Filippo Zingone: Migration: the new political battlefield of the modern world
The migrant has become one of the most powerful political symbols of our time. Across continents, from Europe to North...
EU immigration
Moroccans second largest group in Spain’s migrant regularisation
Moroccan migrants accounted for around 13.3 per cent (approximately 157,000) of applications under Spain's exceptional regularisation programme, making them the...
Lahoucine Bekkar Sbaii: Europe on immigration lockdown
With the entry into force of the new European Migration and Asylum Pact in 2026, Europe is entering a new...
EU–Libya migration policies risk increasing human rights abuses
The arrival in Savona of the Ocean Viking, on may 28th, carrying 68 people rescued after leaving Libya has renewed...
Libya tightens controls on foreigners amid migration tensions
Libya has introduced another measure aimed at regulating the movement of foreign nationals as pressures on irregular migrants continue to...
Interview with Emergency’s Advocacy : EU Pact and Libya
As the EU Migration Pact enters into force, Emergency’s Davide Giacomino warns that border externalisation and Libyan interceptions are increasingly...
EU migration policy faces Libya abuse
The Ocean Viking was expected to dock in Savona with 68 people rescued in the Central Mediterranean after departing from...
Libyan migrant ship arrival exposes Europe’s policies
The Ocean Viking is expected to dock in Savona with 68 people rescued in the Central Mediterranean after one survivor...
Ignacio Cembrero: Spain’s laxity in front of Morocco and the UK
At the Gibraltar border, the Spanish government is rushing to implement the agreement between the European Commission and the United...
Greece raises concern over migrant numbers in Libya
The Migration Minister in Greece, Thanos Plevris, has said that around 550,000 migrants and refugees are currently in Libya awaiting...
Libya detains migrant smuggling suspects
Libya’s Public Prosecutor has ordered the detention of two members of a migrant smuggling gang operating along the Al-Khoms coast,...
Around 50 Sudanese refugees dead off Libya’s coastline
At least 50 people have died after a boat carrying Sudanese refugees caught fire off Libya’s coast, according to The...
Leaders of Turkey, Italy, Libya meet on migration issues
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted a high-level meeting in Istanbul with the Prime Ministers of Italy and Libya’s UN-recognised...
EU and Morocco talk on comprehensive migration partnership
The European Union and Morocco are hammering out a deal focused on migration and border security, as part of efforts...
Libya: EU is ready to play hardball in migration negotiations
Magnus Brunner, the European Commissioner for Migration, suggested in an interview that the EU could consider using development aid and...
