Understanding Europe

File photo: The flags of the member states in the Council of Europe building, Strasbourg, France | Photo: picture-alliance
File photo of Oxford Street in London: The UK has overhauled its migration and asylum policy, impacting those who want to work, study, or seek international protection  | Photo: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire
EU states want harsher penalties for people who ignore deportation orders | Photo: Christian Ohde/CHROMORANGE/picture alliance
A view of the Bundestag, the German Parliament | Photo: Reuters
File photo: Federal Administrative Court, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, 26 August 2025 | Photo: Peter Engelke/PIC ONE/picture alliance