Shorouk Express The Solidarity Pool is a central element of the EU’s new migration and asylum framework, and is designed to ensure a fairer distribution of responsibilities for dealing with the pressures that migration can create. Implementing the EU’s migration framework is a matter of balancing solidarity and responsibility, according to Internal Affairs Commissioner Magnus…
Shorouk Express Over the past weeks, Spain’s People’s Party has proposed numerous changes to immigration legislation which will have a big impact on foreigners in the country if the centre-right party wins the next general election. Ever since recent polls showed that the Partido Popular is losing a considerable share of votes to far-right party…
Shorouk Express Ten years ago marked the “summer of migration”, a series of major population movements towards the European Union. In the 2015 “crisis” alone, over a million people entered the EU by irregular means. Most were Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis. In 2025, more than 95,000 people took the road of exile and reached the…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Police and protesters clashed on Saturday as demonstrations against asylum hotels unfolded across the country. Protesters and counterprotesters gathered for demonstrations in towns and…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have agreed a “groundbreaking” one in, one out migration deal – just hours after hundreds made the perilous…
Shorouk Express “What has been mainstream among our populations for quite many years is now mainstream for many of us politicians as well, finally,” she said. “Maybe not in Parliament, but gladly, and I am really happy about that, in the European Council,” where several leaders of EU countries leaders are determined to address migration…
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Shorouk Express Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy preview how the day will play out in British politics. After Labour’s migration plans were announced yesterday, Sam and Anne discuss Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s rhetoric and its populist overtones. But how authentic is it? Also, the Tories launched their deportation bill in parliament…
Shorouk Express Claims to be checked: Context: In recent months, several European right-wing and far-right leaders or figures, particularly in Italy and France, have linked the presence of foreign nationals (not synonymous with immigrants), immigration and the incidence of gender-based violence. “As the foreign component of the population has increased, European societies have not become…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email German voters are choosing a new government in an election Sunday dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to…
