insert_link World UK–France treaty to counter illegal migrant crossings enters force French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer A new bilateral treaty between the United Kingdom and France aimed at curbing dangerous migrant crossings over the English Channel officially came into force on 4 August 2025. Under the agreement, individuals arriving in the UK via small boats may be swiftly detained and returned to France under a “one-in, one-out” pilot scheme, while the UK also accepts a matching […] today5 August, 2025
insert_link World We polled EU citizens on what they want asylum policy to look like – their answers may surprise you Asylum seekers arriving on the Greek island Lesvos in 2015. Nicolas Economou/Shutterstock By Natalia Letki, University of Warsaw; Dawid Walentek, Ghent University; Peter Thisted Dinesen, University of Copenhagen, and Ulf Liebe, University of Warwick The issues of migration and asylum are contentious in Europe, and have caused deep rifts among EU member states for years. These topics are fully on the agenda for the 2024 EU elections. […] today6 June, 2024
