EU to deploy police in Albania to handle immigration

The European Union and Albania agreed on Monday to allow European police to deploy on Albanian territory to handle immigration issues.

Avramopoulos: le refus de quotas de réfugiés dans l'UE est "inacceptable"

Il est "inacceptable" que des pays de l'UE se refusent à participer à l'accueil de demandeurs d'asile pour soulager d'autres Etats membres comme la Grèce ou l'Italie, a déclaré le commissaire européen chargé des questions migratoires Dimitris Avramopoulos dans un entretien avec l'AFP.

EU 'has east-west split' on migrant quotas

EU leaders are bitterly divided over a quota scheme for housing migrants, as they begin a summit in Brussels.
Summit chairman Donald Tusk called mandatory EU-wide quotas "ineffective". He spoke of a split "between east and west" over asylum policy.

EU launches infringement procedures against Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic over migration

The European Union (EU) on Tuesday decided to launch infringement procedures against Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic over refugee sharing, after the bloc's repeated warning fell on deaf ears.

Hungarians set to reject EU refugee quota plan in a referendum

Hungarians are poised to reject the EU's troubled refugee quota plan in a referendum on Sunday, potentially further boosting the European clout of fiercely anti-migrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

EU Has Moral Duty to Protect Syrian Refugees (Dimitris Avramopoulos, EC Official on Migration)

The European Union has a moral duty to offer Syrian refugees protection, European Commission member Dimitris Avramopoulos, in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, said on Thursday.