Migrants
Germany speeds up deportations to sift from migrants from refugees
Germany is introducing measures to tackle its refugee crisis earlier than previously expected, officials said on Friday.
Paris police start moving migrants out of school dubbed House of Refugees
Police started moving hundreds of refugees and migrants out of a decommissioned secondary school in Paris early on Friday, ending a four-month stand-off.
Thousands of stranded migrants rush across border as Croatia relents
Thousands of refugees who have been stranded for nearly two days have crossed into Croatia after it opened the border with Serbia. UNHCR spokeswoman...
‘Flood’ of 10,000 migrants stranded in Serbia with aid supplies running low
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned aid supplies are running out for 10,000 migrants currently stranded in Serbia.
Police smash migrant smuggler ring as naval patrols are stepped up
Police have smashed an international criminal gang smuggling migrants and refugees into Europe through Greece.
1.4 million refugees are heading to Europe over the next two years, UN warns
At least 1.4 million refugees are expected to flee to Europe across the Mediterranean over this year and next, according to the U.N.
Five children among 17 trapped migrants to drown in latest boat sinking
Five children and five women were among 17 Syrians drowned after their boat sank off the Turkish coast on Sunday.
17 Syrian migrants die in latest boat sinking off the coast of Turkey
Seventeen Syrians drowned after their boat sank off the Turkish coast on its way to the Greek island of Leros on Sunday.
EU refugee plan under fire as ministers try to break deadlock
A plan to share out refugees across the European Union was rejected outright by the Czech Republic on Tuesday and criticised by a United Nations agency...
As nations squabble over migrants, dozens feared dead in double boat sinking
Thirteen migrants, four of them children, have died after their inflatable dinghy collided with a ferry off the Turkish coast.
As Europe squabbles over migrants, dozens feared dead in double boat sinking
Thirteen migrants, four of them children, have died after their inflatable dinghy collided with a ferry off the Turkish coast.
Hundreds of migrants arrive in Germany after Hungary backs down
Hundreds of migrants have arrived in Munich, Germany, after they were allowed to leave Hungary and cross through Austria. They are among thousands...
Thousands of migrants taken by bus to Austria after Hungary backs down
Thousands of migrants and refugees have entered Austria from Hungary, with many believed to be on their way to Germany. Exhausted families, among...
Drivers in 15-mile motorway jam as migrant checks are tightened at border
Drivers are facing 15-mile tailbacks after a crackdown on people smuggling on a Hungarian motorway leading to the Austrian border.
Emergency meeting of European leaders called over migration crisis
The EU has called an emergency meeting of European leaders to address the growing migration crisis.
Migrant children ‘close to death after being loaded in lorry like animals’
Three children are in a critical condition after they were rescued from a lorry carrying 26 migrants in Austria. The two girls and a boy, aged five...
Migrant crisis: Austrian tragedy suspects arrested as second truck found
Three children are in a critical condition after being rescued from a lorry in Austria that contained 26 migrants, police said. The lorry was stopped...
Austrian migrant tragedy suspects in court as second lorry found
Three children are in a critical condition after being rescued from a lorry in Austria that contained 26 migrants, police said. The lorry was stopped...
Austrian migrant tragedy suspects arrive at Hungarian court
Four suspects in the deaths of 71 migrants found in an abandoned truck in Austria arrived Saturday for a court hearing in Hungary.
Migrant toll mounts: Up to 50 refugees found suffocated in the back of a lorry
The bodies of up to 50 refugees have been found in the back of a lorry in Austria.
Thousands of exhausted migrants on long march to better life reach Serbia
Thousands of exhausted migrants trudged on foot into Serbia on Monday as they continued their gruelling journey towards hopes of a better life in Europe...
2,400 refugees arrive on car ferry as Europe’s migrant crisis deepens
A car ferry carrying more than 2,400 Syrian refugees arrived on the Greek mainland on Thursday as a wave of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty continued...
Germany braced for record influx as migration crisis worsens
Germany could see as many as 800,000 migrants arriving this year — four times the number from last year, its interior minister said Wednesday.
At least 40 migrants ‘suffocated in filth’, says Italian navy captain
At least 40 migrants have died at sea and hundreds more have been rescued from an overcrowded smugglers’ boat in the Mediterranean sea.
Italy arrests five men over Libya migrant shipwreck
Italian police have arrested five men accused of multiple murders and human trafficking following a deadly shipwreck off the coast of Libya which left...
Hopes fade for survivors in Libya boat tragedy with 200 now feared dead
Hopes faded of finding survivors of the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy, in which an estimated 200 migrants drowned, on Thursday as rescue ships were...
Scores of migrants feared dead after fishing boat capsizes off Libya
Scores of migrants trying to reach mainland Europe are feared to have drowned off Libya, Italy’s coastguard has said.
Migration plan exposes EU rifts, tough bargaining ahead
Hours of late-night squabbling in Europe’s highest council of state left EU leaders licking political wounds on Friday and preparing for weeks of...
EU to push migrants decision back to September: sources
EU members are unlikely to agree on a programme to accommodate 40,000 asylum seekers this month, meaning a decision is not expected before September, European...
Backlash grows as Italy migrant arrivals top 50,000
Italy’s wealthy North vowed Sunday that it would refuse to accommodate any more migrants as thousands more were rescued in the Mediterranean by a...
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