Countries who refuse to take back migrants living illegally in the EU could face problems in the future when their citizens apply for visas. New rules proposed by the EC would set stricter conditions.
The main headquarters of the European Union, Brussels, is in a bind. The country must fulfill its legal and humanitarian obligations, while also ensuring that it doesn’t become the next European state to be hit by a refugee policy crisis.
An estimated 600 migrants are currently living in the streets of Brussels. In response, city residents have come together to set up a system of homestays and a citizen association has opened up a shelter. The result? Thanks to the people of Brussels, no migrants have to sleep rough.
In late October 2017, several Brussels-based organizations joined forces to open an emergency support centre for migrants in the Brussels-North railway station. Their "humanitarian hub" offers migrants medical care, psychological support, legal advice and, if they need it, free clothing.
Two questionnaires on migration and security are online until March 8, 2018, for anyone to answer in order to help the European Commission draft its financial programs after 2020.
Thousands of Syrian newborns in Lebanon run the risk of being citizens of nowhere due to Kafkaesque bureaucracy. One family decided to take matters into their own hands and are moving to Belgium. Anchal Vohra reports.
Belgian immigration minister Theo Francken is under fire for his repatriation of vulnerable migrants to Sudan. Critics are calling on him to resign. Now the government coalition is at risk of collapse over the scandal.
Fresh tensions have flared up over a controversial scheme to move thousands of refugees across European Union countries. One senior official compared talks on the divisive issue to "fighting trench warfare."
More migrants are attempting the perilous crossing into Europe via the Black Sea. In Brussels, the negative consequences of European refugee policies are on display, a reporter finds. And in Italy, a new migrant integration plan is launched. This and more in today's roundup.
European refugee policy is directed out of Brussels – a city where the negative consequences of that policy are on display. DW's Daniel Bellut reports from the Belgian capital's Parc Maximilien.
The EU's executive has unveiled plans to resettle at least 50,000 refugees, focusing on people from northern Africa, to bypass smugglers. Europe is struggling to distribute thousands of migrants already in the bloc.
The Belgian city of Mechelen has improved efforts to defeat radicalization in migrant communities. The EU relocation program of refugees has expired and Italy has introduced a digital map to locate migrant aid initiatives. This and more in today's roundup.