Spain has announced an extraordinary regularisation of up to 800,000 undocumented migrants, supported by both economic actors and human rights organisations. Despite its economic and social benefits, without adapting public services and given its controversial political process, this measure could strengthen far-right support.
Interview with Lucia Gennari, Italian lawyer specialized in foreigners' rights (The Studio Legale Antartide, Rome)
As the new European Pact on Migration and Asylum nears its implementation, Europe seems to be increasingly obsessed with deterrence measures. However, the decisions to harden laws and shift processing to external borders, gives rise to the pressing concern of creating a permanent 'parallel society' of people without rights. An administrative limbo that threatens social cohesion while failing to address the hurdles of displacement.
The number of Belgian students dropping out of school is increasing steadily year after year, despite the overall wealth and connection of the country. Our partners at Voxeurop investigated the reasons behind this discrepancy, to understand why is Belgium falling behind on such a critical issue.
The idea that "young people are shifting to the right" has become a widespread argument whenever a new election approaches. While data partially confirm this trend, they also show a more nuanced picture of the electoral behaviour of younger voters.
Europe is emptying out at the margins. And not just any population: its most educated youth are leaving, emigrating in search of better opportunities.
While the European Union as a whole is moving closer to its goal of reducing early school leaving, some countries – including Germany – appear to be moving away from the targets.
Finland is the only EU country with a female majority while at the other extreme, in Italy and Czechia, men dominate the diplomatic corps.
From jeans that changed colour to a jumper that bobbled after a handful of wears, a lot of these clothes did not hold up.
DW and EDJNet investigated almost 500 sustainability claims to find which fashion companies keep their commitments, and which skirt the issue.
