World news about “Immigration” published by euronews.
Croatia upgrades borders as it enters EU Upgrades on border lines and crossings are taking place as Croatia becomes the 28th member state of the European Union on July 1. The country has seen its… 16/05/2013
Asylum: Fixing a broken system Last year, 330,000 people sought asylum in Europe. Thousands arrived in Greece, however only 152 were able to apply for asylum. Of these, just two were… 08/05/2013
Asylum: fixing a broken system – Full Debate To watch the full debate on asylum between European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström and former British Home Secretary Charles Clarke, please… 08/05/2013
Prince Charles attends opening of UK parliament for first time in 17 years British monarch Queen Elizabeth II has given the traditional Queen’s Speech which opens a new parliamentary session. Seated on a throne, and alongside her… 08/05/2013
UK: traditional robes and modern woes – immigration dominates the Queen’s Speech Marking the beginning of a new parliamentary session, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will make her traditional speech from the House of Lords. The event… 08/05/2013
Greeks against racist beatings Every year, thousands of asylum seekers arrive in Greece in a bid to build new lives but the reality that greets them is often as stark as the one they have… 06/05/2013
Obama talks up the positives on visit to Mexico Visiting Mexico, US President Barack Obama was keen to stress the positives of the relationship between the two countries. Meetings with Mexican President… 03/05/2013
EU reform against red tape avoids thorny issueA new regulation just announced by the European Commission aims to cut back on the red tape and bureaucracy that citizens and businesses face when they have… 29/04/2013
Residence rights for non-EU family members “I am an Italian citizen who has been offered a permanent job in Germany. Is my American husband entitled to live and work in Germany?” asks Federica from… 26/04/2013
Switzerland angers Brussels over immigration quotas Switzerland is to extend immigration restrictions on to all 27 European Union countries. It follows a growing concern about a rise in the number of workers… 25/04/2013
Migrants saved from death off Italian coast Italian coastguards have rescued around 100 African refugees from an inflatable dinghy in the straits of Sicily. They were heading for Lampedusa which, with… 12/04/2013
Almost 500 migrants rescued off Italian coast in 24 hours Italy’s coastguard says its rescued nearly 500 migrants in 24 hours off the Sicilian coast after receiving several distress calls. Authorities say people… 11/04/2013
Thousands show support for US immigration bill Thousands of immigrants across the United States have held coordinated demonstrations to pressure Congress to approve immigration measures that would give… 11/04/2013
Finland’s moving moose is online hit Finland’s new passport has become a hit on the Internet due to a quirky security feature. When flicking through it, a moose appears to walk across the… 28/03/2013
Immigrants react to Cameron’s crackdown First and second-generation immigrants in Ipswich have had mixed reactions to David Cameron’s tough-talking speech in which he vowed to crackdown on… 27/03/2013
UK: Cameron talks tough on immigration British Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled a crackdown on immigration. The Conservative leader was addressing public concerns about Romanians and… 26/03/2013
Ukraine: so near and yet so far Olga will not be able to go and see her husband who lives in France. Both of them are Ukrainian. She used to go and visit him regularly, but since they got… 25/03/2013
Italy’s migrant ‘slavery’ There is something important in the Italian election political campaign that some critics claim the authorities are refusing to see: tens of thousands of… 15/02/2013
Right wing, right here, right now Is a new form of right-wing politics sweeping Europe? Beyond terrorist attacks and lone wolves like Norway’s Anders Bering Brevik, support for extreme… 13/02/2013
US immigration reform reasoning In Washington almost three years ago, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanded citizenship for the some eleven million immigrants in the United States… 29/01/2013
Europe’s young immigrants last in the job line Those suffering most from unemployment in Europe today are the young. For immigrants, it is even harder to find a job. Fourteen million Europeansaged… 28/01/2013
Crisis-hit Europe is losing its talented youth This is Enric’s last Christmas at home. The twenty-nine year old is a highly qualified architect, but as a freelancer he simply can’t afford the cost of… 21/12/2012
Sudanese migrant shows scars in GreeceA migrant from Sudan shows scars he says were inflicted when he was attacked by a group of black-shirted men holding Greek flags and shouting “Go home black”… 07/12/2012
Red Cross warns refugees are being forgotten The ‘World Disaster Report’ from the International Red Cross Federation has just come out and its figures for 2011 make grim reading. Last year the report… 16/10/2012
The promised land Thirteen Nigerian footballers moved to the Ukraine after being promised contracts with clubs in the former Soviet country. However, they now find themselves… 04/09/2012
Young US immigrants seize a dream The Obama administration’s relaxed deportation rules are now in effect. Hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants are expected to register with the… 16/08/2012
Central American migrants’ demo – nocomment About 200 migrants and human rights activists marched in Mexico State to protest against the killing and disappearance of immigrant workers. 19/05/2012
Helping migrant children find their feet Children from migrant families often face the twin tasks of learning a whole new language and integrating into an unfamiliar culture before they can even… 07/05/2012
French politics’ lack of diversity The French presidential election is the first to be held in the country since the arrival of a president of mixed race in the White House, in the US. Barack… 23/03/2012
France, land of asylum? France last year granted citizenship to 66,000 immigrants, although the figure is steadily being reduced; the government’s immigration policy is becoming more… 22/03/2012
Invisible barriers across Europe Being able to move and work freely across all the EU states is a fundamental right for EU citizens from all 27 countries. But although in theory the lights… 19/03/2012
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
Germany plans action against “poverty” immigrationGermany wants to take measures to combat an increasing number of Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants. The government is calling for sanctions on a European… 20/02/2013
Ivorian sets fire to himself at Rome’s biggest airportAn Ivorian man is being treated for serious burns after setting himself on fire at Rome Fiumicino airport. It is alleged he doused himself in petrol after… 14/02/2013
Jeden, dwa… Polish is England’s second languageJeden, dwa, trzy… the second most spoken language in England is Polish, according to new statistics. A census of residents of England and Wales found that… 31/01/2013
Obama: “time is now” for immigration reformUS President Barack Obama has urged Congress to get behind plans to overhaul the immigration system. A new proposal includes offering a route to citizenship… 29/01/2013
Obama expected to back cross-party US immigration reform planMany of the 11 million illegal immigrants living in the US are hoping the president’s speech on immigration reform will give them a better chance of… 29/01/2013
Austria: Asylum seekers take protest to churchAround 40 asylum seekers have camped out at a church in the Austrian capital Vienna, as part of a protest over their treatment. They say accommodation they… 02/01/2013
Berlin asylum seekers on hunger strike for a weekProtesters have gathered outside Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to mark the seventh day of a migrant hunger strike. The asylum seekers, mostly from Iraq, Iran… 02/11/2012
Mothers of Mexican missing migrants demand actionThirty-eight mothers are on a journey through Mexico in memory of their missing loved ones and to demand greater action by the government to protect… 27/10/2012
Russian handbook insults immigrantsWhat was intended to be a friendly guide for labour migrants to Russia, has instead been taken as an insult. The brochure gives practical advice on dealing… 24/10/2012
Greece sees rise in racist attacks on immigrantsImmigrants living in Greece are increasingly becoming scapegoats for the economic crisis, say local NGOs. The Greek Council for Refugees says the government… 20/10/2012
Romney hunts the Hispanic vote to boost election campaignRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney went in search of the Hispanic vote to boost his flagging campaign. He chose to address the US Hispanic… 18/09/2012
Greece’s Golden Dawn attack market vendorsMembers of Greece’s extreme-right Golden Dawn party are under investigation for posing as police. It comes after the emergence of a video which appears to… 09/09/2012
Sea search continues for lost Tunisian migrantsA massive air and sea search is continuing for dozens of suspected Tunisian migrants lost when a ship capsized on Thursday night near Italy’s southern… 08/09/2012
France: Roma not reassured by job access movesThe future remains uncertain for Roma migrants in France despite government moves to ease restrictions on their access to the job market. It is their right… 23/08/2012
Greek police accused of stoking racist attacksHuman rights groups say hate crimes in Greece are rising and that police behaviour is making the situation worse. They say in the past six months there have… 14/08/2012
French police launch Roma camp clear outFrench police have moved to clear two illegal Roma camps in the northern city of Lille a day after clearing camps in Paris and Lyon. Around 240 Roma have been… 09/08/2012
Spain: healthcare cuts hit immigrantsHealth professionals in Spain are registering as conscientious objectors in protest against a new law that requires them to deny treatment to… 09/08/2012
Greece: Police vehicle carrying Pakistani man attackedIn Greece, a police vehicle carrying a Pakistani man accused of attempted murder, has been attacked by supporters of an extreme right-wing party. The Golden… 08/08/2012
Obama campaigns on Independence DayPresident Barack Obama used the traditional July 4 celebrations to call for immigration reforms popular with many of his black and Hispanic supporters. The… 05/07/2012
Croatia rescues immigrant boat in AdriaticCroatian coastguards have intercepted a small boat in the Adriatic and rescued 65 illegal immigrants on board. The vessel was heading for Italy from Greece… 02/07/2012
Obama ends deportation of young illegal immigrantsPresident Obama has said that illegal immigrants who entered the US as children will no longer be deported and may instead get two-year work permits. The… 16/06/2012
Israel rounds up African migrantsIsrael has begun rounding up African migrants in the first stage of a controversial plan to intern and deport them. Around 60,000 individuals are due to be… 12/06/2012
Burmese migrants give Suu Kyi ecstatic welcome in ThailandThere has been an ecstatic welcome for Aung San Suu Kyi in Thailand, on her first trip outside Myanmar in over two decades. The pro-democracy leader was… 30/05/2012
Far-right to make entry in Greek parliamentIn Greece the political effects of the debt crisis have produced a shift in the entire political landscape. Dominated by two parties for decades, the… 05/05/2012
Greece: amid the chaos, the rise of the rightGreece has opened its first purpose-built detention centre for illegal immigrants a week before voters go to the polls in an election where immigration has… 30/04/2012
Controversial Arizona immigration law goes to US Supreme CourtThe US Supreme Court has begun hearing a case which could bring about a profound change in American immigration policy. Judges will decide whether Arizona… 25/04/2012
Sarkozy flirts with National Front to secure presidencyNicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday renewed his bid to convince National Front voters to back him in the second-round of the French presidential election. The… 24/04/2012
Switzerland reimposes work permit quotasSwitzerland is to reimpose quotas on workers from central and eastern Europe as it faces domestic criticism of soaring immigration. The move will in effect… 19/04/2012
Dutch “anti-Pole” website condemnedThe EU has condemned an anti-immigration website which invites complaints about eastern European immigrants. The so called “anti-Pole site” has received… 16/02/2012
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
