Asylum
Finland’s deportation law puts EU’s migration norms to the test
Human rights organizations sound the alarm over the controversial measure.
Britain’s Keir Starmer vows: I’ll never leave ECHR
6 things UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to fix in his first month
Labour’s top policy priorities
Germany’s Scholz breaks bad on migration
The Netherlands has a new government. Here are 3 things to know.
‘Build a wall’ in the English Channel to deal with migrants, says Conservative darling
What if Macron is enemies with his next prime minister?
A liberal president constantly fighting a far-right prime minister would be a recipe for political catastrophe.
Fortress Hungary has a surprising answer to its population crisis: Migration
Quietly and without much fanfare, Viktor Orbán’s government is allowing more and more guest workers into the country.
Poland’s eastern Maginot Line raises nature worries
New border defenses running through the ancient Białowieża Forest are “all about taking advantage of natural terrain,” says a retired general.
Centrists from US to Germany move right on immigration
As elections loom in the U.S., the U.K. and France, the fraught politics of migration are a key issue animating voters on both sides of the Atlantic.
We read Nigel Farage’s manifesto so you don’t have to
The key eyebrow-raising pledges in the Reform UK ‘contract’ with the public.
Fully updated: Our Labour policy tracker
Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.
Hungary fined €200M for breaking EU asylum rules
Budapest’s snub of earlier ruling “constitutes an unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law,” the court said.
The surprise loser from Ireland’s elections? Sinn Féin.
Anti-immigrant voices seize the opposition narrative from Sinn Féin as electoral tide goes out for under-fire leader Mary Lou McDonald.
Killing of German police officer inflames migration debate ahead of EU election
Focus on immigration and Islamist extremism could benefit the far right in the final days of the campaign.
What the EU election is actually about in each country
Voters will be thinking about domestic issues – and not Ursula von der Leyen – when they go to the polls.
Greece denies report on migrant resettlement deal with the US
“There is neither an agreement nor a request from the U.S. to resettle legal immigrants in Greece,” said the Greek migration minister.
The Tories’ election policy positions, tracked
POLITICO keeps the receipts on what the Conservatives have actually said about policy in the election campaign, from national service to tax cuts.
Europe is watching UK’s election battle over deporting migrants to Rwanda
EU governments used to castigate Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda scheme: not any more.
A beginner’s guide to the EU election
373 million voters are eligible to choose 720 MEPs in the Brussels bubble. This is how the election works and why it matters.
Heir to Blair? Keir Starmer’s 6 big pledges rated.
Labour leader channels Tony Blair with moody black and white photo — and six big post-election promises.
Geert Wilders says he’s in touching distance of forming right-wing government in Netherlands
Negotiations have dragged out since Wilders’ election win last November.
Britain offloads its refugee crisis to Ireland. Dublin is aghast.
To Irish eyes, post-Brexit Britain’s toughening message to asylum seekers looks like “To Rwanda — or to Ireland.”
Paris’ Olympic promise falls short for unhoused people
Nonprofits and local officials say the 2024 Games event is failing a pledge to be ‘first ever inclusive and socially responsible’ event of its kind.
EU pledges €1B in aid for Lebanon
Ursula von der Leyen announces aid package to last until 2027.