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    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU ministers desperately seek deal on migration reforms Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: European Commission accused of sponsoring green lobbying

    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      FT WealthStefan Wagstyl
      Why the UK is an attractive destination for economically valuable migrants

      A review says that is due mainly to abolishing quotas for highly skilled workers and for migrants’ success in getting jobs

    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Sunak to urge European leaders to tackle irregular migration

      PM seeks unity on stemming flow of migrants but Moldova summit set to be dominated by Ukraine

    • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
      News in-depthUK immigration
      Record migration is just one more broken promise riling Essex towns

      Attitudes have softened since Thurrock was one of the UK’s top Brexit-supporting districts

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The government must win trust on legal migration

      Rishi Sunak has to make the case for foreign workers where they are needed

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      News in-depthUK immigration
      UK net migration has more than doubled from pre-Brexit levels, figures set to show

      Data for 2022 is due out in the coming week and analysts expect it to set a new record

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Europe Express
      Germany’s Scholz pushes for progress on EU asylum reforms Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: why Italy is battling over the control of Europe’s biggest utility

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      Gideon Rachman
      The US and Europe fear a new refugee crisis

      Pressure on politicians to respond is huge, but there are no quick solutions

    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      German economy
      Germany looks to immigration reform to arrest worsening skills shortage

      Labour minister says legislation aims to ease entry for foreign workers, combat ‘desperate’ need for staff and tackle demographic decline

    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      French politics
      France’s weakened prime minister ducks an immigration fight

      Élisabeth Borne struggles to find parliamentary allies after forcing through pensions reform

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      Meloni endorses Sunak’s hard line on immigration

      Italy’s hard-right leader praises UK approach on visit to London despite ‘tug of war’ on wording of formal statement

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      UK immigration
      Mass detention of UK asylum seekers will not be necessary, says Braverman

      Home secretary claims people will be deterred from crossing to Britain by illegal migration bill

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Sarah O'Connor
      Why countries are jostling to attract migrant workers

      Labour shortages and demographic pressures fuel competition for skilled people

    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
      Europe Express
      European parliament set to sign off on new migration package this week Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: CEOs crashing the EU council party

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Europe Express
      Last major ‘Qatargate’ suspect MEP to be released from jail Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: what Italy did next on migration

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Tunisia
      Tunisia’s ‘hostile environment’ pushes migrants across Mediterranean

      Racism and economic crisis fuel surge in attempts to reach Europe by boat, alarming the EU

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Laura Pitel
      German regions debate cost of a liberal refugee policy

      After witnessing the pressures on Turkey, I find it hard to hear of a wealthier nation worrying about integration

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Orbán blocks EU treaty with developing countries over gender issues Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Italy’s dried-up efforts to plant trees with Brussels money

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Italy seizes Banksy-funded rescue ship as migrant crossings surge

      Activists say MV Louise Michel was detained after delivering 180 rescued people to Lampedusa

    • 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 content

      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 content

      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

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