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Migrant Boat Sinks Off Gavdos: 51 Rescued, 25 Missing and One Dead

Strong winds are limiting search efforts while survivors are due to be taken to Crete for processing under Greece’s tightened sea-arrival rules.

Italy Orders 45‑Day Detention and Fine for Sea‑Watch 5

Spain Orders Transfer of 500 Unaccompanied Girls from Ceuta, Defying EU Calls for Returns

Lib Dems Urge UK to Join EU Migration Pact to Curb Channel Small Boats

Spain Vows Systematic Returns as Ceuta Prepares for Possible New Crossing

Saxony Opens Dresden Secondary Migration Centre to Implement New EU Asylum Rules

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

Spain Proposes €35m Fund as Government Weighs Ending Canary Islands' Migrant-Child Contingency

European Parliament Approves Rules That Expand Deportation Powers for Irregular Migrants

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

EU Agrees Returns Regulation Allowing Deportation Centres in Third Countries

Spanish Supreme Court Lets Extraordinary Migrant Regularization Move Forward

Germany to Appeal Ruling That Luxembourg Border Checks Were Unlawful

Italy Certifies Migration Bill With Naval Blockade and New CPR Restrictions

Spain’s Migrant Regularization Slips as EU Stresses Return-to-Spain Rule

Sea-Watch 5 Enters Trapani After Emergency Declaration, Defying Italian Order

Italy Backs Naval Blockades and Offshore Transfers in Hard-Line Migration Bill

Italian Cabinet Approves Draft Law for Sea Blockades and Offshore Transfers

Italy Approves Draft Law to Authorize Naval Blockade and Tougher Migration Controls

Spain Approves Decree to Regularize Up to 500,000 Undocumented Migrants