EU calls on member states to step up to migration challenge
EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos calls on member states to agree on reforms to the bloc's asylum system.
EU court: Refugees who turn 18 during asylum process can bring family
The European Court of Justice strengthens family reunifications for unaccompanied refugee minors.
EU rights agency concerned about plans to connect migration databases
Proposals to connect several large EU immigration databases pose various risks for human rights, the bloc's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) warns.
EU: 650,000 people applied for asylum in 2017, half of 2015 record
Almost one million asylum applications were pending at the end of 2017, with Germany accounting for 48 per cent of the total figure.
Merkel warns of threats to Europe’s future
German Chancellor Angela Merkel also argues for solidarity in EU refugee policy.
EU steps up sanctions over South Sudan human rights violations
The Council has added 3 persons involved in serious human rights violations to the list of those submitted to a travel ban and an asset freeze in view of the situation in South Sudan.
Confident populist, bland academic lead polls in Czech election
Less than three months after parliamentary elections the Czechs return to the polls on Friday for a presidential vote - and the divide between the leading candidates could not be starker.
EU refers three member states to the European Court of Justice
The European Union takes Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic to court for failing to take in refugees under an EU scheme.
Libya’s slave trade and torture scar African migrants for life
Reports of African migrants being tortured, killed and sold as slaves in Libya have caused a global outcry. The few who manage to escape the horrors carry deep physical and psychological scars.
Greek island refugees face ‘catastrophe,’ EU lawmaker warns
The number of refugees on the Greek Aegean islands has increased significantly. A German member of the European Parliament expects a "humanitarian catastrophe" as winter approaches.