Interior minister says direct communication with Islamist group needed to enable repatriation
Temporary controls aim to curb asylum claims in response to similar move by Berlin
Rome and Madrid fear they will have to take back asylum seekers who cross the Channel
Anneleen Van Bossuyt suggests measures echoing Donald Trump’s negotiation tactics
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After the 2015-16 influx of asylum-seekers to the EU, a further wave has stiffened governments’ resolve to tighten their borders
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Low turnout for two-day plebiscite aimed at granting faster citizenship to immigrants
A referendum could make it easier for foreign residents of Italy to secure citizenship
Referendum seeks to shorten residency requirement for citizenship, but may not reach required turnout
Voters will decide whether or not to slash residency requirements for citizenship, against the government’s wishes
Ruling could undermine chancellor Friedrich Merz’s plan to cut immigration but government says it will maintain strategy
Central bank governor Fabio Panetta warns the brain drain is adding to pressure on the economy
Election result signals end of dominance of two centrist forces and could produce another fragile minority government
Christian Stocker adopts hardline policy in bid to bring ‘contentment’ to Austrian voters riled up by far right
US diaspora riled by Rome’s move to make it harder to obtain an Italian passport
Governing Democratic Alliance seeks to stave off anti-immigrant Chega party in Sunday’s parliamentary election
To reduce inflows of foreign workers, Labour must address the shortages that drove them
Britain would be able to deport one person in exchange for the French sending another individual the other way
Country would be first EU nation to implement policy long advocated by the far right
A former diplomat’s unflinching account of migrant journeys to Britain advocates for more humane and practical reforms
Irish, Polish and US activists appeal rulings based on events at university sit-in against Israeli offensive in Gaza
Dozens of big businesses from Ikea to Spotify back youth job initiatives as country grapples with epidemic of violence
Brussels seeks to send people to ‘return hubs’ outside the bloc if their home countries do not accept them
UK government boosts resources at key entry point on Sofia’s border with Turkey amid wider EU ‘reset’
