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  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    EU eastern tensions
    Austria joins ‘co-ordinated’ border checks against illegal migrants

    The central European country, Poland and Czech Republic have all reintroduced controls along borders with Slovakia

    1 hour ago
    Police stop cars at Berg, Austria, near the border with Slovakia
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Conservative Party UK
    Braverman says ‘hurricane’ of migrants coming to the UK

    Labour accuses home secretary of using controversial speech to further her credentials as a future Tory leader

    UK home secretary Suella Braverman delivers speech in Manchester
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    UK immigration
    UK migration advisers call for tighter foreign worker rules

    ‘Shortage occupation list’ opens door to exploitation by bosses and should be axed, says Migration Advisory Committee

    Commuters on their way to work cross London Bridge in central London
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Stephen Bush
    Rishi Sunak is right: multiculturalism works

    British politicians would do well to reflect on the country’s relative success in integrating minorities

    Illustration of two rows of paper chain people. On the top row, the people’s hands and feet are joined with sticky tape and each person has a country flag - left to right: India, Portugal, Britain and Canada. The bottom row is seemlessly joined with each figure a different colour
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    EU immigration
    Elon Musk wades into German-Italian migration spat

    Billionaire spars publicly with Germany’s foreign ministry on his social media platform

    Elon Musk
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    Europe Express
    Migration to overshadow EU enlargement at leaders’ summit Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: why the solar industry is warning against tariffs on Chinese goods

    Young migrants are seen walking in the reception center for migrants (Hotspot) on the small island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Adam Tooze
    Germany must invest to neutralise the far-right threat

    A once successful growth model has run out of steam and migrants are needed to fill labour market shortages

    Balloons showing support for AfD during a campaign for local elections in Nordhausen, central Germany, last month
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    EU immigration
    Germany backs down on human rights demands in EU migration rules

    Berlin was holding out on a remaining piece of the bloc’s asylum and immigration reform

    People at the German-Polish border
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    News in-depthSlovakia
    Illegal migration wave raises tensions ahead of Slovak elections

    Hungarian leader accused of allowing people to cross into Slovakia to boost anti-immigrant politician Robert Fico

    Six men sit on the ground with some of their belongings in plastic bags. Houses and mist can be seen in the background
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    Europe Express
    Why Berlin can sway the balance on EU migration crisis rules Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: the political case for Spain’s Sánchez to say no to an amnesty for Catalan separatists

    A member of the Italian army walks along the fence of the reception center for migrants on the small island of Lampedusa
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    Sylvie Kauffmann
    Disarray of EU migration policy squeezes the space for rational debate

    Europe is hungry for newcomers to fill labour market gaps but rising numbers of irregular arrivals are fuelling the far right

    An overloaded boat of migrants arrives in Lampedusa
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    News in-depthGerman politics
    German far-right party surges on immigrant ‘dystopia’

    Alternative for Germany is stoking anti-migrant sentiment in the town of Görlitz — and nationwide

    Sebastian Wippel speaks at an AfD election campaign event in Görlitz
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    UK immigration
    Braverman questions UN treaty’s definition of refugee persecution

    UNHCR insists convention is ‘as relevant as when it was adopted’ after UK home secretary calls for reform

    Home secretary Suella Braverman makes speech on immigration at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    Greek economy
    Greece to integrate irregular migrants amid labour shortage

    Government seeks to address lack of workers in agriculture, tourism and construction

    Rescued refugees and migrants stand aboard a boat at the town of Paleochora, southwestern Crete
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Oren Cass
    US Republicans could finally win the argument on immigration

    Illegal border crossings have quadrupled since Joe Biden became president

    Asylum seekers in New York. More than 100,000 migrants have arrived in the city over the past year
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    EU immigration
    Scholz accuses Poland of ‘waving through’ refugees as visa scandal deepens

    German chancellor demands investigation into allegations that Warsaw tolerated a cash-for-visas scheme

    Olaf Scholz
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe
    ‘Thousands of people need help’: lawyers fight for refugees

    Pro bono legal teams are finding creative ways to support vulnerable people worldwide, but the scale of the challenge is vast

    Illustration of persons walking on a ‘bridge’ of paper sheets
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    US immigration
    Cross-border cargo trains disrupted as US strains to contain migrant rush

    Wave of crossings via Mexico puts pressure on authorities

  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    UK immigration
    UK public inquiry calls for maximum 28 days for immigration detention

    Ministers must learn lessons from ‘toxic culture’ at Sussex removal centre, report finds

    Detainees held at Brook House respond to demonstrators fighting against plans to send migrants to Rwanda in 2022
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Italian economy
    Italy turns to Kyrgyz shepherds to revive Sardinian farming

    Farming body seeks recruits from 6,000 miles away in fight to help rural economy

    Shepherds on horseback herd sheep along a road in the Suusamyr valley, Kyrgyzstan
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Poland
    Poland’s ruling party under pressure over broadening visa scandal

    Law and Justice acknowledges that hundreds of visas were sold illegally

    Law and Justice party leader Jarosław Kaczyński
  • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
    EU immigration
    Meloni calls for EU help to deal with surge in migrant arrivals

    European Commission pledges more manpower for registrations on Italian island of Lampedusa

    Migrants arrive on a ship to the harbour of Italian island of Lampedusa
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    UK immigration
    Starmer prioritises control over unrealistic aim of ‘stopping the boats’

    Also in this newsletter, Rishi Sunak needs to rely on opposition party votes occasionally if he wants to make his mark

    A border force boat assists people travelling by small boat at sea
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    UK immigration
    Tories hit out at Labour plan for migration deal with the EU

    Sir Keir Starmer proposes returns agreement with the bloc under which UK would take in asylum seekers

    Montage of Sir Keir Starmer in front of migrants on a small boat
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    UK politics
    Starmer vows to strike a UK migrants ‘return agreement’ with EU

    Conservatives warn deal will force Britain to accept asylum seekers from across the bloc

    A UK Border Force ship rescues migrants crossing the English Channel in a small boat
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