Understanding Europe

The Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act determines social and medical entitlements for asylum seekers in Germany.
The NGO rescue vessel Lifeline, which was stranded in the Mediterranean with more than 200 migrants on board, about to dock in Malta on 27 June 2018. EPA/DOMENIC AQUILINA
Police escort an asylum seeker away
European border patrol agency Frontex
Refugees from the Ivory Coast returning home