Europe was plunged into crisis in 2015 as more than a million migrants flooded into the continent, making the risky journey across the Aegean to Greece or braving a perilous Mediterranean crossing. A deal with Turkey has stemmed the flow but can the EU agree a common approach to tackling the mass movement of people?
Migrants
A new home in Europe?
‘It’s the jungle’: Bosnian migrant camp in crisis
No running water, putrid toilets and surrounding woods littered with land mines -- these are the bleak conditions of a camp where hundreds of migrants brace for winter in Bosnia
The European Union: a history marked by crises
From De Gaulle's infamous 'non' to the Brexit vote in 2016; a brief recap of the most testing times in the 62-year history of the European Union
EU powers push for uptake of migrant relocation pilot scheme
EU powers France, Germany and Italy, along with smaller member Malta, will on Tuesday seek to rally the rest of the bloc to a joint scheme to distribute migrants saved at sea
Asylum requests down in developed countries: OECD
Developed countries received sharply fewer asylum applications in 2018, a report says, while warning the world remains gripped by a migrant crisis fuelled by wars and economic hardship
Key EU interior ministers seek to resolve Mediterranean rescue crisis
Interior ministers from several European countries, as well as the European Commission, met in Malta to discuss finding a deal to the distribution of the migrants rescued in the Central Mediterranean.
Spain offers closest ports as safe haven for migrant vessel
The EU has praised Spain for taking in the NGO vessel Open Arms, which has been denied entry to Italy with over 100 migrants on board.