A human rights organization in Hungary has renewed allegations that Hungarian authorities are leaving asylum seekers without food for long periods of time in order to convince them to give up on asylum claims and leave the country. When the Hungarian Helsinki Committee first made the accusation six months ago, Hungary denied the claim.
European regions have expressed a non-binding opinion supporting the proposal by the European Commission to create a European border coast guard.
Despite fewer migrants and refugees entering Europe, anti-migrant rhetoric is on the rise, the UNHCR warns. Commissioner Filippo Grandi warns of an exacerbation of that rhetoric ahead of the European Parliament elections in May.
The European Commission sent a "reasoned opinion" to Hungary on Thursday, January 24 regarding measures the country took to criminalize support for migrants as well as restricting the right to request asylum in the first place.
Europe's far-right parties share a basic skepticism about the European Union, though they have very different views about how to deal with the bloc itself. Here's what you need to know.
Hungary's Viktor Orban hopes a right-wing alliance can help gain an anti-migrant majority in the European Parliament. The alliance was pitched by Italy's Matteo Salvini, whom Orban described as a "hero."
Italy passed the "Salvini decree," clamping down on asylum rights, and refused to grant entry to rescue ships. Greece struggled – and failed – to provide adequate accommodation on Samos and Lesbos. Meanwhile, Hungary effectively banned helping asylum seekers. 2018 was not an easy year for migrants and refugees. We sum up the biggest developments of the year.
Violence against refugee children at the EU's external borders is on the rise, says a new report from Save the Children. The organization's Meike Riebau spoke to DW about what minors experience at the bloc's frontiers.
European law says 'an asylum seeker shall not be detained on the sole reason of seeking international protection or having entered and/or stayed in the country irregularly.' So if the irregular entry by migrants is not a criminal offense, when is the detention of asylum seekers allowed? And what is the reality in Europe?
Detention centres, parallel education programs and segregation… A new report from UNESCO shows that many countries aren’t doing enough to include migrant and refugee children in their national education systems.
In the past two years, school-age migrant and refugee children have missed a combined 1.5 billion days of school, according to a new report by the UNESCO. While there have been positive developments in the inclusion of refugees and migrants in the classroom, there is still vast room for improvement.
A UN team has been denied permission by the Hungarian government to visit transit zones housing migrants and asylum seekers. The experts had been in the country on Budapest's invitation.