The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has said that in June asylum applications slightly decreased from May while their number went down 15% in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period last year.
Following recent divisions over migration and Italy’s hard-line anti-immigrant policy, the EU proposed financial incentives to EU countries to admit migrants. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini dismissed the offer as mere "charity."
In its Fundamental Rights Report 2018, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights highlights progress and concerns in terms of the protection of the fundamental rights of migrants and refugees across the Union.
The European Court of Auditors has recently published a report setting out seven key challenges for integrating migrants from outside the EU and the actions that need to be taken to meet them.
EU leaders have ended 12 hours of "virulent" talks in Brussels with a deal on migration. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's future in office had been tied to whether she could come up with an "acceptable" EU agreement.
A group of citizens in the Belgian capital has asked authorities for centers to host migrants arriving in the city.
Human Rights Watch has denounced that the failure of European policies cause suffering in the migrant population, issuing a number of recommendations for policies that are respectful of their human rights ahead of a summit of EU countries on June 28-29.
The EU says plans to return migrants rescued at sea to detention centers in North Africa won't lead to inhumane conditions. Rights groups fear that refugees won't be treated with dignity, citing migrant camps in Libya.
A common EU asylum policy before next week's summit? Some say that would require a miracle. German Chancellor Merkel could seek bilateral solutions, but that is no easy task either. Bernd Riegert reports from Brussels.
Migrants trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean could be taken to 'disembarkation platforms' outside EU territory under a proposal from the UN refugee agency. The idea will be considered next week by European leaders amid a row over immigration policy.
In many EU countries, right-wing populists are reaping the benefits of the unsolved migration problems. A European solution is becoming increasingly difficult, and countries are starting to go it alone.
Amid a crisis between Italy and Malta over where the Aquarius ship will be able to dock and disembark rescued migrants, a Belgian public official has relaunched the idea of setting up refugee camps in North Africa. Flemish nationalist Theo Francken has called it the ''only solution''.