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Status of 3,000 opponents of Iranian regime to be checked before transfer or re-settlement. The EU has welcomed an agreement between the United Nations and the Iraqi...

Member states and European Commission will meet tomorrow to discuss fate of thousands of Africans who have fled Libya. A number of Africans who have fled the violence in...

Closed borders putting 'more people at risk' after 180,000 flee turmoil and violence. Kristalina Georgieva, the European commissioner for humanitarian aid, has said that...

Georgieva pledges €30 million to deal with refugee crisis at Libyan border. Kristalina Georgieva, the European commissioner for humanitarian aid, announced during a...

Court says Belgium was wrong to return asylym-seekers to Greece. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Belgium was wrong to deport an asylum-seeker back to...

Several hundred border guards from EU member states are to be sent to Greece's land border with Turkey to deal with a sudden increase in illegal border crossings. The...

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...

This tragedy showed how little the EU's disaster reponse procedures have changed. On the margins of the evident human tragedy, the earthquake that shook Haiti on 12 January...

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...

While only a few countries may be pushing back boats of migrants, the whole of the EU is pushing away commitments to asylum-seekers. It is rare for a week to go by without...

The plight of Roma forced to return to Kosovo. When it comes to Kosovo, EU states seem to agree on one thing – that it is time for those who fled war and persecution to go...

Border agency says it had no information about what Italy did with migrants after they were picked up. The EU's border agency Frontex has admitted that it may be helping the...

EU border agency denies claims by Human Rights Watch; Malta also said to have sent migrants back to Libya. The EU's border agency, Frontex, has been involved in a number of...

European Commission proposes that police should have right to scour fingerprints of asylum-seekers from across EU. The European Commission today proposed that police forces...

Low number of refugees accepted by EU member states prompts Commission plans for resettlement scheme. The European Commission is to call next week for the creation of an EU...

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...

Tobias Billström, Sweden's minister for migration and asylum policy, speaks of his plans and concerns. Migration is one of the  most delicate policy areas handled...

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...

Refugee agency warns of maltreatment, failure to accept asylum applications and changes to legal system. The UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, today (14 July) criticised...

Police could get access to asylum-seekers' details, according to proposal aimed to help police investigate terrorism. Police officers will be allowed access to a database...