The European Parliament, Commission and Council agreed on June 21 to establish the European Border and Coast Guard. The new agency, which will be an expanded version of the current Frontex agency, is ...

European leaders closed ranks behind Denmark as President Donald Trump amplified threats to seize Greenland, warning that ...

Europe's new Entry/Exit System (EES) is being implemented. Learn how this automated border system will use biometric data ...

Europe is shifting into defence mode. EU leaders say the threat is real and growing. As Brussels pours billions into defence, ...

In April 2026, Europe will fully transition to biometric borders, marking the end of physical passport stamps. This shift ...

In March, the number of detections of illegal border crossings on Europe’s main migratory routes fell by nearly half from the previous month to around 4,650*. The total number of illegal border ...

Greek border officers patrol along the steel fence next to Evros river between Greece and Turkey in April 2023. Credit - Nicolas Economou—NurPhoto/Getty Images And this has yielded results. Across the ...

“If we take a long-term look on our proposal of the new modern European Union budget, the next seven-year budget, we are tripling the investment in migration and border management and protection.

The sudden closure of internal European borders during the COVID-19 crisis had not only practical consequences, but also changed how people thought about immigration and Europe. Recent research from ...

The Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985, all but eliminates border controls among 29 European countries. Despite the political sensitivity and technical difficulty of regulating migration, the ...