EU migration

Greece has started building a new section of wall along its border with Turkey, after several stand-offs with the Middle Eastern nation over illegal immigration. The Hellenic Army will build an extra 16 miles (27km) of fence as well as

Activists have expressed disappointment at Dutch plans to deter illegal immigration from safe countries by bringing in a two-tier system for asylum seekers.

The EU Commission will “fight” to make European institutions more racially diverse, its spokesman has said.

A Labour shadow minister has confirmed that a Labour government would radically tear up the rules of British democracy by giving EU citizens living in the UK a vote in a second referendum, saying the decision was not just down to people “born here”.

The UK’s population has hit its highest ever level on record and is projected to grow to 73 million by 2041, mainly thanks to immigration, new data has revealed.

Migrants from the European Union (EU) should be stripped of the right to take welfare cash from the UK taxpayer as soon as they arrive to help deter unskilled workers coming en mass, a major report has said.

Unemployment in the UK fell by 65,000 to 1.36 million in three months to June, reaching the lowest level since 1975, with a notable fall in migrant workers particularly from Eastern Europe.

Remainer Chancellor Phillip Hammond is pushing for “labour mobility” and “preferential” treatment for European Union (EU) migrants after Brexit, hoping to appease Germany’s Angela Merkel and win a trade deal.

The non-UK born population of Britain has continued to surge after the Brexit vote, hitting a record high and approaching 10 million, with much of the growth down to open borders with Europe.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has claimed the British people could reject Brexit when they realise the UK “needs” EU migrants, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Brussels is opening legal pathways for migrants “who want to come”, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has confirmed, declaring that Europe has a “clear need” for mass migration from Africa.

Labour opened the door to uncontrolled mass immigration from eastern Europe after then-Bank of England governor Mervyn King “pressed the case” that it would “lower wage growth”, a former senior diplomat has claimed.

Brits are benefitting from a rise in wages for the first time in years, after the Brexit vote and a subsequent shortage of labour across sectors, the Bank of England believes.

After days of confusion and contradicting statements on Brexit and limiting immigration after 2019, the government has been slammed for acting too slowly and indecisively.

Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond has indicated that it will be years before Britain has new border controls, as Home Secretary Amber Rudd says EU citizens will still be allowed to migrate to the UK after Brexit.

The Government does not expect to meet its commitment to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands within three years and could create a flexible immigration system after Brexit to protect migrant labour.

Mass migration from the European Union (EU) will be “inevitable”, putting a huge strain on public services, if the government stays in the Single Market after Brexit, a report has warned.

British workers on low incomes will likely get a pay rise if immigration falls after Brexit, a European Commission-funded think tank has admitted. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said that net migration from European Union (EU)

Immigration to the UK hit 650,000 before the Brexit vote, its highest ever estimated annual level, jumping by 11,000.

Billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros has said Europe must welcome huge numbers of asylum seekers and economic migrants, claiming they will benefit the economy.

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s eurosceptic government has long said it would like Poles living in Britain to return home, but it is now promising to fight for their right to stay after the British vote to leave the European Union.

Tory leadership frontrunner Theresa May has said she wants to “guarantee” position of EU migrants living in the UK and warned that cuts to migration won’t be coming quickly. Speaking on ITV’s Peston on Sunday Mrs May said, “I want

The last set of official immigration figures before Britain votes on its membership of the European Union (EU) shows net migration has risen to 333,000 – up 20,000 from December 2014 and the second highest level on record. The numbers,

A Brexit supporting Tory Minister has brought to light a new European Union (EU) report demanding the UK builds hundreds of thousands of new homes because “demand continues to outstrip supply” due to mass migration from the EU. The report,

European Union (EU) immigration could be as much as a quarter of a million higher than official estimates because of undercounting, an extensive new analysis has suggested. The report comes as Neil McIvor, a statistician with the Department of Work

The government has been accused of burying a report which proves that Britain does not have control over her own borders while remaining a member of the European Union. The paper, entitled Rights and obligations of European Union membership confirms

The Prime Minister David Cameron’s case for Britain remaining in the European Union (EU) has received a blow, as analysis of immigration figures has revealed that his much-vaunted ‘emergency brake’ on in work benefits will have almost no impact on

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is being “bled dry” by mass immigration, a senior cancer specialist has said. Professor Angus Dalgleish, principal of the Cancer Vaccine Institute, says the NHS is “on its knees” thanks to migrants from the European

One of the best scenes in the BBC’s political sitcom ‘The Thick of It’ shows the main character, Malcolm Tucker, trying to hide an overspend right down low in the news agenda, over-complicating it with false facts and figures, and

Angela Merkel may have won praise from the world for Germany’s open-door policy on refugees, but a confused and divided Europe is feeling the fallout from the decision, analysts said. The German chancellor’s sudden move in early September to welcome

There are more than 200,000 Romanian and Bulgarian workers in Britain for the first time, with the total number of workers from European Union (EU) countries reaching 2.1 million, government figures have revealed. Compared to a year ago, there are

Hungary has sent 3,800 soldiers to hurry completion of a fence along its 175-kilometre border with Serbia, Defence Minister Istvan Simicsko said Friday. The first task is to finish the four-metre-high fence, which presently extends along parts of the border, while the

Marine Le Pen would win the first round of the next French presidential election if it were held now, a poll has found. The Ifop poll for Le Figaro comes as about 1,000 migrants began arriving in France after President

In the latest flare up of the migrant crisis engulfing Europe, hundreds of migrants have been protesting outside a train station in Budapest this morning after police sealed off the terminal and refused them passage through the EU. The crowd chanted

Britain, France and Germany have joined forces to pressure the EU into setting up migrant detention centres in Italy and Greece by the end of the year. The migrant centres would distinguish between genuine refugees, who would be allowed to

Police in Austria have found a smuggler’s truck to the south of Vienna containing the dead bodies of migrants. Police spoke of at least 20 initial casualties but warned that number could rise. The lorry was found standing on the emergency lane