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Netherlands

Dutch riot over plans for a refugee centre

A meeting to decide whether to build a refugee centre ended in a riot in the Dutch town of Geldermalsen near Utrecht on Wednesday night. Around 2,000

Syria

Doctor on life in Raqqa and leaving his pregnant wife to escape to EU

“I was a paediatric doctor in Syria, married with two children. We lived in Raqqa, now known as the stronghold of ISIL. I ran a private clinic in a

Lithuania

Lithuania welcomes its first refugees under EU relocation plan

Lithuania has received its first asylum-seekers under a European Union plan to relocate some of the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have

Europe News

Hungary, Poland oppose EU border force plan

An EU plan to create a new border force that could intervene in a country without the permission of the government is already under fire. The

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Europe News

EU plans new border force

The European Commission wants to create a border agency that could take control of the EU’s external frontiers, according to documents seen by

Canada

Canada: Syrian refugees get VIP welcome

First Syrian refugees arrive in Canada 10,000 by the end of year – PM Trudeau Further 15,000 by end of February 2016 The first

Germany

A migrant Christmas in Zwickau, Germany

It is a tradition which stretches back decades in the German town of Zwickau – the Christmas market. But for four Syrian refugees it is their first

Switzerland

Should we have better laws to protect migrants?

32nd International Conference Held once every four years 189 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies National governments NGOs A global gathering

Germany

Merkel's struggle to defend million refugee 'moral duty'

Asylum-seekers continue to arrive in Germany even though the numbers have eased. In the autumn, they reached around 8,000 per day. The authorities

Greece

Police remove hundreds of migrants blocked at Greek-Macedonian border

The migrants, mostly from Pakistan, Morocco and Iran, are expected to be taken to Athens on buses

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Migrants face nationality-based entry "discrimination"

Human rights group Amnesty International called on F.Y.R.O.M to stop what it called its discriminatory policy at the border because it was fuelling

USA

Donald Trump slammed for Muslim 'shutdown' comments

Calls for a Muslim “shutdown” from Donald Trump have been slammed around the world. The Huffington Post calls the US presidential candidate’s

Italy

No respite for aid workers as refugees continue to flood into Europe

An indication of just how desperate some people are to get to Europe is that it is now December, when a sea crossing in an open boat is extremely

Greece

Migrant couple are stuck at Macedonian border - because he's Afghan and she's Iranian

In a squalid tent camp on the border, with temperatures barely above freezing, a young, married couple are in turmoil. Macedonian authorities are

Switzerland

Swiss government says will impose immigrant quotas if no EU deal reached

Switzerland, not part of the EU but part of its free-trade and Schengen zones, has long been at the spearpoint of European-wide hesitation about the

Germany

Pegida 'anti-Islamisation' group in fresh bid for British backing

Britain is set to host fresh ‘anti-Islamisation’ protests after a former far-right leader helped to re-launch a Pegida offshoot in the country

Europe News

Greece seeks EU help with refugees and migrants

Greece will ask for help under the EU’s civil protection mechanism, the country’s migration minister told euronews on Wednesday. Speaking in a

Canada

The Tonbari family of Syrian refugees arrive in Canada

Ibrahim Tonbari and his family are starting a new life in Canada. He escaped from the war-torn city of Homs in Syria to neighbouring Lebanon with

World News

Migrant numbers reaching Europe slides says UN

The number of migrants and refugees reaching Europe has dropped, according to the United Nations refugee agency. UNHCR says an estimated 140,000

Greece

Happy ending for young couple caught up in Europe's migration crisis

After an agonising wait, a young couple caught up in Europe’s migration crisis have finally been reunited. Syrian Samer Alkaled made it from Turkish