Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision last week to step back … Judith Bergman: 2020/03/21: European Union: Closing the Borders? ... Europe migrant crisis; ... 15 June 2020. Where they will end up -Turkey, the Greek islands, mainland Europe – remains unclear.

As a fresh refugee crisis takes shape, uncertainty abounds. Europe migrant crisis: Calls to redistribute migrants as arrivals rise. ... one that was scheduled to be withdrawn in mid-2020. One thing is clear, however: 2020 threatens to be a year of untold migrant misery. Information strongly suggests that migrants have not been discouraged from reaching, or attempting to reach, these destinations despite the risks of contagion. There was hope, this year, that Europe’s migrant crisis might abate. A total of 98,867 asylum seekers have been given permanent residency in Sweden since the height of the migrant crisis, out of 163,456 who applied for asylum that year. Such optimism has now faded, replaced by a sobering realisation: 2020 could mark a new low. During the height of the European migrant crisis in 2015, Sweden took in over 163,000 asylum seekers, the highest per capita in Europe and one of the highest total numbers, despite the country’s comparatively small population. 2020/04/09: European Union: The End? The European Union's bad start to the year has taken another turn for the worse. Europe and North America, the most frequent destination countries for irregular migration and migrant smuggling, have also been amongst the most heavily impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. The European Union is scrambling for a new agreement with Turkey to prevent ... Turkey in stand-off over funds to tackle new migrant crisis. And what of the new migrant tide scrambling from blood-soaked Idlib? Germany says Europe must work together with Turkey for solution to migrant crisis Germany pushes for pan-European approach to migrant crisis that closely involves Turkey