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Countries outside the EU to be linked to the Union through ‘mobility partnerships'. The European Commission will tomorrow (18 November) propose stepping up the EU's...

EU borders agency says detection rate up 50% on last year, mainly because of migrants from north Africa. The volume of illegal border crossings into the European Union has...

Michele LeVoy on her work providing support for refugees and marginalised migrants. When the Platform for International Co-operation on Undocumented Migrants (Picum) moved...

Assessing a collection of studies of the impact of the economic crisis on migration in Europe. Perhaps no European country better illustrates the vagaries and repercussions...

Europe needs policies that help train north Africans and allow them to circulate more freely between Europe and their home countries. Europe's reaction to the historic...

Proposals aim to make it more difficult for workers to be exploited. Unskilled workers from outside the European Union could for the first time be granted a legal route to...

Mari Juritsch on the complex world of risk analysis at the EU's border agency, Frontex. Behind many of the headlines in Europe's papers in recent weeks is an organisation...

A study of mass immigration and how it has affected everyday life in western Europe. “Immigrant Nations” is arguably the best study in many years of the effects that...

The EU's assistance to Greece in patrolling its border with Turkey is likely to become permanent. An emergency mission – which has provided up to 200 border guards since...

The EU is under pressure to bring in more highly skilled workers from around the globe. The EU is not doing very well in the global competition for talent. It is held back...

Plan would make it harder to veto deployment, while Frontex mission to Greece ‘has gone well' The European Union is considering setting up a reserve of border guards to...

Why the EU should not simply dismiss the Libyan leader's demand for money to help curb immigration. When Colonel Muammar Qaddafi in late August asked the European Union...

In inimitable style, Muammar Qaddafi, the host of the EU-Africa summit, has highlighted the pitfalls of pushing Europe's borders offshore. During a visit to Italy late last...

Every argument that France makes for its expulsion of Roma misses the mark. The new politique sécuritaire introduced by the French government, which is essentially a...

Swedish commissioner begins to clear her own path in bid to balance security and rights. Cecilia Malmström was a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2006,...

The EU is to get new powers over justice, and Spain is affected more than most. At their summit today and tomorrow (10-11 December), EU leaders will sign off on a five-year...

EU leaders back closer co-operation with Libya on immigration, but reject French and Italian call for regular EU-funded deportations. The Italian and French governments...

Operation was intended to catch illegal immigrants off Malta. An EU-led operation to catch illegal immigrants off Malta this summer was a failure, according to a paper...

Italian authorities can fine illegal migrants. UN expresses concern over return of would-be asylum-seekers. The European Commission is pressing Italy to provide it with full...

EU countries such as Italy and Malta are demanding help to deal with would-be migrants, but other member states are talking up their own problems. It is rare for a day to...