The prime minister said the legislation sought to acknowledge that the migrants "already form part of our everyday lives" [BBC] Spain's government has approved plans to give legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, allowing them to be integrated formally into the workforce. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described his government's decision as both "an act of justice" and a necessity for Spain. In a letter to Spaniards posted on social media, Sánchez, a socialist, said the

Police in Greece have been recruiting migrants to violently push other migrants back across its land border with Turkey, according to wide-ranging evidence uncovered by the BBC. We have seen internal police documents in which guards describe how the recruitment of so-called mercenaries was ordered and overseen by senior officers. Our findings reveal allegations of brutality, with witnesses reporting migrants being stripped, robbed, beaten and even sexually assaulted. It has b

People celebrate following partial results on the day of the Hungarian Parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 13, 2026. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo “Tisza is flooding.” The slogan adopted by Péter Magyar’s party ahead of Hungary’s parliamentary elections—a play on the party’s rising polls and shared name with Hungary’s second-longest river—came true on Sunday with an electoral tsunami that swept out Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party after sixt

Boot der griechischen Küstenwache: Vor der Südküste Kretas sind mindestens 22 Migranten nach mehreren Tagen auf See gestorben. dpa Sechs Tage ohne Wasser, hilflos auf dem Meer: Ein Migrantenboot irrt über das Mittelmeer. Überlebende berichten, wie sie ihre toten Mitreisenden über Bord warfen. Vor der südlichen Küste der griechischen Urlaubsinsel Kreta sind mindestens 22 Migranten nach mehreren Tagen auf See gestorben. Überlebende hätten den Behörden geschildert, dass die Mens

Foreign minister wants ‘conversation’ about closing UK military sites following lack of warning of impending attack on RAF Akrotiri [RAF Akrotiri was struck by a drone believed to have been launched by Hezbollah last Sunday. Although no one was injured the Cypriot government was angered that citizens near the base were not warned about the attack. | Photo Credit: Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters] Cyprus’s foreign minister has said there are “questions” about the future of the UK’s

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez doubled down on his refusal to become involved in the Iran conflict and rebuked U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off trade with Spain as a form of punishment. “The position of the Government of Spain can be summed up in three words,” said Sánchez in a televised address Wednesday morning. “No to war.” Sánchez argued Europe has been in a similar situation before, referring to the negative impact of the Iraq war. “We must not repe

Crossing to Europe offers hope but exposes refugees to peril, as militia abuse persists in unsafe Libya. Migrants onboard a rubber boat wave and gesture as they wait to be rescued by crew members of the Ocean Viking rescue ship in the search-and-rescue zone in the Mediterranean Sea near the Libyan coast, on January 16, 2026 [AFP] The new year is less than two months in, but already more than 560 people have gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe, m

These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views. BBC // Creative Commons Following a contentious newsroom battle at the BBC over allegations of political bias, it seems the media empire has given way to transphobic rhetoric—canonizing anti-trans talking points in one of the world’s most influential news outlets. This week, the BBC published an article a

Written by Paola Gaeta Photo credit: https://www.ejiltalk.org/intent-to-destroy-reflections-on-the-swedish-yazidi-genocide-case/ Reading the Swedish judgments in the Lina Ishaq case is an unsettling experience. The description of the atrocities inflicted on the Yazidi community by ISIS is presented with a level of factual precision that leaves little space for abstraction. The Stockholm District Court ’s account of the attacks on Sinjar and the subsequent treatment of Yazidi

The time, energy and money spent protecting the definition of “woman” would be better spent advocating for the vital and crumbling network of organisations that actually protect women, says Herald columnist Marissa MacWhirter Police speak with a protester at a For Women Scotland demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament (Image: Jane Barlow/PA) Scotland doesn’t care about women. The thought travels like heat along a fuse, exploding in a burst of sparks like a firecracker i