Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS - Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship

Plenary session week 37 2015 in Strasbourg - Provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece

SAR by Portuguese Viana do Castelo, Operation Poseidon 2015

ITALY, Mineo (Ct) : Mr. Jean Arthuis speaks with immigrants who survive at a wreckship at C.A.R.A. of Mineo in southern sicily during the EP delegation visit on July 24, 2015.

ITALY, Pozzallo (RG) : an external view of C.P.S.A. of Pozzallo in southern sicily during the EP delegation visit on July 23, 2015.

SAR by Belgian vessel Godetia, Operation Triton

Make-shift shelter. New jungle next to migrant reception centre Jules Ferry.

Maria ARENA, Eugen FREUND, Theresa GRIFFIN, Elisa FERREIRA, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Iliana IOTOVA, Udo BULLMANN, Ana GOMES, Edouard MARTIN, Susanne MELIOR, Ska KELLER, Indrek TARAND, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Momchil NEKOV, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Gabri

EP photo

Plenary Session week 21 2015 in strasbourg - European Agenda on Migration  Council and Commission statements

Zanda KALNINA LUKASEVICA  Parliamentary State Secretary for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

From left to right: Mr Joseph MUSCAT, Maltese Prime Minister; Mr Robert FICO, Slovakian Prime Minister; Mr Mark RUTTE, Dutch Prime Minister; Mr Xavier BETTEL, Luxembourg Prime Minister; Ms. Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affa

Special European Council meeting on Mediterranean

Magdalene HOFF during a Forum on Immigration in Brussels on December 9, 1998.

SAR, Operation Triton 2015

Conference - Immigration, stop the bloodshed - The need for a European framework

Luxembourg's Minister for Labour, Employment  and Immigration Nicolas SCHMIT meets with  European Commissioner Laszlo ANDOR

A volunteer picks life rafts which have been left behind from refugees and immigrants after their arrival at Skala beach on the Greek eastern island of Lesbos, on Wednesday, November 4, 2015.

January 1986 - Road signs with stars

Martin SCHULZ EP President , Jean ASSELBORN

Martin SCHULZ EP President meets with Jean ASSELBORN, minister for foreign affairs and immigration of Luxembourg

A hand of an immigrant at the detention center of Filakio a village near Orestiada,some 900km north from Athens, on 17 October, 2012.The centre is the first stop for many undocumented arrivals arrested as they cross from Turkey into Greece.

Immigration and asylum - Brussels.

Asylum and Migration - LIBE delegation visit to Calais, France

Ahead the plenary session in Strasbourg, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her opening remarks on the migrants' deaths in Italy. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the migrants' deaths in Italy

Ahead the plenary session in Strasbourg, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her opening remark on victims of the train accident in Greece and announces a minute of silence for the deaths of the accident and of migrants in front of Italian coast. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the victims of the train accident in Greece and a minute of silence for the deaths of the accident and of the migrants in Italy

This infoclip shows the situation of about 150 refugees and asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Syria, and African countries that are currently living in tents on the street in front of the so-called Petit Chateau, headquarter of the Belgian federal agency for refugees Fedasil. This extraordinary situation is a result of the incapacity of the Brussels region's authorities to providing a shelter for people who have already been registered as asylum seekers in the country.

Infoclip: Immigration and asylum – Brussels (Belgium)

A delegation from the Civil Liberties Committee concluded on Friday a visit to Hungary in which they met with the Government, the opposition, journalists and NGOs. The aim of the trip was to assess the respect for press and academic freedom, judicial independence, the rights of minorities and the wider rule of law context on the ground. The delegation exchanged views with the Justice and Interior ministers, Budapest’s Mayor and representatives of the political opposition. They also met civil society organisations, journalists, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, representatives of academia and the education system, and of several cultural institutions. The delegation was headed by Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR). Video of the entire press conference released by Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR).

EP Press conference EP LIBE delegation to Hungary, Budapest

MEPs vote on the humanitarian visas in the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). Statement by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D,ES), rapporteur. Results from the vote: 37 votes in favour, 10 against and 3 abstentions.

Vote on the humanitarian visas: extracts from the vote, statement by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), rapporteur

Antonio TAJANI, EP President, makes a statement on Immigration, from Vienna, Austria.

Statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President on immigration

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, will deliver his third State of the Union address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 13th September 2017. Social Europe is amongst the most pressing issues for the citizens.This infoclip illustrates topics as the rescue operations for migrants at sea, the accommodation centres for migrants, the procedures for screening, identification and fingerprinting of migrants to facilitate their relocation.

Infoclip: Immigration / Asylum

The situation and rights of EU citizens in the UK is discussed during the joint hearing at the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on Petitions (PETI) in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Anne-Laure DONSKOY, Representative of the 3 million group, Jan DOERFL, Immigration barrister in the UK, Charlie JEFFERY, Professor at the University of Edinburgh, Leona BASHOW, British Petinioner, and Anne WILKINSON, British Petitioner.

The situation and rights of EU citizens in the UK: extracts from the joint hearing at EMPL, LIBE, and PETI Committees

This Infoclip illustrates a centre for troubled juvenile refugees in Liège, Belgium: French lesson in a specific class for migrants, different views of the activities in the centre, social workers activities.

Infoclip: Centre for troubled juvenile refugees

This Infoclip illustrates a refugee centre (military barracks) in Antwerp, Belgium: bedrooms, medical services, an internet café with social workers, animation for young children, common kitchen and cafeteria. The Federal Agency for the reception of asylum seekers (Fedasil) is a public interest organisation operational since May 2002. Since October 2014, Fedasil falls under the political responsibility of the Belgian State Secretary for Asylum and Migration.

Infoclip: Refugee centre

Meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties&nbsp;on the situation of hotspots in Greece, in the EP in Brussels. Debate with Ioannis MOUZALAS, Greek Alternate Minister of Immigration Policy, Roberta METSOLA (EPP, MT), Birgit SIPPEL (S&amp;D, DE), Notis MARIAS (ECR, EL), Cornelia ERNST (GUE/NGL, DE), Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL) and Malin BJ&Ouml;RK (GUE/NGL, SE).

The situation of hotspots in Greece: extracts from the debate with Ioannis MOUZALAS, Alternate Minister of Migration Policy of Greece

In the EP in Brussels, after the implementation of the new US immigration policy, Claude MORAES (S&amp;D, UK), Chair of the LIBE Committee reacts.

Statement by Claude MORAES (S&D, UK), Chair of the LIBE Committee on the new US immigration policy

Joint debate on Immigration situation at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, in the EP in Brussels. Presentation by the European Commission on the EU-Turkey agreement, the relocation and resettlement and the resumption of transfers to Greece. Statements by Maarten VERWEY , EC representative, Stephen RYAN , EC representative, Kati PIRI (S&amp;D, NL), rapporteur, Ana GOMES (S&amp;D, PT) and Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL).

Joint debate on immigration situation: extracts from the presentation by the European Commission on the EU-Turkey agreement, the relocation and resettlement and the resumption of transfers to Greece

State of the European Union debate: illustrative images from SOTEU debate 2015 and main topics such as&nbsp;immigration, growth and employment, climate change, fight against&nbsp;terrorism, taxation and Brexit.

Debate on the State of the European Union 2016: main events and topics - illustrative footage

En undersøgelse blandt næsten 28.000 europæere viste, at langt de fleste ønsker, at EU er mere aktiv, når problemer som arbejdsløshed, terror, immigration og skattesvig skal takles.

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MEP'er krævede en hård kurs over for selskabsskatteunddragelse, undersøgte nøje planer om samarbejde med tredjeverdenslande om immigration og gennemgik resultaterne af den EUR 315 mia. store Juncker investeringsplan.

Plenarzapping juni 2016: Skatteunddragelse, immigration, Juncker plan

MEP'er stemmer om grundig gennemgang af det europæiske rejsedokument for at lette den bureaukratiske byrde på hjemsendelse af ureglementerede immigranter.

Hjemsendelse af immigranter, der bor ulovligt i Europa

Meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs&nbsp;on European Border and Coast Guard, in the EP in Brussels. Statement by Artis PABRIKS (EPP, LV), rapporteur. The report is adopted by 40 votes in favour, 10 against and 5 abstentions.&nbsp;Illustrative shots: Coast guard action in the Mediterranean around Greece (Molyvos) - Fence in Melilla (Spain) at the border between Morocco and Spain. General views of the fence separating the two countries. Police guards watching the fence.&nbsp;&nbsp; - Border checkpoint in the Spanish city of Melilla. Border policemen checking cars at the border, checking identity and taking fingerprints. Queue of people waiting to cross the border. Control room at the border police.&nbsp; - Thermal cameras sequences of illegal land crossing at the Greek-Turkish border (Orestiada). Police headquarter in Orestiada.

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