Migrant arrivals to Italy have almost dried up, new asylum requests across the E...
ROME - Migrant arrivals to Italy have almost dried up, new asylum requests across the European Union have more than halved in three years and at the end of 2018, Hungary’s reception centers housed just three refugees.
Opponents accuse far-right and populist parties of grossly exaggerating the problem, but the issue still resonates, with a YouGov poll published on Monday showing that immigration was currently the voters’ top concern, followed by climate change. Perhaps unsurprisingly, nationalist and eurosceptic parties are expected to chalk up their best ever result in the May 23-26 EU vote, putting them in a strong position to shape policy in the 28-nation bloc over the coming five years.in the European Union since the last EU vote in 2014, a threefold increase over the prior five-year period, according to EU statistics agency Eurostat. But the numbers are receding.
“But is hard for him to say ‘we have reduced migrant arrivals by 98 percent’ and then keep saying immigration is a threat. This is creating a problem for him,” Pregliasco told Reuters. “The danger I see is that there are politicians in Europe who have a reason to keep this problem alive,” Manfred Weber, the German lead candidate for the EU center-right, told Reuters.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Italy hits back after EU raises concerns over Rome's growing deficitThe spat between Italy and the European Commission has resurfaced after the Italian government slammed the Brussels-based institution's economic forecasts as 'ungenerous' and 'bogus.'
Read more »
EU urges Iran to respect nuclear deal, regrets US sanctions'We remain fully committed to the preservation and full implementation' of the 2015 nuclear deal, endorsed by the UN Security Council, the EU statement says.
Read more »
EU urges Iran to respect nuclear deal, regrets US sanctionsBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is urging Iran to respect the international agreement curbing the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions and says it aims to continue trading with the country...
Read more »
Wealthy UK investors are mostly positive on post-Brexit Britain, study findsA majority of wealthy U.K.-based investors see an economic upside for the U.K. despite uncertainty surrounding its withdrawal from the EU, according to a new quarterly survey by UBS.
Read more »
E.U. stresses that it wants to continue doing business with IranThe Europeans say the 2015 nuclear deal is a pillar of regional and global security, but Washington says Tehran is destabilizing the Middle East.
Read more »
Greek police make refugees homeless amid rise in EU-wide hate rhetoricRefugee families have been left homeless after Greek police raided and evicted a squat in Athens. (file image)
Read more »
Macron's EU election flagbearer targets 100-strong alliance with kingmaker roleThe flagbearer of President Emmanuel Macron's European election challenge o...
Read more »
Iran says EU should uphold nuclear deal obligations, normalize economic ties: Zarif on TwitterEU countries should uphold their obligations in the nuclear deal with Iran and n...
Read more »
EU wants to avoid escalation of Iran dispute - MerkelThe European Union wants to avoid an escalation in the dispute about Iran's...
Read more »
How is Brexit affecting FDI into Britain?The Brexit vote has caused a 12% rise in investment by British firms in the rest of the EU, according to the LSE. That capital could have been used at home
Read more »
Britain warns of Iran-U.S. conflict, EU to meet PompeoIran and the United States could trigger a conflict by accident in an already un...
Read more »