The new EU Asylum Agency will have enhanced operational and technical powers to facilitate cooperation among member states and contribute to converging asylum standards. The legislation endorsed on Thursday by the European Parliament upgrades the existing mandate of the EU Asylum Support Office (EASO), which has been operational since 2011 and is based in Valletta, Malta. […]
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1 in 4 children in the EU at risk of poverty or social exclusion
In 2020, 24.2% of children (less than 18 years old) in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion compared with 21.7% of adults (18–64) and 20.4% of older people (65 or over). Factors influencing the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU in 2020 included: work intensity: 71.9% of the population aged less than […]
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Railway communication in Almeria to be debated in the European Parliament
Rail links in Almeria and the situation in Lesbos to be debated in the Petitions Committee The European Parliament’s Petitions Committee will consider a number of complaints, including two submitted by Spanish petitioners, today Monday 8 November and tomorrow . At this week’s Petitions Committee meeting, MEPs will consider a number of general complaints they […]
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European Citizen’s Prize 2021 goes to Gran Canaria
Volunteers from the small Canarian town of Moya were the Spanish winners of this year’s European Citizens’ Prize for their reception and integration of migrants, including unaccompanied minors. The volunteers will receive the European Citizen’s Prize 2021 from the European Parliament this Friday. The Polideportivo de Villa de Moya will host next Friday 29 October […]
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Immigration law enforcement in the EU – figures for 2020
In 2020, 137 800 non-EU citizens were refused entry into the EU territory while 557 500 were found to be illegally present in one of the EU Member States. The number of non-EU citizens issued with an order to leave an EU Member State was 396 400 people. Following an order to leave, 99 300 […]
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How long can we live?
Scientists say there’s a maximum age humans can reach. Whether it’s with cryogenic chambers or biohacking, we’re waiting for the day that modern technology will permit us to live much longer than ever before – or even forever. A study published in the journal ‘Nature Communications’ claims these ambitions will remain the stuff of science […]
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More legal options for migrant workers coming to the EU
An EU framework for legal migration would encourage more orderly migration, attract much-needed workers, undermine smugglers and traffickers, and ease integration. In a report adopted with 495 to 163 and 32 abstentions, Parliament highlights that legal migration has barely been part of the EU’s migration policy since 2015 and underlines that the New Pact on Migration […]
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New facts on asylum and migration in the EU
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on migration flows in the EU. Movement restrictions put in place in light of the coronavirus pandemic have led to a reduction in migration, both legal and illegal, as countries have closed borders, restricted routes for legal migration and scaled back programmes to take in refugees. However, […]
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Why do people migrate?
Striving to gain better insight into migration around the world, researchers have completed the first-ever systematic literature review that aims to answer two questions: What makes people want to migrate? What causes them to actually migrate? In the course of history, human migration has transformed lands and the mix of races, ethnicities and languages of […]
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