Tag: borders

• EU greenlights controversial return hubs in ‘strictest-ever’ new migration law

  June 1, 2026

  A new EU migration law will allow return hubs outside the bloc and home searches for irregular migrants in a bid to crackdown on migration. Civil society groups point to… more ›

• EU votes in favor of migrant ‘return hubs’

  March 30, 2026

  Human rights groups have warned of asylum seekers disappearing into “legal black holes” beyond EU borders, while concerns have also been raised over the influence of the far right over… more ›

• Stranded at sea: A decade after EU’s migrant crisis, hundreds still dying in Mediterranean

  August 23, 2025

  Italy hailed a drop in irregular arrivals last year as proof its migration policies are working. One boat’s journey shows the dangers of the crackdown. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/stranded-sea-decade-after-eus-migrant-crisis-hundreds-still-dying-mediterranean-2025-08-19/ more ›

• Exclusive: Rwanda reached deal with US to take in up to 250 migrants, government says

  August 9, 2025

  The United States and Rwanda have agreed for the African country to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the U.S., the spokesperson for the Rwandan government and an official… more ›

• Europe’s Schengen Border Software Vulnerable to Hacks, Audit Says

  July 3, 2025

  An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software and security vulnerabilities, according to emails and confidential… more ›

• Smugglers deploy ‘taxi boats’ to collect migrants off the French coast

  June 18, 2025

  They are being launched from new sites and in new ways – out of reach of French police. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd1l6p8vw9o more ›

• All the thorny questions the EU needs to answer to make ‘return hubs’ a reality

  February 22, 2025

  The project of establishing “return hubs” for rejected asylum seekers faces a myriad of challenges, including potential conflicts with international law. The European Union must outsource parts of its migration… more ›

• Planning a model city for refugees, private investors propose a bold solution to the migration crisis

  February 22, 2025

  At first glance, it sounds like a utopian dream. A Swiss entrepreneur envisions a new Hong Kong – built for refugees. Yet behind the scenes, negotiations to secure land at… more ›

• Exclusive: EU Commission poised to propose migrant ‘return hubs’ in legislation

  February 4, 2025

  The European Commission is set to include so-called ‘return hubs’ located outside the bloc’s borders from which migrants can be returned to their home states in an upcoming legislative proposal to… more ›

• The war that changed the world

  August 21, 2022

  It feels like an eternity ago, that grim wintry pre-dawn of Thursday 24 February. https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/08/ukraine-invasion-six-months-that-changed-world more ›