Frontex chief looks beyond EU borders
EU border control agency Frontex is looking to buy drones and satellite images to monitor migrant behaviour beyond the Union's borders.
Learn to love migrant quotas, Juncker tells eastern EU
The commission chief insists he is still committed to migrant quotas and accuses some member states of failing on migration.
Ambition meets reality in EU tax leaks probe
Journalists urged MEPs on Tuesday to crack down on tax evaders and money launderers, but EU states are reluctant to let a new inquiry do its work.
News in Brief
- Germany has no plans for Deutsche Bank rescue
- Evidence mounts of Russian role in MH17 disaster
- Four EU states did not relocate a single refugee
- EU-Turkey deal keeps migrant numbers down
- EU proposes mandatory lobby register
- Switzerland tops competitiveness ranking
- British PM ran 'shit' Brexit campaign, EU commissioner says
- EU's Georgieva put forward for UN job
Fortress Europe
EUobserver's Nikolaj Nielsen visited the Greek-Turkish border in November to see what 'Fortress Europe' means in practice for refugees and people smugglers trying to get into the Union.
EUobserver investigative reports
EUobserver's 'Fortress Europe' series looks at refugee and immigration networks operating on the edge of Europe, focusing on the 12.5-km Greek 'wall' completed late last year.
About Nikolaj Nielsen
Nikolaj Nielsen is a Danish-American journalist working for EUobserver in Brussels. He won a King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.
'I have heard about EU austerity, but still I would like to go'
Poor labour conditions, racism and squalid housing is making African migrants in Istanbul dream of the EU despite its crisis.
Istanbul: smuggler capital for EU-bound migrants
Smuggler groups - kacakci - who get people from Turkey into the EU make more money each time the Union takes steps to protect the border.
Fortress Europe: a Greek wall close up
A 12.5km fence rolled with barbwire along the Greek Turkish border is part of a larger initiative to secure Europe from migrants seeking a better life.
Turkish limbo pushing Afghan refugees to EU
Afghan refugees trapped in legal limbo in Turkey are pursuing new Balkan routes to get into the EU.
Amnesty: migrant abuse in Greece is 'humanitarian crisis'
The poor treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Greece is a humanitarian disaster, says a report released on Wednesday by Amnesty International.
Land border sealed, Greek police chief says
A chief of police in north-eastern Greece says irregular migrants no longer cross into the country from Turkey. Land mines from World War II are among the deterrents.
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