The two Spanish enclaves in North Africa remain at the centre of a diplomatic standoff between Spain and Morocco.

Sweden’s prime minister, facing a tricky re-election bid next month, said “2015 must not happen again,” a reference to a huge migration surge into Europe that still haunts governments. Conservative politicians said Spain’s recent amnesty of illegal immigrants,

For over a decade, the European Union (EU) has relied on external partnerships to increase the return of migrants who don’t have the right to stay in Europe. It has used a growing web of funding instruments, projects and bilateral arrangements to get ...

Reports from Italy this week indicated that Rwanda is among African countries being considered for a new European Union-backed migration initiative.The European country is said to be holding preliminary talks on establishing migrant return hubs in selected partner countries.

Anti-immigration critics seized on Ceuta migrant situation as evidence of the failure of soft policies, but in reality the bloc has become far more restrictionist in the past decade.

BARCELONA, Spain — Pope Leo XIV is delving into the hotly contested issue of migration by visiting two flashpoints — Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic next week, and Italy’s Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean in early July. These rocky ...

LAMPEDUSA, Italy — On the beaches of Greece, thousands of migrants landed every day. In the ports of Italy, thousands landed every week. Across the borders of Germany, Austria and Hungary, hundreds of thousands passed every month. But that was in 2015.

Africa’s global role is constantly evolving. Demographically, Africa is poised to occupy a dominant position in the world over the coming decades. By 2050,