Feature
Refugee children lost in 'black hole' on EU doorstep
Unknown numbers of refugee children are being detained in prison-like conditions in Bosnia in violation of international law.
Focus
Malta will try to 'please everyone' on migration
The forthcoming EU presidency will seek compromise on asylum policy and push forward discussions on the control of external borders, Maltese interior minister Carmelo Abela told EUobserver.
Opinion
Let refugees help the EU
To solve the Syrian refugee crisis the EU will have to take a leadership role and work effectively with refugee and diaspora communities who can serve as agents of change.
News in Brief
- Wallonia sues Volkswagen over Dieselgate scandal
- Report: EU commissioners want to cut Poland's funding
- Italy's Monte dei Paschi bank faces state bailout
- Muslim woman set to become Romania PM
- EU dodges decision in US visa row
- States must ratify EU-Singapore deal, ECJ lawyer says
- EU court: Morocco deals don't apply to Western Sahara
- UK mass surveillence is illegal, EU court says
Aleppo's fate overshadows EU summit
EU leaders called for evacuations and aid, but admitted "we have to stand there watching", as Syrian regime, Russia, and Iran committed what some called "war crimes".
Opinion
EU needs a moral migration policy
Europe has the wealth to show moral leadership on migration, but its preoccupation with getting migrant numbers down could make matters worse.
Opinion
EU migration policy is cruel and nonsensical
The EU is signing deals with rights-violating states who agree to take back migrants, which will aggravate poverty and conflict and undermine the bloc's strategic goals.
EU mulls roll-out of Africa migration deals
EU leaders to ask for additional migrant deals at summit, but commission wants to keep focus on Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, and Ethiopia.
EU to help Libya send migrants back home
EU states aim to help Libya deport would-be migrants back home, while keeping open “all available options” on its response to Russia’s "deliberate targeting" of civilians in Syria.
EU court to rule on humanitarian visas
The European Court of Justice will examine the case of a Syrian family who wants to go to Belgium. Its decision will apply to all EU countries.
EU asylum return focus expands police scrutiny
EU interior ministers agreed to start legislative talks with the EU parliament to expand the scope of an asylum database, Eurodac, to include migrants and stateless people.
Children's rights at risk in EU hotspots
Lack of lawyers and other staff has caused logjams on asylum claims, which particularly hurt children, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency told MEPs.
EU says Greece fit to take back migrants
EU executive says transfers from other countries, banned since 2011, should restart next March, even though the courts still disagree.
Merkel calls for Muslim veil ban
German chancellor endorses partial ban on the full-face Muslim veil amid tougher talk on migrants to rally the support of Christian Democrats ahead of a tough election next year.
EU in damage control on festering Turkey relations
The EU commission wants to maintain relations with Turkey, despite an EU parliament vote to suspend accession talks amid renewed threats from Ankara to scrap a migrant swap deal.
Death and riots at EU asylum hotspot in Greece
A six-year old child and mother died late Thursday at an asylum detention centre in Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos.
EU mulls new ways to deport rejected migrants
EU states, under the new plan, would take asylum seekers from Italy and Greece and send some of them packing to their home countries.
Slovak presidency proposes 'effective solidarity' on migration
The Slovak EU presidency last week circulated a short paper among EU states on "effective solidarity". The concept will be discussed among ministers on Friday ahead of an EU summit in December.
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Latest News
- EU legal guide on emissions still not ready
- EU and Switzerland agree on free movement
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Over 1,800 migrant children have disappeared in Sweden
A report suggests that children run away because their asylum claims have been rejected, and they don’t want to be deported.
US and UK nationals to be caught in EU border dragnet
US nationals, post-Brexit Brits, and millions of others to be asked questions and charged €5 each to enter the EU in future, under a new proposal.
Turkey backsliding on rights and rule of law, says EU
The EU slams the "degradation" of democracy in Turkey and questions the future of accession negotiations in a report likely to further inflame tension.
Hungarian MPs sink Orban's anti-migrant plan
Viktor Orban fails to push through parliament constitutional amendments that would block any further EU migration quotas.
EU-Turkey migrant deal risks collapse, warns Austria
Austria's defence minister has said the EU should be ready to act as the "first cracks are becoming visible" in the deal agreed in March.
German ministry wants migrants stopped at sea
Germany's interior ministry has said migrants and asylum hopefuls should be intercepted at sea and returned to Africa, marking a U-turn in policy.
Migrant camp evacuated in Paris
Police on Friday morning began removing some 3,000 migrants from the French capital, one week after a similar operation in Calais.
EU washes hands of alleged migrant abuse
EU commission denied allegations of torture at Italian migrant hotspots, but said authorities can physically force people to be fingerprinted.
Amnesty: Italian police tortured migrants to meet EU target
Police in Italy used electric shocks, beatings and sexual humiliation to force people to give their fingerprints in line with an EU target, Amnesty says.
Interview
Former spy chiefs call for EU-US intelligence hub
Europe and the US need an "intelligence hub” to fight terrorism, with grand ideas on EU military integration unlikely to bear fruit, Germany’s former spy chief has said.
Investigation
Romania and Morocco have most expats in EU prisons
Romania and Morocco have the highest number of expats in prison in the EU while Lithuania has the highest percentage of their expat population in jail.
Calais children abandoned at former camp site
Scores of children are sleeping rough on the ruins of the Calais jungle after French authorities declared the end of evacuation.
Greece to probe UN allegations of illegal returns
UN allegations of unlawful returns of asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey mark another blow to the credibility of the EU-Turkey migrant swap deal.
Opinion
How to monitor the EU's new border security strategy
EU compliance with adequate human rights standards, the principle of non-refoulement and fair access to asylum procedures needs to be reviewed through new guidelines and mechanisms.
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