New EU proposal to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers
The EU commission is to unveil plans next week to redistribute 160,000 asylum seekers arriving in Greece, Italy, and Hungary, according to media reports.
Visegrad states meet on refusal of refugee quotas
The Czech, Hungarian, Polish, and Slovak leaders are meeting in Prague in what looks like a summit of the main opponents of migrant relocation.
Orban: Migrant crisis is Germany's problem
Hungarian leader Viktor Orban has defended his handling of the migrant crisis by heaping responsibility on Germany.
News in Brief
- UN climate chief: No such thing as ideal pace for pre-Paris talks
- UK to accept 'thousands more' Syrian refugees
- Talks next week to soothe Northern Ireland tension
- Putin wants new 'coalition to fight terrorism'
- Lithuanian President: We must show solidarity on migration
- ECB signals plan to buy more bonds
- Report: Bulgaria and Hungary turn to Israel for fence technology
- EU to start destroying Mediterranean smugglers' boats
Italy imposes Austria border controls 'for next few days'
A Bavarian minister has asked north-Italy regional authorities to impose border controls to help Germany cope with asylum seekers.
EU court actions on asylum to multiply
The EU commission has threatened to expand infringement cases against member states which violate EU asylum laws.
Hungary: Volunteers who help migrants turn anti-Orban
Hungarian volunteers helping migrants due to lack of basic state support are beginning to turn their anger on Orban, with a protest planned in Budapest on Wednesday.
EU ministers to hold emergency talks on migrants
EU interior ministers to hold emergency meeting on migration in two weeks, amid a war of words between member states.
Migration hijacks EU-Balkan summit
With Hungary threatening to send in troops along its border with Serbia, the summit on the Western Balkans in Vienna is likely to be dominated by migration.
Macedonia to face thousands of EU-bound migrants
Thousand of migrants are likely to cross into Macedonia every day for months to come, the UN says, amid EU attempts to tighten migrant law compliance.
Germany and France want unified asylum response
French and German leaders in Berlin called for a unified response to asylum amid moves by Germany to scrap point-of entry asylum rules for Syrians.
Hollande to meet Merkel on migration, Ukraine
Hollande travelling to Berlin on Monday to discuss the growing migrant crisis and Ukraine with Merkel after a tense weekend.
EU to spend €2.4bn on migrant schemes
The EU executive approved programmes for border management and treatment of asylum application in 19 member states for the 2014-2020 period.
UK and Germany talk tough on migrants
The British and German governments have called for a new crackdown on migrants, in statements denounced as populist rhetoric by left-wing politicians.
Juncker says mandatory distribution of asylum seekers not off table
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has indicated he will revisit ideas for a mandatory distribution of asylum seekers among member states, while urging governments not to succumb to "populist" thinking on immigration.
Immigration is Europeans' biggest concern, poll finds
Immigration is the biggest policy challenge facing Europe, a new Eurobarometer poll has found.
Record 107,500 migrants arrived in EU in July
The number of migrants registered at EU borders in July passed a record 100,000 for a single month for the first time.
EU calls for solidarity on migrant crisis
EU migration commissioner Avramopoulos has announced emergency aid for Greece, Hungary, and Austria, while asking member states to show "collective courage".
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- Refugee quotas 'unacceptable' for Visegrad states
- EU reform in Ukraine: prosecuting the prosecutor
- Juncker's State of the Union on EU agenda This WEEK
- From Fallujah to Brussels: a perilous route
- Germany, Italy alarmed by EU disunity on migrants
- EU ready to destroy smuggler boats at sea
- Visegrad states meet on refusal of refugee quotas
- Visegrad members must stick together
EU offers aid to France for migrants, shows little sympathy for UK
The EU has said it can provide aid to France as it struggles to deal with the growing number of migrants around the northern port city of Calais but has shown little sympathy for UK complaints.
Denmark tightens border controls
Denmark is attempting to appease domestic anti-immigrant sentiment by imposing stricter border control checks to stop irregular migrants from entering the country.
EU to use development aid to stop migrants
EU leaders want to use development assistance to motivate African governments to stop “illegal migration and to combat smuggling networks.”
EU asylum agreement prompts deep divisions
Plans, agreed at summit, to distribute asylum seekers without binding quotas exposed EU institutional and national divides.
Opinion
Migrant crisis is just beginning
Mandatory quotas have become the main issue in the European debate on the immigration crisis. But the heart of the problem lies in source countries.
EU leaders want to quarantine migrants
Latest draft conclusions: Migrants should be detained and, where possible, sent home. But EU summit agenda being gatecrashed by Greece.
Hungary defends suspension of EU asylum rules
Hungary's EU ambassador says decision to stop taking back asylum seekers from EU states is appeal for "patience and solidarity"
Hungary and allies reject EU migrant quotas
Central European states have rejected the idea of mandatory migrant quotas. Meanwhile Hungary has suspended EU asylum rules.
EU leaders to agree migrant relocation, clash on numbers
Draft EU summit conclusions suggest member states are prepared to relocate asylum seekers but the binding nature of the scheme remains unclear.
British nationals among Calais migrant smugglers
The BBC reports around 100 British nationals were arrested last year in France for trying to smuggle migrants from Calais into the UK.
MEPs' Highlights
- Hungary tearing down wall in ’89, putting up wall in 2015 – ALDE MEPs urge Commission to act before border fence is built
- Cynical to see leaders haggling over the number of asylum seekers
- Eva Paunova supports Alliance for YOUth
- Danuta Hübner will chair the AFCO Hearing on The institutional future of the European Union within and beyond the Treaty of Lisbon
- EC proposal on migration Important step to tackle immediate crises, but more needed to solve the root causes
- Clusters form 'the backbone of EU regional policy'
