Understanding Europe

File photo: Most of the people who rushed around the border checks last week have since returned to Morocco (This photo taken on August 2) | Photo: Henry Nicholls / AFP
Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK, and Zia Yusuf, Spokesperson for Home Affairs of Reform UK, at a press conference in Westminster unveiling their latest plans to stop migrants crossing the Channel by deploying the British Navy | Photo: Stephen Chung / Zuma presswire / picture alliance
Migrants arrive in Tarajal, which marks the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta  on July 31, 2026 | Photo: Reuters
A charter flight with 31 Afghans on board left Leipzig-Halle airport on July 28, 2026 | Photo: Sebastian Willnow / dpa / picture alliance
File photo: European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019 | Photo: Yves Herman / Reuters