Understanding Europe

Members of the Bangladeshi community celebrate the Spanish government's approval of a mass amnesty program that will help regularize over half a million migrants, in Barcelona, Spain April 14, 2026 | Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce
File photo used as illustration: Migrants walk on a road near Citywest accommodation center in Ireland | Photo : Reuters
File photo: Many EU countries have introduced fertility incentives to stave off declining populations | Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa/picture alliance
File photo:  A Sudanese migrant gazes out at the sea from the Ocean Viking rescue ship as it sails across the Mediterranean towards Palermo, southern Italy | Photo:  Sameer Al Doumy / AFP
File photo: The flags of the member states in the Council of Europe building, Strasbourg, France | Photo: picture-alliance