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Croatia follows FYROM: new rules limit migrant travel across Balkans

Croatia Croatia is following in the footsteps of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM) and introducing new measures for migrants

Economy

World Economic Forum: EU starts 2016 deeply divided over migration crisis

A small window into a global humanitarian crisis, the ‘Day in the Life of a Refugee’ experience at Davos gives delegates a chance to stand in the

Switzerland

Europe has 'six to eight weeks' to fix migrant crisis - Dutch PM

The Dutch prime minister says Europe has just six to eight weeks to find a fix for the migrant crisis. Mark Rutte was speaking at the World Economic

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UN chief visits Zaatari Camp in Jordan

Mogens Lykketoft, President of United Nations General Assembly, visits the Zaatari camp, Jordan. Lykketoft said the purpose of his visit is to get

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IMF proposes prickly solutions for Europe's refugee 'challenges'

Question of survival How can Europe survive mounting refugee pressures? A study by the IMF presented in Davos, Switzerland, has proposed that the

United Kingdom

Asylum seekers in Middlesborough say they are being housed in "marked" homes

Suspicions are running high in the northern English city of Middlesborough, which has welcomed the highest number of refugees and asylum seekers

Austria

Austria to slash the number of asylum claims it accepts

But what is the response from Germany?

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Dutch PM Rutte warns EU 'running out of time' on refugee crisis

The Dutch government has warned the EU that time is running out to find a solution to Europe’s refugee crisis. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the

Norway

Norway sends Syrian refugees back to Russia

The Norwegian authorities have begun sending the first of around 5,500 mainly Syrian refugees who’ve been housed in a transit camp in the north of

World News

UN and aid agencies sound alarm about refugees stuck on EU's fringes facing disaster

The United Nations and aid agencies are calling for increased assistance for migrants coming through Turkey and eastern Europe, and are warning a

Netherlands

Dutch town latest to angrily protest against refugee centre

Heesch is the latest Dutch town to suffer anti-immigrant protests after police made three arrests on Monday night as a demonstration forced

Austria

Austria considers tougher border controls to stop migrant flow

Freezing temperatures and still they come….Around 850 refugees battled snowfalls on Monday as they trudged through Serbia heading towards northern

Germany

Germany plans tougher asylum rules for Algerians and Moroccans

German lawmakers are pushing for tougher rules for asylum seekers from Morocco and Algeria, with plans to set up one-stop reception and deportation

Germany

"Refugees, welcome" spirit wanes after Cologne attacks

Public support for Angela Merkel and her open arms policy has dropped in the wake of the Cologne sex attacks that were blamed on migrants.

Switzerland

Switzerland 'seizes assets from migrants' to cover costs

Migrants bound for Switzerland may be in for an unfortunate surprise. Local broadcaster SRF says that those crossing the border must surrender to the

Germany

German official buses dozens of migrants to Merkel's office

An irate local politician in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria has bused dozens of refugees to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin as a

Germany

Leipzig counts the cost of anti-Muslim protest

A massive clean-up operation is underway in the eastern German city of Leipzig after hundreds of right-wing supporters went on a rampage. Dozens of

World News

German Chancellor: Europe is ''vulnerable"

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a lack of order and control is making Europe “vulnerable” in the face of the refugee crisis. She was addressing

Europe News

Cologne attackers must be brought to justice, says Rotterdam mayor

The tough-talking mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, has given his reaction to the Cologne sex attacks. Aboutaleb, who holds both Dutch and

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Cologne sees reprisal attacks after New Years Eve assaults

Two Pakistanis and a Syrian man were injured in reprisal attacks in the German city of Cologne, which was the scene of New Year’s Eve attacks on