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Europe’s refugee crisis

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Photo: EPA/EFE

Italy’s migrant deal stumbles as court blocks Albania deportations

The ruling represents an early roadblock to a five-year deal between Italy and Albania to address Europe’s refugee crisis.

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Italy sends first migrants to Albania under new deal

Child ‘trampled to death’ in asylum seekers’ Channel crossing

Austrian far-right head urges rivals to let him govern after election win

The Freedom Party (FPO) secured about 29 per cent of the vote on Saturday, a historic first for a party founded by a Nazi.

The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO), Herbert Kickl, holds a press conference on the coalition talks that are beginning after the FPO won a plurality of the vote in parliamentary elections, but fell short of a majority, in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

Austria’s far-right claim first national election since World War II

Austria far-right scores historic win, but party could struggle to find partners with whom they can govern.

Rescuers search for missing migrants after boat sinks off Canary Islands, 9 dead

Rescuers were able to pick up 27 of 84 migrants who were trying to reach the Spanish coast on Saturday.

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Conservative leadership candidates grapple over immigration, winning votes

Most say the new leader must end infighting after fourteen years in power ended in a crushing July election defeat and Labour landslide.

Two of Britain’s main opposition Conservative Party leadership candidates, Robert Jenrick (L) and Kemi Badenoch (R), Photo: AFP

UK’s Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni’s tough migration policies

UK prime minister looks for ‘new solutions’ on tackling the flow of migrants in small boats to Britain’s southern shores.

Sweden to pay immigrants up to US$34,000 to go back to home country

The Scandinavian nation seen for decades as a ‘humanitarian superpower’ is struggling to integrate many of its newcomers.

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At least 12 migrants dead after vessel capsizes in Channel

The victims included children and were mainly from Africa, with many from Eritrea.

Firefighters and Civil Protection agents stand next to bags containing the bodies of migrants who died after the sinking of a migrant boat attempting to cross the Channel to England, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Germany’s far-right AfD wins first regional election, exit polls show

AfD took former East German state Thuringia, was neck-and-neck with conservative CDU for first place in Saxony, which also held election.

People sit near a sign that reads “No to Nazis” on the day of the Thuringia state election in Erfurt, Germany on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

UK PM Keir Starmer urges European allies to meet far-right ‘challenge’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he fears a rise of the far-right in Britain and suggested progressive parties across Europe should jointly fight populism.

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Opinion | Southport riots are tip of iceberg of problems UK must urgently address

The new Labour government faces the tall task of restoring public trust and addressing the many festering issues left by its predecessor.

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UK riots heighten risks for undocumented Vietnamese seeking better pay

Vietnam among top 10 countries of illegal arrivals by sea, putting its nationals in firing line as UK gets tough on unauthorised migrants.

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Fireworks are thrown towards police during an anti-immigration demonstration in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, on Sunday. Photo: dpa

UK’s Starmer condemns attack on asylum seeker hotel as far-right violence spreads

UK prime minister says rioters will face the full force of the law as anti-immigrant protests spread across Britain.

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Protestors throw a garbage bin on fire outside a hotel in Rotherham, Britain. Photo: Reuters

UK Conservatives planned to spend US$13 billion on Rwanda migrant scheme: minister

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told parliament the Rwanda plan, now scrapped, has already cost taxpayers US$905 million.

‘Britain is back,’ new UK PM Starmer tells Europe

The prime minister is seeking to rebuild bridges after Brexit, telling EU leaders the country will ‘reset’ its approach.

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Rwanda says UK migrant deal did not stipulate return of funds

London paid Kigali US$306 million before new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared the deportation scheme ‘dead and buried’.

A facility in Kigali, Rwanda, that was meant to accommodate migrants deported from the UK. File photo: AFP

Rwanda aware of UK’s intention to terminate contentious deportation scheme

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Saturday that the UK’s Rwanda deportation plan was ‘dead and buried’.

Migrants face ‘unimaginable horrors’ crossing Africa: UN

Many more people are believed to be dying on land routes than at sea, with thousands of deaths each year, as issues including conflict, climate change, and racism increasingly spur people to leave their homelands.

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Opinion | Labour’s landslide victory has ushered in a new dawn in British politics

Having come to power on the back of big promises of change, Labour will look to capitalise on the disorientation of Conservatives to deliver.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a victory speech on election night in London on July 5. Photo: Bloomberg

Clashes erupt as far-right AfD party says it aims to govern Germany

Two police officers were hospitalised after attacks by protesters, as the party held its congress in the city of Essen.

Protesters gather to demonstrate against the AfD during the party’s convention in Essen, Germany, on Saturday. Photo: dpa via AP

Opinion | EU elections: far-right rose on the back of centrist parties’ empty promises

Instead of offering policy solutions or addressing sceptics, traditional parties in Brussels have left a vacuum for the far-right to fill.

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UK gives date for first Rwanda asylum seekers’ deportation flights

Sending asylum seekers who have arrived in Britain without permission to Rwanda is one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship policies.

EU signs off on ‘more effective’ asylum rules, ahead of Europe-wide elections

EU government ministers approved 10 legislative parts of The New Pact on Migration and Asylum. It lays out rules for the 27 member countries to handle people trying to enter without authorisation.

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Migrants aboard a rubber boat end up in the water, while others cling on to a centifloat before being rescued near Libya. EU nations passed sweeping new reforms to the bloc’s failed asylum system. Photo: AP/File

Sunak’s ‘chaotic’ UK government suffers further blow as another lawmaker defects

In a stunning move, Natalie Elphicke, who has been critical of the opposition in the past, crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join the ranks of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street for Prime Minister’s Questions at parliament in London on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Rights group begins legal action over UK’s Rwanda migrant policy

Asylum Aid launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, which PM Rishi Sunak aims to launch within weeks.

UK begins detaining migrants set to be deported to Rwanda

Images released by British authorities showed a man being put in a van and another being led out of his house in handcuffs.

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Europe’s refugee crisis
Starting in 2015, Europe struggled on a large scale to cope with its biggest influx of refugees since the second world war. Hundreds of thousands fled and have been fleeing from the war-torn Middle East and beyond. Many have resorted to risky boat voyages to reach Europe, and thousands have perished in the process.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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