Ylva Johansson

EU Chief may have been speaking of the “call of history” at her State of the Union speech on Wednesday, but not everyone was captivated.

A senior official within the European Union has lashed out at the UK government over its planned illegal migrant crackdown.

Senior officials within the European Union are now demanding deportations increase amid a spike in illegal migrant arrivals into the bloc.

The EU aims to increase its ability to deport illegal migrants, the bloc’s Home Affairs commissioner has claimed amid a growing wave of illegal immigration into the bloc.

A European Commissioner outlined the EU’s plan to stop the flow of arms from Ukrainian from ending up in the hands of criminals. 

Around half of the Ukrainians who fled Russia’s invasion of their country have now returned to Ukraine as the number of Ukrainians entering the European Union has fallen to levels seen prior to the war. European Union home affairs commissioner

The EU has expressed concerns over weapons flowing from Ukraine to Europe, with a minister calling on the bloc to buy and destroy weapons.  

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has wanred that refugee children fleeing the conflict in Ukraine could fall victim to traffickers disguised as helpers at border areas.

EU officials stated they are preparing for millions of refugees from Ukraine, with half a million moving west already, many going to Poland. 

The European Commissioner for Home Affairs has said that the EU is ready to take a ‘massive inflow’ of refugees from Ukraine.

15 EU member-states have agreed to take in nearly 40,000 migrants from Afghanistan, with over half being taken in by Germany alone.

European Commissioner Ylva Johansson has called for more sanctions to be imposed on Belarus after a large group of violent migrants attempted to storm the Polish border.

European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson has claimed that Belarus is becoming increasingly desperate due to EU sanctions and is making an income from sending migrants illegally to the bloc. Johansson, the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, stated that Belarus President

Several European Union member-states have criticised a move by Sweden and others to halt deportations to Afghanistan, saying that it could encourage Afghans to try and come to Europe.

(AFP) — Spain’s prime minister vowed to “restore order” in the North African enclave of Ceuta on Tuesday after a record 6,000 migrants reached its beaches from Morocco, raising diplomatic tensions between Madrid and Rabat.

(AFP) — Italy is pushing EU partners to revive migrant burden-sharing deals as it seeks to stave off a summertime surge in landings from North Africa, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Wednesday.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has told European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Ylva Johansson that Turkey no longer accepts rejected migrants and uses them as a foreign policy tool.

BRUSSELS (AP) – An inquiry into claims that the European Union’s border and coast guard agency was involved in illegally pushing back migrants has found no link to Frontex in any of the incidents but has been unable to establish what happened in five cases, according to the official report into the allegations.

European Commissioner for Migration Ylva Johansson admitted that just a third of bogus, rejected asylum seekers return to their home countries — and less than a third go voluntarily.

The Spanish Canary Islands have seen a massive 700 per cent rise in new illegal migrant arrivals in 2020 and European Union officials are calling the influx “unsustainable”.

The European Commission has declared that European Union member states cannot reject asylum applications at their borders or close their borders to asylum seekers.