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.
European Parliament: votes highlight east-west split
Three votes by the European Parliament in recent years have exposed deep divisions between EU members from the wealthier west and the previously communist east of the bloc.
Migration is burning issue in EU election campaign
Migration is resurfacing as a hot topic in the election campaign for the new European Parliament after sowing discord across the EU throughout the outgoing legislature's five-year term.
European elections: The EU’s Trump moment or business as usual?
EU officials worry that the European elections in a month's time could open the door to a new wave of populist, anti-EU politicians hell-bent on wrecking the bloc's modus operandi. But the populists' success will depend on their ability to work together.
Hungary PM’s Fidesz party suspended from European EPP group
The Fidesz party of firebrand Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been suspended from the European People's Party