EU approves new migration pact
After eight years of tough negotiations with the European Union's 27 member states, the European Parliament has approved a fundamental reform of asylum policy in the bloc.
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EU commissioner Johansson: 'We have to limit departures and build legal migration pathways'
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson gave an interview to ANSA and to other European news agencies in which she spoke about the New Pact on Migration and Asylum on the eve of a key vote in the European Parliament.
France: Do plastic buoys stem migrants from crossing the English Channel?
Local authorities have installed barrages of floating buoys in the hopes they act as a roadblock for irregular migrants wanting to reach England on small boats. Some say they have proven effective, while others say smugglers simply1
UK, Bulgaria crack down on EU-Turkish border over English Channel people smuggling equipment
Bulgaria has seized 52 motors, 49 rubber boats, 755 hand pumps and 110 life jackets in a little over a year at its border with Turkey. Authorities have traced equipment used to transport undocumented migrants across the English Chan1
Von der Leyen bets on migration, remains under observation
Migration is cementing the relationship between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the European People's Party (EPP) and part of the right, but there are still issues to be solved before a vote on the European Union1