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Thursday, 16 March, 2023

News in-depthIreland

Ireland’s housing crisis leaves refugees and homeless in desperate plight

Evictions of tenants resume and numbers of asylum seekers rise while country is short of 250,000 homes

Friday, 10 March, 2023

News in-depthUK immigration

UK clampdown on small boat crossings fails to deter Dunkirk’s refugees

Migrants continue to set out on ‘suicide missions’ across the Channel to reach Britain

Friday, 10 March, 2023

Tony Barber

Britain and the EU are making a deadly hash of tackling irregular migration

Comprehensive solutions are hard to devise, but illegal and inhumane measures are not the way forward

Thursday, 9 March, 2023

Europe Express

Why a deadly shipwreck won’t bring a breakthrough in EU migration talks Premium

Also in today’s newsletter: Turkey back at the negotiation table on Sweden and Finland’s Nato bids

Wednesday, 8 March, 2023

Europe Express

EU haggles over more ammunition for Ukraine — and itself Premium

Also in today’s newsletter: the widening impact of Italy’s migrant tragedy

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023

UK immigration

Sunak to reveal plan to remove small boat migrants

UK leader hopes better co-operation with France will help support planned legislation

Sunday, 5 March, 2023

Meloni denies government failings led to deadly migrant shipwreck

Italian leader faces mounting pressure after critics blame hardline policies for deaths of more than 70 people

Thursday, 2 March, 2023

The FT ViewThe editorial board

A shipwreck portends a new EU migrant crisis

The bloc faces allegations of double standards over its treatment of arrivals

Wednesday, 1 March, 2023

Italian authorities under fire after deadly migrant shipwreck

Critics link deaths of 67 people with hardline policies of Giorgia Meloni’s government

Sunday, 26 February, 2023

At least 58 migrants dead after boat shatters off Italian coast

Latest incident triggers fresh criticism of Giorgia Meloni’s rules to limit assistance from NGOs’ rescue fleet

Thursday, 16 February, 2023

Portugal joins clampdown on ‘golden visas’ for wealthy

Lisbon follows Dublin in scrapping right of non-Europeans to claim residency in return for investment

Thursday, 16 February, 2023

Germany

Germany faces repeat of 2015 refugee crisis as 1mn Ukrainians seek safety

Figure exceeds number of migrants who arrived in the country in 2015-16

Friday, 10 February, 2023

Europe Express

Fences and fury as EU leaders argue over migration into the night Premium

Also in today’s newsletter: lawsuits against the EU’s ‘green’ investment criteria

Thursday, 9 February, 2023

Europe Express

Why the EU’s ‘Zelenskyy’ summit may leave big problems unsolved Premium

Also in today’s newsletter: Estonia’s spies paint a grim picture of Putin’s Russia

Wednesday, 8 February, 2023

Europe Express

Why the EU’s approach to migration is hardening as arrivals soar Premium

Also in today’s newsletter: Could Switzerland sacrifice its neutrality on the altar of Ukraine?

Tuesday, 31 January, 2023

News in-depthGerman immigration

‘Hybrid identities’: why Germany is updating its citizenship rules

Sponsors of the bill say the idea of having ‘only one homeland is completely outdated’

Monday, 30 January, 2023

Global InsightAmy Kazmin

Meloni is making it harder for NGOs to rescue migrants lost at sea

New Italian protocols aim to stem flow of people while avoiding another Ocean Viking-type row

Wednesday, 25 January, 2023

Europe Express

Why migration is back as Europe’s most intractable crisis Premium

Also in today’s newsletter: Greece’s wiretapping scandal reaches a crescendo

Friday, 13 January, 2023

News in-depthGlobal migration

How the law finally caught up with notorious human trafficker Kidane

People smuggler who escaped from an Ethiopian courthouse is recaptured in Sudan and extradited to UAE

Sunday, 8 January, 2023

News in-depthIrish economy

Ireland’s immigrant investor programme draws in wealthy Chinese

Rich individuals worried about Beijing’s economic prospects flock to Dublin’s investment-for-residency scheme

Wednesday, 4 January, 2023

FT live news

Live news updates from January 4: McCarthy loses sixth Speaker vote, Sunak presents ‘vision for change’

Wednesday, 4 January, 2023

Europe Express

No EU migration deal under our watch, says Swedish presidency

Plus: Europe’s capitals head for deal on Covid tests for all Chinese visitors to the bloc

Sunday, 18 December, 2022

News in-depth

France urges UK to overhaul asylum system to curb Channel tragedies

Interior minister Gérald Darmanin wants treaty between Britain and EU to establish legal entry routes

Saturday, 17 December, 2022

Arshad Isakjee

Talking tough won’t stop migrant crossings of the English Channel

Expensive security measures have been in place for years on the maritime border between France and the UK

Tuesday, 13 December, 2022

UK immigration

Sunak toughens curbs on migrants coming to Britain in small boats

Prime minister targets Albanians and says people are ‘right to be angry’ about number of asylum seekers

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