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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Timothy Garton Ash
      Europe’s problem? It’s too attractive

      Harsh measures and lurid rhetoric on migration make the continent look as if it is betraying its own values

      Montage image of the EU flag and barbed wire
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Finland
      Finland warns Russia it is prepared to shut all border points over migrant pressure

      Foreign minister raises fears that Moscow could smuggle soldiers or war criminals into Nordic country

      A Finnish border guard speaks to migrants near the crossing between Finland and Russia in Salla, Finland
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      How the Czech Republic wants to shut European borders to Russian agents Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: bikes are back at Finland’s border to Russia

    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Finland
      Finland to close four border crossings with Russia over migration influx

      Nato member aims to send ‘strong message’ to Kremlin about its eagerness to protect national security

      A man stands at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Finland
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Britain’s migrant policy is in disarray

      Rishi Sunak’s attempt to rescue Rwanda plan by changing the law is misconceived

      UK officials help migrants arriving on the south coast of England. The British government should put its focus back on collaborating with its European neighbours
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Brussels wants legal migrants to fill labour shortages Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: an end to the honey-laundering saga

      A construction site for apartment buildings in the HafenCity district in Hamburg, Germany
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Russia
      Finland accuses Russia of allowing undocumented migrants to cross border

      Rise in crossings by Middle Eastern nationals recalls Belarus migrant crisis of 2021

      A Finnish border guard patrolling the country’s border with Russia
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Brussels is seething at Italy, Germany and Austria’s migrant plans Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: three high-profile corruption cases in France

      Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni  and Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama shake hands at Chigi Palace in Rome
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Scholz hails Germany’s ‘historic’ clampdown on illegal immigration

      Berlin’s asylum package, which could see processing centres set up outside EU, scales back benefits for refugees

      Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Stephan Weil, prime minister of Lower Saxony and Hesse prime minister Boris Rhein
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Italy strikes deal to set up migrant centres in Albania

      Giorgia Meloni and Edi Rama sign agreement to outsource Italian asylum process

      Edi Rama and Girogia Meloni
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      German politics
      Olaf Scholz seeks ‘pact for Germany’ to stave off far right

      Bitter immigration debate has pitted Scholz’s coalition and opposition parties against each other

      German police officers frisk a group of migrants near Forst on the Polish border.
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      German immigration
      Germany to tighten immigration rules amid rising support for far-right

      Government seeks to make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers who are still in the country

      People wait to enter a registration centre for asylum seekers in Berlin, Germany
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Global migration
      Migration to rich countries hits all-time high

      OECD says humanitarian crises and demand for workers is behind increased population flows

      Migrants entering the US at the Chaparral pedestrian border
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      EU accelerates Egypt aid package as it fears fresh wave of refugees

      Proposed agreement will not specifically link money to Cairo’s commitment to prevent any onward migration to Europe

      Palestinians with dual citizenship wait outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      Belgium
      Belgian justice minister resigns over failure to extradite Brussels gunman

      Vincent Van Quickenborne steps down after revealing Tunisia asked Belgium in 2022 for its national to be returned

      Vincent Van Quickenborne speaking to the media
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      InterviewNetherlands
      Europe at risk from Israel-Hamas war, warns Dutch justice minister

      Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius is leader of the ruling VVD party and could become prime minister after elections next month

      Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said the cycle of violence ‘will get translated to our societies’
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Brussels shootings raise pressure on EU to tighten immigration rules

      Tunisian gunman Abdesalem Lassaoued had been declined asylum in four European countries but never sent back

      Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson lays a tribute to the victims of a shooting in Brussels by a man turned down for asylum
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Europe Express
      How security concerns feed into EU migration discussions Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Why the ECB thinks the digital euro is a good idea

      Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson lays down flowers during a commemoration for the victims of the terrorist attack where two Swedish nationals were killed, in Brussels
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Europe Express
      How von der Leyen exposed EU divisions on Israel-Hamas conflict Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Greece’s migration minister warns of rising migration from the Middle East

      Ursula von der Leyen, centre, President of the European Commission, with Roberta Metsola, left, President of the European Parliament
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The alarming rise of Germany’s far right

      Mainstream parties must address concerns that fuel support for the AfD

      AfD posters are held up at a rally for the Hesse election
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      German economy
      Germany calls for more immigrants to fix its shrinking economy

      Habeck blames slowdown on higher rates, global trade woes and a ‘desperate’ shortage of skilled workers

      Robert Habeck
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Europe Express
      Tensions simmer at European summits over migration Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Why you should pay attention to Germany’s regional elections this weekend

      Rishi Sunak talks to Pedro Sánchez
    • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
      EU locks horns with Tunisia over financing of migration deal

      Brussels says Tunis is ‘free to cancel’ a payment request and ‘wire back’ the money it already received

      Tunisian coast guards try to stop migrants at sea during their attempt to cross to Italy,
    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      EU eastern tensions
      Austria joins ‘co-ordinated’ border checks against illegal migrants

      The central European country, Poland and Czech Republic have all reintroduced controls along borders with Slovakia

      Police stop cars at Berg, Austria, near the border with Slovakia
    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      Elon Musk wades into German-Italian migration spat

      Billionaire spars publicly with Germany’s foreign ministry on his social media platform

      Elon Musk
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