Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Conservative government’s contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal, striking a major blow to a key policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's administration1
Debate is continuing in the EU after the UK court ruling on the Rwanda scheme. Some countries want to push ahead with plans to send asylum seekers to third countries, under deals like the Italy-Albania accord.
The 11 people arrested by Europol are suspected of smuggling migrants from Greece to northern Europe by air. The arrests were announced on Wednesday after a joint Greek-Belgian investigation.
Greece received the highest amount of EU funds earmarked for migration of any member state in 2023.
Finland has proposed closing its border with Russia, which it accuses of turning a blind eye to undocumented migrants crossing into the nordic state.