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Slovenia appeals to EU for help as refugees overwhelm the country

Slovenia is doing its best to do the right thing and welcome the refugees pouring into the country, but it is feeling the strain and has asked the

Europe News

Migrant crisis re-boots Europe's relations with Turkey

The continuing influx of Syrian migrants, seeking a new life in Europe, has thrown the EU’s relations with Turkey into the spotlight. Turkey is a

Slovenia

Migrant journey to Slovenia continues despite entry limits

Thousands of migrants continued their miserable journey into the smallest country on the Balkan route: Slovenia. The country’s parliament is expected

Germany

German anti-immigrants Pegida mark first year of existence with Dresden rally

Round about this time last year the anti-immigrant Pegida movement took off in Dresden, and it celebrated the fact on Monday with a rally they

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Croatia

Croatia opens border with Serbia; migrants flood across the frontier

Croatia has opened its border with Serbia allowing thousands of cold,wet and exhausted people into the country. Thousands of refugees rush across as

Switzerland

Switzerland veers further to the right as SVP makes election gains

Europe’s far-right seems to be a family affair. After the rise of Marine Le Pen in France, now billionaire Christoph Blocher’s billionaire daughter

Italy

Hundreds of rescued migrants and refugees arrive in Cagliari

The Italian Coast Guard says the 781 migrants and refugees rescued off the coast of Libya over the weekend have arrived in Cagliari in Sardinia. This

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Rain and mud meets migrants on Serbia-Croatia border

Hundreds of refugees and migrants try to shelter from desperate weather conditions on the Serbia-Croatia border. Hungary’s closure of its frontier

Slovenia

Slovenia takes the strain of Europe's migrant influx

Slovenia is the latest focus of Europe’s migration crisis. On Saturday some 3,000 migrants and refugees crossed the border from Croatia. Thousands

Germany

Germans rally to support mayoral candidate stabbed in 'anti-refugee attack'

Germans took to the streets of Cologne on Saturday in solidarity with Henriette Reker, the mayoral candidate.for the city who was stabbed and

Slovenia

Slovenia witnesses 'domino effect' as Croatia diverts thousands of migrants

Thousands of migrants are expected to arrive in Slovenia in the coming days, after Hungary closed its border with Croatia at midnight on Friday. The

Hungary

Balkan borders continue to close as Hungary says will seal frontier with Slovenia

Hungary will close its border with Slovenia after barring its three major crossing points on its Croatian border, ending the possibility for refugees

Turkey

More migrants die at sea trying to reach Europe

Turkish coastguards have recovered the bodies of 12 refugees in their coastal waters after the group took to a wooden boat to try and make it to the

Hungary

Last train to Hungary: border closure with Croatia comes into effect

Hungary closes its southern frontier with Croatia - the latest in a series of border clampdowns to stem the flow of migrants into the country.

Turkey

EU 'too late' for Turkey with its 'political bribery'

The European Union has offered candidate country Turkey “re-energised” talks on joining the bloc, if it helps stem the migrant flow to Europe

World News

INTERPOL creates specialist network to combat people smuggling

INTERPOL and Europol, two major transnational law enforcement agencies, have outlined fresh measures to break up the organised criminal networks

World News

Syrian refugee family adjusting to German life

After two weeks in Berlin and a month in the town of Heidenau, the Habashieh family from Syria are still waiting to file their asylum applications

My Europe Series

Riace, Italy: a haven for refugees?

Breathing new life into Europe's deserted rural villages by taking in refugees: that's the fight that Riace, in southern Italy, has been waging for more than 15 years. But are things there really goin

World News

Calls for more solidarity with refugees as Bulgarian border guard shoots Afghan migrant dead

Hundreds of Greeks marched in Athens on Thursday night to demand more solidarity with refugees, as it emerged that a Bulgarian border guard had shot

Bulgaria

Suspected Afghan immigrant dies after being shot by border police

A man travelling with a large group of refugees from Afghanistan was shot by a border police officer near the southeastern Bulgarian town of Sredets