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Von der Leyen Backs Spain and Calls for United EU Action After Ceuta Migrant Surge

Her letter pairs public support with a push for coordinated border reinforcement, returns and deeper cooperation with Morocco to stop smugglers.

Pope Leo XIV Visits Lampedusa to Demand Long-Term Response to Mediterranean Migration Crisis

Pope Léon XIV Visits Lampedusa to Honor Dead Migrants and Urge Safe, Legal Routes

EU Adopts Rule Allowing Member States to Place Rejected Asylum Seekers in Third‑Country Return Hubs

EU Hawks Push Return Hubs in Third Countries as France and Spain Resist

European Parliament Approves Tougher Return Rule Allowing External Migration Hubs

EU Migration and Asylum Pact Enters Into Force, Leaving Contested Return Rules to National Action

EU Pact on Migration and Asylum Enters Into Force as Border Filtering Starts

EU Negotiators Strike Compromise to Allow Offshore Return Hubs and Tougher Return Rules

EU Agrees Returns Regulation Allowing Deportation Centres in Third Countries

Smuggling Gangs Shift Channel Launches to Belgian Beaches

EU Lawmakers Back Offshore 'Return Hubs' and Tougher Deportations

22 Die After Migrant Boat Drifts Six Days Off Crete

At Least 22 Migrants Die After Six Days Adrift in the Mediterranean

European Parliament Backs EU ‘Return Hubs’ Outside the Bloc to Speed Migrant Expulsions

EU Backs Study of Emergency Migration ‘Brake’ as Leaders Vow Tighter Border Control

Italy Detains German NGO Ship for 60 Days in Sicily Over Rescue Conduct

EU Unveils Five-Year Migration Plan Focused on Deportations and Visa Leverage

Court in Mytilini Acquits 24 Aid Workers Accused in Lesbos Smuggling Case

Europe Tightens Migration Policy as EU Cuts Solidarity Quotas and 27 States Push ECHR Changes