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Euroviews. EU should not blackmail Syria over aid

18/04/2017

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Rescuers jump into water to rescue migrants

Migrants struggled to stay afloat in the Mediterranean during a rescue operation by the Malta-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station on Friday (April 14), as thousands were plucked from the sea in a singl

16/04/2017

Sweden

Sweden grapples with the fallout from the Stockholm attack

Sweden has already stopped taking as many asylum seekers and has cut back on its generous support for them. But rising political pressure from the far-right, and last week's attack in Stockholm sugges

13/04/2017

Europe News

EU steps up child migrant protection

A surge in migrant children arriving in the EU has exposed gaps in protection.

12/04/2017

France

Fire sweeps through Dunkirk migrant camp

A huge fire has swept through a migrant camp near Dunkirk in northern France.

11/04/2017

Germany

Germany to outlaw child marriages

The draft law, which still needs parliamentary approval, aims to protect girls who were married abroad and sought asylum in the country.

05/04/2017

Greece

Livadia a home from home for refugees

Livadia offers a warm welcome for refugees

05/04/2017

Gambia

Gambian migrants return home after Libyan prison ordeal

The International Organisation of Migration and the Gambian government helped to win the release of some 170 people

05/04/2017

Poland

Refugees from Chechnya unsuccessfully seek refuge in Poland

Almost every day at the Belarusian-Polish border, hundreds of Chechens try to apply for refugee status. Only a small number succeed, despite interventions from NGOs and lawyers.

03/04/2017

Libya

16-year-old migrant survives sinking in which 146 are feared drowned

The Italian Coastguard says more than 1,100 migrants have been picked up at sea in the last two days. One body has been recovered.

29/03/2017

Libya

More than 200 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean

More than 200 migrants are feared dead after their capsized boats sank off the coast of Libya.

24/03/2017

Italy

Libya is promised money and equipment to help fight the people smugglers

Italy has hosted a meeting of interior ministers from eight European Union countries, including Germany and France, to strengthen support for last month's agreement to help Libya fight human trafficki

20/03/2017

Hungary

Hungary's 'border hunters' trained, armed and ready for action

Hungary's 'border hunters' armed and ready to go

18/03/2017

Greece

Children trapped in 'endless misery' at Greek refugee camps - report

Children waiting in Greek migrant camps for decisions from authorities on their asylum applications are cutting themselves, attempting suicide and using drugs to cope with “endless misery,” internatio

16/03/2017

USA

Veteran Mexican politician in solidarity with migrants

Mexico’s leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is in New York to show solidarity with his fellow countrymen living in the city.

14/03/2017

Netherlands

Turkey 'to impose diplomatic sanctions' on the Netherlands

Turkey says it will impose 'whatever diplomatic sanctions it has' on its NATO ally the Netherlands in an escalating row between the two nations.

13/03/2017

Turkey

Turks squeeze oranges in anti-Dutch protest

Turkey and the Netherlands are currently experiencing a tense diplomatic period, after Turkey’s foreign minister Cavusoglu was stopped from entering the Netherlands to attend a political…

13/03/2017

Netherlands

All you need to know about the Netherlands' general election

He wants to halt Muslim immigration, close all mosques and ban a Koran that he compares to Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf.

13/03/2017

World News

Woman power and immigration - this week in pictures

People attend a rally calling for impeached President Park Geun-hye’s arrest in central Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2017.

10/03/2017

Mexico

Mexico slams US plans to separate undocumented migrant children from their parents

The gulf between Mexico and the USA grows wider.

10/03/2017