Migrant crisis
Latest news and information on migrant border crossings, journeys, and camps.
EU nations patch things up after Ceuta migration discord
Spain and fellow EU nations moved to bury the hatchet Tuesday after a mass influx of migrants into the North African enclave of Ceuta laid bare fault lines on migration within the 27-nation bloc.
EU countries call for talks over migrant influx into Spanish enclave
A majority of EU countries called on Saturday for emergency talks on the sudden inflow of tens of thousands of migrants into Spain's enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.
Can an EU member state be kicked out of Schengen zone?
Several EU countries have caused a stir when they called to shut Spain out of the EU's visa-free Schengen travel zone after the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco was overwhelmed this week by thousands of migrant arrivals. Is that possible?
Denmark joins countries calling for asylum centres outside EU
Denmark is one of 15 EU member states who have sent a joint letter to the European Commission demanding a further tightening of the bloc's asylum policy, which will make it easier to transfer undocumented migrants to third countries, such as Rwanda, including when they are rescued at sea.
Denmark demands tougher EU borders to prevent 'migration crisis'
Eight EU nations including Denmark called on Brussels to significantly toughen the bloc's borders to "prevent another large-scale migration crisis," according to a letter seen by AFP ahead of a key summit.
Spanish jihadi cell funded through Danish tax fraud on chicken, cheese and chocolate
A Spanish jihadist cell funded itself through tax fraud on chicken, cheese and chocolate sold in Denmark, according to an investigation published Tuesday led by non-profit European newsroom Correctiv.
Italy's Salvini in Libya as migrants disembark Danish cargo ship
Italy's new government took its fight to block migrants to Libya on Monday as a new boat with hundreds on board remained stranded at sea, deepening a crisis shaking Europe.
Italy’s refusal of Maersk migrants 'unreasonable': Denmark’s immigration minister
Danish minister for immigration Inger Støjberg says that Italy must accept migrants rescued by shipping company Maersk.
Danish ship rescues 222 boat refugees
The Danish shipping firm Torm came to the aid of two rubber dinghies crammed with asylum seekers in the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend, the company said in a press release on Tuesday.
Can the Mediterranean drownings be stopped?
No one would argue that nothing should be done about the urgent plight of the thousands of asylum seekers crossing the Mediterranean. Morten Kjærum, the new director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, says that European countries need to pull together to save refugees’ lives.