Refugee agency says risk of people dying attempting crossing is at its highest The risk of migrants and refugees becoming shipwrecked in the Mediterranean and dying at sea is the… Read more »
Member states should face punitive action over deaths in Mediterranean, say lawyers The EU and member states should be prosecuted for the deaths of thousands of migrants who drowned in… Read more »
Exclusive: Leaked paper shows determination to dissuade coastal states from cooperating The African Union is seeking to kill off the EU’s latest blueprint for stemming migration, claiming that it would… Read more »
Exclusive: 130,000 children sent to ex-colonies up to 1970s under ‘misguided’ programme Child migrants from Britain sent thousands of miles from home to Australia in what was described as a… Read more »
Move is first major eviction since rightwing government enacted hardline migration law More than 500 people are being ousted from a refugee reception centre in a town close to Rome… Read more »
Campaigners say action plan falls short of Europe-wide measures that are required The European commission is facing criticism for failing to crack down on the abuse of schemes that allow… Read more »
Poles mourn critic of ruling party’s anti-immigration policies who was stabbed at charity event Polish and European officials joined thousands of people from across Poland on Saturday for the funeral… Read more »
Labour accuse government of whipping up migration issue ahead of Brexit vote The home secretary, Sajid Javid, and his French counterpart have pledged to step up joint efforts to tackle… Read more »
A group of about 40 migrants were picked up by the authorities in five separate incidents on Christmas Day Two children were among dozens of people rescued trying to cross… Read more »
Boy, eight, died on Christmas Day in hospital in New Mexico Death follows that of Jakelin Caal in custody this month An eight-year-old Guatemalan boy died in US government custody… Read more »
Relative of human trafficker Medhanie Yehdego Mered does not recognise detainee An Eritrean man says his brother, believed one of the world’s most wanted people smugglers, remains free while another… Read more »
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at the last PMQs of 2018 and Sajid Javid publishing the immigration white paper… Read more »
Official figures show estimated 74,000 more EU nationals came to live in Britain than left Net migration from the EU to the UK has fallen to the lowest level in… Read more »
Pop-up London store sells items such as sleeping bags, blankets and solar lamps An orderly queue formed outside the Choose Love store despite the November cold. But unlike the thousands… Read more »
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