World news about “Immigration” published by euronews.
Europe on the move in the search for work Europe is on the move as the search intensifies for work. With unemployment figures soaring tens of thousands are abandoning their homelands. While many… 23/12/2011
The EU’s immigration challenges With ISPI – the Institute for International Political Studies With EYP – the European Youth Parliament Kristina, from Ukraine, asks: Taking into… 16/12/2011
Portuguese youth exodus The queues outside African and South American consulates in Lisbon are getting longer by the day as more Portuguese are hoping to try their luck overseas… 08/12/2011
Close up: the rise of Europe’s far-right Is Europe taking the threat of right-wing extremism seriously enough? Anders Breivik’s killing spree in Norway in July and the recent discovery that neo-Nazis… 08/12/2011
Russia tightening migrant rules To discuss some of the aspects of migration in today’s Russia, euronews spoke with Vladimir Vasiliev, an MP with the United Russia party [conservative, led by… 29/11/2011
Russia’s secret migrant workforce Immigration is a hot topic in Russia’s election campaign. Driven by poverty, desperate migrants from former Soviet republics and Central Asia have descended… 28/11/2011
The fallout from the Swiss election Changes are clearly happening in the Swiss political balance. The right-wing UDC in Switzerland figured it would get a hefty score in the latest elections… 24/10/2011
Asylum-seekers clash with Italian police – nocomment In Italy, at least 30 people were hurt during clashes between asylum seekers and the police. The immigrants set fire to rubbish bins and car tyres in the… 02/08/2011
EU Summit spells the end of Schengen? The EU summit has concluded with leaders agreeing to tighten migration controls including a potential rollback of the Schengen accord, reintroducing border… 25/06/2011
Spanish coastguards rescue African immigrants – nocomment Spain Maritime Coastguard rescued 54 sub-Saharan immigrants close to the Motril port (Granada) on a small boat. The Red Cross said the groulp included several… 23/06/2011
Are Roma citizens being treated equally in the EU? “My name is Vincent, and my question concerns what happened to the Roma one year ago. Is it normal they were removed from France when they are in the Schengen… 13/05/2011
The lure of the west 100.000 Poles are preparing their suitcases, maybe more. They want to work in Germany. They have the right to do so, now. Because the seven years long… 11/05/2011
Finland’s far-right fancy ‘‘Nationalist, anti-immigration and strongly euro-sceptic. The True Finn party made an historic breakthrough in Finland’s recent elections. What are the… 06/05/2011
EU considers Schengen reform to fight migration Europe has Schengen in its sights. Once lauded as one of the EU’s landmark treaties, an influx of migrants from North Africa has changed all that with calls… 04/05/2011
Europe plans Schengen shake up Europe could give individual states more power to temporarily restore border controls under new plans that were discussed on Wednesday. The possible shake… 04/05/2011
Europe Weekly: Chernobyl and Schengen In the Europe Weekly review of important stories, nuclear is back in the news 25 years after Chernobyl; France and Italy want to revise the Treaty of Schengen… 29/04/2011
Is Schengen facing EU immigration threat? In this edition of The Network, we pose the questions: ‘Is the Schengen treaty falling apart?’ and ‘What is happening to EU immigration policy?’ Giving us… 28/04/2011
French-Italian border spat meeting The leaders of France and Italy will meet this Tuesday for what is being described as a calming of tempers — a summit over immigration across their shared… 25/04/2011
Europe Weekly: nuclear cheque and voter incentives In the Europe Weekly review of important stories, Hungary’s ruling party is criticised as undemocratic, over a new constitution. Tensions remain at the… 22/04/2011
Close-up: migrants’ rough ride to EU The bruising is not over for migrants from Arab rebellions, many feeling bewildered at the reception they get when they venture to cross the Mediterranean Sea… 15/04/2011
Europe Weekly: veils, migrants and soap cartel This Europe Weekly review of important European stories includes the enforcement of the veil ban in France, interreligious dialogue at the Council of Europe… 15/04/2011
Partners angry over Italian visas for migrants More migrants intercepted by Italy’s coast guard on the eve of a meeting of European Union interior and justice ministers in Luxembourg have added to the… 11/04/2011
Italy says EU help lacking with migrants Italy feels that Europe is ignoring its calls for help with the crush of incoming migrants reaching the island of Lampedusa. Some 19,000 have arrived since… 30/03/2011
Migrants rescued off Lampedusa – nocomment Italy’s Border Police and Coast Guard rescued a boat carrying 190 migrants off the coast of the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, according to police… 30/03/2011
Lampedusa: Italian island at the sharp end of immigration Dubbed “The gateway to Europe” the small Italian island of Lampedusa holds a unique geographical position, it is closer to Africa than Italy. The island is… 03/03/2011
EU sluggish on Italian migration help The home affairs ministers of Germany, Sweden and Belgium have expressed scepticism over Italy’s warning that it is at risk of being invaded by migrants from… 24/02/2011
Italy’s EU immigration rescue call What if Arab revolutions launched a thousand ships? Italy has not felt this vulnerable to illegal immigration since communism collapsed in Albania 20 years… 23/02/2011
EU considers immigration emergency Italy’s interior minister, Roberto Moroni, has voiced fears of an immigration tsunami caused by revolution in the Arab countries of the Mediterranean. This… 23/02/2011
Italy wants EU help amid Libyan immigration fear Italy fears that the unrest in Libya will see a flood of Libyan immigrants heading for its shores. euronews’ Annibale Fracasso met with Italian Foreign… 23/02/2011
A girl protests against against immigration bills in ArizonaA girl protests against Arizona’s Senate Bill 1308 and 1309 in Phoenix, Arizona. The two bills would deny American citizenship to children born in the United… 08/02/2011
A young man next to the Mexico-US border fenceA young man walks next to the border fence between Mexico and the United States at the site where a 17-year old boy was shot while trying to illegally scale… 07/01/2011
Ireland’s bailout: cause and consequences The first eurozone country to officially enter recession in September 2008, Ireland’s economic nightmare began with the bursting of its property bubble… 22/11/2010
Mobility in Europe: fact or fiction? The expulsion of Roma from France created much debate in Europe. They are mostly from Romania and Bulgaria, and are therefore European citizens, for whom… 23/10/2010
Malta, immigration and xenophobia Crossing the sea to a stormy welcome, African immigrants strike Malta. The Maltese feel stretched to their limits, sensitive to allegations of racism. The… 24/10/2009
Cubans queue for Spanish citizenshipWith a worldwide deadline for people living abroad to apply for Spanish citizenship on Tuesday, hundreds of Cubans waited outside the embassy in the capital… 27/12/2011
Spectre of emigration looms over GreeceInternational lenders are piling pressure on Greece’s political parties to give written guarantees of support for the country’s bailout deal. With a new… 19/11/2011
Neo-nazi link to 10 murders in GermanyGerman investigators say they can confirm evidence to link the murders of 10 people to far-right extremists. Over the past seven years eight Turks and one… 13/11/2011
Spain’s rejected RomaniansNon-Spanish workers in Spain began queuing up to get their papers in order in 2005 — 700,000 foreigners then, when growth was fine. The country welcomed them… 10/11/2011
Crisis punishing Spanish brain pool and foreignersTo take a deeper look at the impact of the crisis on immigration in Spain, euronews spoke to Antoni Segura, a contemporary history professor at the University… 10/11/2011
Germany & Turkey celebrate 50 years of migrationGermany and Turkey have been celebrating 50 years of their ground-breaking Labour Pact, the process signed in October 1961 that opened the gates to Turkish… 02/11/2011
Turks in Germany then and nowIbrahim Esen is one of the 710,000 ‘gasterbeiter’ or guestworker Turks who were recruited for manpower in Germany between 1961 and 1973. He arrived some time… 02/11/2011
Germany honours its Turkish “guest workers”Special ceremonies are being held in Germany to honour what became known as the country’s “guest workers”. Turkey and Germany are celebrating the 50th… 02/11/2011
EU ‘foreigners’ role in Swiss electionsIn a climate of anticipation ahead of federal elections coming up this weekend in Switzerland, euronews spoke to Anne-Frédérique Widmann, head of… 20/10/2011
EU immigration a Swiss election issueThe Swiss go to the polls this weekend for federal elections. More than one third of them say they will base their vote on immigration policy. Traditionally… 20/10/2011
Spain given EU exemption over Romanian workersUnemployment in Spain is sticking stubbornly above 20 percent. And now the European Commission has decided to give Madrid a helping hand to protect its labour… 11/08/2011
Asylum seekers clash with Italian policeIn Italy, at least 30 people were hurt during clashes between asylum seekers and the police on Monday. The immigrants set fire to rubbish bins and car tyres… 01/08/2011
Libyan migrant boat arrives in Italy with 25 deadThe bodies of 25 people have been found on a migrant boat that landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Others on board have reportedly said the dead, all… 01/08/2011
Russia and EU move closer to visa abolitionCould there soon be free travel between the EU and Russia? In Brussels, the two powers have taken a step closer to that with negotiations on the abolition of… 13/07/2011
Presidents of Germany and Italy meetA gulf between Italy and Germany on the question of illegal immigration raised its head at a meeting between the presidents of the two countries. Giorgio… 08/07/2011
Illegal immigrants seized heading for SpainSpain’s maritime rescue service has intercepted 59 immigrants bound for the country’s south east coast. The rescue mission was mounted after a tip-off… 03/07/2011
Automatic deportation for foreign criminals in DenmarkIn the future, foreign nationals who are convicted of a crime and sent to prison in Denmark will be automatically deported on their release. The controversial… 24/06/2011
Reports of 1500 migrants arriving at LampedusaThree boats carrying an estimated 1500 migrants from North Africa arrived off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa overnight. The vessels are thought to… 11/06/2011
Migrant boat tragedyAround 250 people are missing in the Mediterranean sea after a boat taking migrants illegally from North Africa to Europe got into difficulties. The boat… 03/06/2011
Africans fleeing Libya drownIt is feared that 200 to 270 refugees escaping from the violence in Libya have drowned after their overloaded fishing boat got into trouble in heavy seas… 02/06/2011
Hundreds of refugees arrive on LampedusaAfter almost a week’s respite, three boatloads of immigrants have arrived on the italian island of Lampedusa. Coastguards say they number 900 and are a mix… 28/05/2011
Tunisia protests Libyan ‘enemy action’Libya’s internal war is inflaming neighbouring Tunisia. Tunis has warned Tripoli it considers the firing of rockets by Libyan forces towards Tunisian… 18/05/2011
EU ministers meet to discuss SchengenEU ministers have arrived in Brussels for an emergency meeting on the future of the Schengen agreement. The talks have been planned for a while but assumed… 12/05/2011
Obama puts immigration on election agendaImmigration reform has been put on the campaign agenda by President Barack Obama, who is looking to win over the Hispanic vote in next year’s presidential… 11/05/2011
Shipwrecked migrants rescued off LampedusaHundreds of illegal migrants have been saved in a dramatic rescue off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa after their boat got into trouble… 08/05/2011
Libyan exodus continues amidst health fears for refugees.The exodus is continuing from Libya. Over 800 migrants crammed into small boats have arrived in the Italian island of Lampedusa. Their flight from the… 06/05/2011
Italy, France want Schengen changesFreedom to move within Europe’s Schengen area is in for some modification, under French and Italian proposals. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and… 26/04/2011
Berlusconi and Sarkozy call for Schengen reformItalian Prime Minister and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have been speaking after their summit which covered several subjects including the flood of… 26/04/2011
Paris and Rome to propose European border reformThe leaders of France and Italy are meeting on Tuesday morning for what’s being described as a ‘calming of tempers’, a summit over immigration across their… 26/04/2011
Brit expelled from Australia after 41 yearsAustralia has sent a British man back to the UK because of his criminal record after he had lived in Adelaide for 41 years. Clifford Tucker moved down-under… 19/04/2011
Row deepens ahead of Franco-Italian summitFollowing a European Commission ruling in France’s favour there is no sign of a let-up in the immigration row between it and Italy ahead of their summit on… 18/04/2011
Italy and France clash over immigrationItaly has long said that it is unfairly carrying the burden of immigration to the European Union. Some 25,000 people have arrived on Italian shores in… 18/04/2011
France and Italy lock horns over immigrationRome has has its official protest to the European commission rejected in a spat over immigration that is deepening into a crisis after France temporarily… 18/04/2011
France angers Italy after blocking migrants at borderItaly has launched an official protest against France amid an escalating row over the fate of North African migrants. It comes after France closed its… 17/04/2011
France blocks pro-migrant protestA long simmering row has erupted between France and Italy over the fate of North African migrants. French authorities have blocked trains carrying migrants… 17/04/2011
Tunisian migrants riot on Italian islandDesperate Tunisian migrants have staged a mutiny at a detention centre. Faced with imminent deportation from the Italian island of Lampedusa, they started a… 12/04/2011
Migrant boat sinks off Libya; at least 200 missingDozens were rescued but around 200 people are still missing after a boat carrying migrants from Libya sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa. The… 06/04/2011
Lampedusa Island CleanupLocal volunteers and army in the Lampedusa Island of Italy have turned out to clean up the badly-littered beaches and hilly areas after the about 2,000… 05/04/2011
Tensions rising in Italian migrant campsIn Italy, boats have resumed transferring Tunisian immigrants from the small island of Lampedusa to camps on the mainland. Strong winds had prevented boats… 03/04/2011
Berlusconi pledge fails to halt migrant island influxNearly 200 North Africans have arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, just hours after Silvio Berlusconi pledged to make it migrant free. Two… 31/03/2011
Italy moves to solve Lampedusa crisisItaly’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has promised to evacuate thousands of migrants arriving on the island of Lampedusa from North Africa within days. To… 30/03/2011
Berlusconi pledges to free Lampedusa of migrantsThe evacuation of thousands of migrants from the Italian island of Lampedusa is gathering pace, with a pledge they will all be gone within three days. The… 30/03/2011
Italy’s migrant island reaches breaking pointLampedusa is an island on the brink of implosion. This tiny scrap of land on the southernmost edge of Europe has not only borne the brunt of arrivals from… 29/03/2011
Italy migrant crisis a ‘ticking timebomb’There have been renewed protests on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa over the government’s response to its immigration crisis. More boats carrying… 29/03/2011
Italy to ship North African migrants from crisis islandThe Italian government has announced plans to tackle the massive influx of illegal North African migrants on the island of Lampedusa. The arrival of… 29/03/2011
Migrant influx sparks fears of Lampedusa health crisisThere is real concern authorities are struggling to cope with the number of migrants arriving on the small Italian Island of Lampedusa. Already… 28/03/2011
First migrant boat from Libya lands on Italian islandA boat from Libya carrying more than 300 African would-be immigrants on Saturday landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The UN refugee agency since an… 27/03/2011
Italy offers aid to stem Tunisian immigrationStreams of North African immigrants are continuing to head towards the Italian island of Lampedusa. More than 250 of them arrived on Friday – taking the… 25/03/2011
Tunisian migrants protest on tiny Italian islandStranded on an Italian island in increasingly desperate conditions, thousands of North African migrants have been making their voices heard. They staged a… 25/03/2011
Italy calls for EU to share migrant burdenItaly is urging other European countries to take a greater share of the immigrants pouring across from North Africa. The tiny island of Lampedusa is just… 21/03/2011
Immigrant boat turned away from LampedusaResidents on the small Italian island of Lampedusa have prevented a boat carrying 116 immigrants from landing. Each time the vessel, thought to have come… 19/03/2011
Thousands of migrants swamp LampedusaHundreds of migrants continue to pour into the Italian island of Lampedusa. Officials at Lampedusa’s only detention centre say they have been overwhelmed in… 15/03/2011
Tunisian migrants missing after boat capsizesUp to 35 migrants sailing from Tunisia to Italy are missing after their boat capsized. The vessel was en route to the Italian Island of Lampedusa. One… 15/03/2011
Le Pen visits migrants on LampedusaFrench far-right politician Marine Le Pen on a visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa has told would-be immigrants to Europe that the EU “can not welcome… 14/03/2011
Italy strained by continued migrant flowThe flow of migrants from Tunisia to Italy has shown little sign of letting up. Eighteen boats arrived at the island of Lampedusa with a total of more than… 08/03/2011
New wave of migrants reach ItalyHundreds of Tunisian migrants have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The latest influx was prompted by an improvement in stormy weather conditions… 07/03/2011
Merkel insists migrants must learn GermanChancellor Angela Merkel is remaining steadfast to her opinion that Turkish immigrants living in Germany must learn the language of their adopted… 01/03/2011
Italy alarmed by Tunisian migrantsThe head of the EU’s border control agency, Frontex, says the Tunisian government must take some of the responsibility for what he calls the “traumatic… 15/02/2011
Italy releases aid to stop Tunisian exodusItaly has released five million euros in emergency aid along with extensive credit facilities to help Tunisia’s turmoil-battered economy. The move has been… 15/02/2011
Influx of North Africans with sights set on ItalyThey are arriving in their scores, crammed onto small craft. In the last week alone, an estimated 5,500 illegal immigrants, mainly from Tunisia, have landed… 14/02/2011
Italy offered help with Tunisian migrantsThe European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, at talks in Tunis, has expressed support for Tunisia’s caretaker administration, as increasing… 14/02/2011
Tunisia promises co-operation over illegal migrantsTunisia has angrily rejected any notion that Italian police will be allowed onto its soil to stem the wave of migrants leaving the country for the island of… 14/02/2011
EU responds to Italian calls for help over migrantsNearly 1,000 Tunisian migrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight adding to what’s been described as a humanitarian emergency. In the last… 14/02/2011
UK: French far-right leader praises Cameron speechA speech by British Prime Minister David Cameron condemning the promotion of multiculturalism as a failure has been applauded by the leader of the French… 10/02/2011
Immigration on the agenda in Greek-Turkish talksGreek premier George Papandreou has received an unusually warm welcome in Turkey despite a host of awkward issues between the two neighbours. As he met his… 07/01/2011
