(VOVWORLD) - UN humanitarian agencies on Friday broadly welcomed a freshly-inked deal on migration by European Union leaders which calls for more Member States to take responsibility within their borders for...
(VOVWORLD) - Migration will be a key topic at the European Summit starting Thursday in Brussels. Prior to the event, countries have exhibited stark differences on the issue
(VOVWORLD) - As the EU Summit approaches, member countries are seeking consensus on many issues. High on the agenda is migration, which has caused division within the EU, heightened by...
(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte have agreed on the need to beef up Frontex and the EU's external border police
(VOVWORLD) - Tens of thousands of people marched in an anti-racism rally in the city of Macerata on Saturday, a week after a gun attack which injured 6 African citizens
(VOVWORLD) -Germany’s Bavarian conservatives are pressing for corporate tax cuts and cuts to welfare payments for asylum seekers, which could complicate talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) on forming...
(VOVWORLD) -December 18, 2016 was a historic day in US history, when Donald Trump became the 45th US President. Over the past year he has made important decisions affecting Americans...
(VOVWORLD) - The European Union, the United Nations, and the African Union on Thursday agreed to an emergency plan to dismantle people-smuggling networks and repatriate stranded migrants, in an effort...
(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) Christian Lindner said the Greens need to compromise on immigration policy if talks on forming a new governing coalition are to succeed
(VOVWORLD) - Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Wednesday called for asylum regulations to be standardised across Europe
(VOVWORLD) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday delivered a speech on his vision for the future of Europe, offering initiatives to broadly reform the European Union and boost cooperation within...
(VOVWORLD) - European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker mapped out a vision of a post-2019 EU in his annual State of the European Union speech on Wednesday in Strasbourg, France
(VOVWORLD) - The European Court of Justice has rejected a complaint by Hungary and Slovakia to a migrant relocation plan between EU countries. The court said the scheme seeks to help Greece...
(VOVWORLD) - Angela Merkel has said she has no qualms about her decision to open Germany’s doors to refugees in 2015, arguing that the policy was “humane” and a reaction...
(VOVWORLD) - European Union countries on Tuesday began sending migrants who arrived over the last 5 months via Greece back to Greece to have their asylum applications assessed
(VOVWORLD) - Germany’s Parliament has passed new measures, making it easier to deport migrants whose asylum applications have been denied, and monitor and control those deemed dangerous
(VOVWORLD) - UNICEF has called for better protection for refugees and migrant children crossing borders alone, a growing group that is particularly vulnerable to exploitation and abuse
(VOVWORLD) -Hungary and Slovakia told the European Union's top court on Wednesday that sharing out asylum-seekers among member states under a quota system was unlawful, clashing with Germany,...
(VOVworld) – The European Commission on Wednesday asked its members to put forward measures that will protect underage migrants, who account for one-third of all asylum seekers
(VOVworld) - Swedish police have arrested a second person in connection with a truck attack in Stockholm last Friday which killed 4 people and wounded 15. The same day, the Swedish police questioned...