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Crowd attacks Vlaams Belang politician at Antwerp city hall
Two people from the Belgian-Moroccan group have been detained by police following the incident.
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Four in five people convicted of theft in Switzerland hold a foreign passport
Algerian and Romanian nationals were the most frequently recorded. About two-thirds of those convicted were not part of the permanent resident population.
UN says most child migrants reaching Europe now travel alone
The concentration is sharpest in Italy and Spain, where 86 per cent of the children arrived alone.
Trump links French school protests to ‘out of control mass migration’
"What's happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn't about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country!".
‘Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped,’ UK Home Secretary admits
Home Office statistics record the sex, age and nationality of those detected on arrival, not what happened to them before they embarked.
Italy keeps Schengen checks on Spain two months after Ceuta invasion
Rome says the risks left by the July invasion have not receded, while the European Commission has still not ruled on either set of controls.
State Department strips a quarter of a million visas under Trump
Ordinary European tourists mostly travel without one, though officials and regulators in Brussels have already been caught by Washington's widening net.
Vance says deporting illegal migrants would cut rents, house prices and violent crime
He added that there was a lot of economic evidence on the issue, both in the US and abroad.
Sharia4Belgium founder seeks Belgian asylum to block a return to Morocco
Belkacem was born in Rumst, in Antwerp province, northern Belgium, in 1982 but is of Moroccan descent.
Brussels plans Frontex rapid-reaction force after Ceuta crossings
The European Commission plans to enhance Frontex's capabilities, enabling rapid response to border crises within 24 hours as part of a new five-point package addressing…
Portugal’s ruling parties move to charge non-resident foreigners for healthcare
A bill from the two parties backing Prime Minister Luís Montenegro would oblige illegal migrants and non-residents to pay for treatment, with an exception for emergencies.
French charity accused of ‘trafficking’ after children carried to Channel boats
Footage from a beach near Boulogne-sur-Mer shows volunteers in charity tabards leading migrant children towards dinghies bound for Britain.
Labour MP apologises after calling for ‘military action’ against Israel
Tahir Ali also wanted the Israeli ambassador barred from the Commons, matching the Speaker’s response when China banned British MPs.
Spanish police union warns Sánchez’s regularisation could hand papers to four million
Jupol's estimate is that those grants could multiply by four through family reunification under Spain's aliens law, taking the total to four million over the coming…
Von der Leyen proposes emergency framework to speed up returns weeks after Ceuta
The Commission President has set out a plan to suspend standard return procedures in an emergency almost seven weeks after the mass crossings into the Spanish city.
UK migrant return deal with France is costing about €65,500 for each person sent back
About 1,400 people have been removed to France since the pilot began in August 2025.
Italy eyes end of Schengen suspension on border with Slovenia
The present controls on the land border with Slovenia run from June 19 to December 18, 2026.
Eritrea terror group wanted to kill German police officers
According to the Karlsruhe office, the internationally networked group’s declared aim is the overthrow of the government in Eritrea.
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Swedish deadlock lays bare a voting divide spreading across Europe
Statistics Sweden put the two blocs level among voters of Swedish background and 37 percentage points apart among voters of foreign background.
Irregular EU border crossings fall across all major routes, except Spain
The eastern and central Mediterranean remained the busiest routes and still accounted for nearly 60 per cent of all detections.
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Polish provincial areas bear the brunt of rapid increase in migration
Coverage of this has been scant in the Polish media, which prefers to concentrate on the failures of integration in Western capitals and security on Poland's eastern…
Hungary and Czech Republic round on Spain over EU aid for Ceuta
Péter Magyar and Andrej Babiš contrasted the Commission's emergency support for Pedro Sánchez's government with the daily fine Hungary faces over its asylum rules.
European top court says Netherlands does not have to recognise Yemeni polygamy
The applicant contracted three marriages in Yemen and has 13 children: Eight with his first wife, three with his second and two with his third.
Brussels releases emergency funds for Ceuta invaders as the city remains occupied
Most of the emergency package falls under the EU's asylum and migration budget, paying to house and process the thousands who broke through at El Tarajal and remain…
UK and Belgium sign first post-Brexit police pact to target Channel smugglers
Belgian officers would be allowed to carry weapons on some Eurostar trains and join the UK-France intelligence cell in northern France under the deal.
Ceuta president asks Brussels to confront Morocco over ‘harassment’ of the city
Juan Jesús Vivas has broken with Madrid's line that Rabat remains a reliable partner on migration.
Moroccan man held with Kalashnikov at Brussels station has Spanish residence permit
Belgian prosecutors suspect the 23-year-old of belonging to a criminal organisation as investigators examine links to the drug war in the capital.
Turkish community chief says asylum seekers should be free to leave Saxony-Anhalt after AfD win
"People with a migration background in Saxony-Anhalt no longer have time for theoretical security debates," Sofuoğlu said.
Meloni says Schengen holds only if member states defend EU borders
The Italian Prime Minister received Bart De Wever in Rome a day after the Alternative for Germany won in Saxony-Anhalt, with border checks between Italy and Spain…
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Bardella and Farage put returns in writing while their critics change the subject
The two leaders committed a future French government to taking back migrants intercepted in British waters, and almost every rival party in France reached for the…