Understanding Europe

File photo used for illustration: Dozens of migrants in Lampedusa waiting to be transferred to other cities in Italy | Photo: Elio Desiderio / ANSA
File photo used as illustratino: Germany tightened borders and expanded its checkpoints, but 2025 showed an increase in visa approvals through regular channels | Photo: stadtratte/Shotshop/picture-alliance
File photo used as illustration: Ten years after hundreds of women were assaulted in Cologne at new year, what are attitudes towards migrants like in Germany today? | Photo: Christoph Hardt / picture alliance/Panama Pictures
File photo: Danish leader Mette Frederiksen (l) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (r) have written a joint letter, calling for a reinterpretation of the ECHR to meet the challenges of modern migration management policies | Photo: Photoshot / picture alliance
File photo: Migrants typically send 200 US dollars to their families each month, making small but steady contributions to the economic stability of their family and home countries | Photo: picture-alliance