A public consultation has been launched by the on the EU Blue Card and the EU’s labour migration policies. The aim of this consultation is to collect opinions on a range of issues related to economic migration with a view to contribute to the elaboration of a new European policy…

European states have come under renewed pressure from human rights and refugee organisations to mount large-scale search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean after the latest migrant boat disaster led to the drowning of an estimated 400 people. Critics say that the cancellation last year of an Italian-run sea rescue mission, Mare…