Section: Immigration and asylum
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Migrant deaths in Europe reach six-year high
Three months after one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, little progress has been made in the investigation
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German Muslims fear a swing to the far-right after Alternative für Deutschland’s electoral wins
The party, the second most popular in Germany according to opinion polls, has prospered since pivoting from a Eurosceptic to an anti-immigrant platform
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Why Rome’s best pizza is Egyptian
The chefs that have come to dominate the Roman pizza industry offer much-needed hope to migrants being shut out of Meloni’s Italy
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Why too many refugees in the UK are lost for words
To integrate into new communities and find employment in the UK, new arrivals need to learn English. But lack of provision is creating problems
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Peymana Assad Q&A: ‘The UK government is playing games with the lives of refugees’
The first British-Afghan elected to political office talks about the challenges many in her community still face, and what a future Labour government should do for Afghanistan
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Brussels joins the UN in calls for Greece to stop persecuting humanitarians through its courts
A Greek court has dropped espionage charges against 25 aid workers but in a notorious case, an investigation is ongoing into allegations of people smuggling by humanitarians attempting to rescue refugees in the Aegean
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The Greek government wants a refugee-free capital by 2023
Authorities have moved thousands of migrants from Athens to camps in remote locations ahead of upcoming general election
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Grinding bureaucracy, scant resources and far-right rhetoric fuel an asylum crisis in Belgium
As refugees sleep on the streets, the Flemish-nationalist party Vlaams Belang is using social media to push its views into the mainstream
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Sweden Democrats force the country’s election agenda to the right
As Swedes get ready to head to the polls, the far-right, anti-Muslim party is playing a vital role in a conservative coalition with its sights set on power