the 62-year history of the European Union
EU powers push for uptake of migrant relocation pilot scheme
EU powers France, Germany and Italy, along with smaller member Malta, will on Tuesday seek to rally the rest of the bloc to a joint scheme to distribute migrants saved at sea
Asylum requests down in developed countries: OECD
Developed countries received sharply fewer asylum applications in 2018, a report says, while warning the world remains gripped by a migrant crisis fuelled by wars and economic hardship
Rescue trauma haunts Mediterranean migrant rescuers
From one operation to the next, it's not the migrants who are saved but the ones they can do nothing to help that leave the worst mental scars on the Mediterranean's rescue crews
UK’s Boris Johnson pledges post-Brexit migration controls
British leadership hopeful Boris Johnson pledges to introduce a new points-based system to control migration after Brexit, addressing a key issue from the EU referendum
EU asylum influx has eased, but Venezuelan applications sharply up
The asylum claims within the EU have decreased after its peak in 2015. Due to the current political situation in Venezuela however, the number of asylum applications is slowly rising.