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Officials say more than 40 Pakistanis are feared to have drowned in the capsizing of a migrant boat off West Africa’s Atlantic coastline

The European Union's border agency Frontex says that irregular migration into the European Union fell sharply in 2024

Migrants seeking asylum illegally in Europe will face tougher conditions starting Friday, after an EU summit in Brussels agreed that countries outside the 27-nation bloc could handle returns to their original homes.

Migration is dominating Thursday's European Union summit in Brussels, with Poland calling for a united EU stance against Russia and Belarus, accusing them of using migrants as a weapon. Poland is also pushing for stricter laws on deporting irregular migrants, while the Netherlands mulls a controversial plan to send asylum-seekers…

Governments will be looking for solutions including sending migrants abroad while their claims are processed.

EU ministers met this week to discuss "innovative" ways to deport more undocumented migrants and rejected asylum seekers, including controversial plans to set up dedicated return centres outside the bloc.

Far-right gains in several European countries have helped put migration issues atop the agenda as home affairs ministers from the bloc's 27 states meet in Luxembourg ahead of a gathering of EU leaders later this month.

European countries are to discuss "innovative" ways to increase deportations of irregular migrants and rejected asylum seekers on Thursday, including controversial plans to set up dedicated return centres in non-EU nations.

Sir Keir Starmer says he is looking to Italy for answers on how to reduce Channel crossings