A woman has died after being shot by police in North Macedonia as they were trying to arrest a suspected people smuggler. The incident came as the EU border agency Frontex began a joint operation on the North Macedonian-Greek border.

The Spanish coast guard rescued a total of 344 migrants on Wednesday near the Canary Islands archipelago in the Atlantic. The operation was focused on six different boats in water just off the islands.

The French finance minister’s pledge to crack down on immigrants abusing France’s welfare system has triggered a fresh row in a country reeling from a bitter battle over pension reform, casting doubt on President Emmanuel Macron’s a1

Groups supporting asylum seekers in Germany are demanding that the government abolish a decades-old law which provides that they receive a lower level of social support than regular citizens.