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Libya

Hundreds feared dead as migrant boats capsize off Libyan coast

Reports suggest hundreds are feared dead after two boats capsized off the Libyan coast. Local residents and officials say one boat had up to 50

Austria

Migrants: Vienna summit given added impetus

The discovery of a lorry containing the corpses of dead refugees on an Austrian motorway gave added impetus to a key summit on migration in Vienna

World News

Welcome to Europe: The Long Journey, part 5

In part five of euronews’ special reports, James Franey travels to the Serbia-Hungary border, where a fence is being built in an attempt to deter the

Austria

More than 70 suspected immigrants dead in Austria truck

More than 70 bodies have been recovered from a lorry found abandoned near the border with Hungary, officials have said. The refrigerated, air-tight

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Austria

Austria: dozens of migrants die locked in an air-tight truck

Police examining a lorry abandoned in the lay-by of a motorway in Austria have made a grim discovery. The bodies of at least 20 immigrants have been

World News

Migrants: Hungary to reinforce border with Serbia

Record numbers of migrants are crossing the border from Serbia into Hungary. They are adamant their ultimate destination is Germany. Budapest is

World News

Another tragedy on the Mediterranean - dozens of bodies found on a migrant ship

Dozens of bodies are found in the packed hold of a migrant boat as round-the-clock rescue missions in the Mediterranean save another 3,000 in just 24 hours.

Europe News

Belgium to discuss measures to deal with migrants entering country

From early in the morning, around 400 people have been queuing outside the immigration office in Brussels. Those seeking asylum in Belgium need to

Hungary

Trouble on Hungary's border escalates as migrants fight tear gas to beat fence

As fast as Hungary plugs its frontier with Serbia with a steel wall, refugees are arriving at its weak points before it becomes unassailable to get

Germany

Bomb threat against Germany's SPD as tensions rise over asylum seekers

SPD workers were evacuated after a bomb threat against their HQ in Berlin - It's thought to be linked to tensions over asylum seekers sparked by Germany's far.right.

Greece

Heading north: The Long Journey Part 3

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is expecting 3,000 people a day to cross into the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Macedonian government came

Israel

Hundreds of African migrants released from Israeli detention centre

Following a ruling from the Supreme Court releasing detention time, 1,178 people, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea were released from the Holot centre.

Greece

Greece's illegal push backs of asylum boats puts lives at risk, says Amnesty International

"We were left in the middle of the sea, with nothing but a damaged boat"

World News

EU calls for solidarity in dealing with the migrant crisis

Europe's border countries are struggling to cope with one of the biggest migration crisis in decades - is the solution just to move them on?

Italy

Italy: More than 1,500 migrants arrive in Sicily and Sardinia

More than 1,500 migrants landed on Italian shores on Monday, as the influx of desperate people fleeing conflict and poverty continues. Some 550

World News

Merkle and Hollande urge 'unified' response to EU refugee crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have called for a “unified” response the EU’s worst refugee since World War

Italy

Migrants: scuffles with police as hundreds march in Milan

Hundreds of migrants marched down the main Fulvio Testi road, one of the major arteries leading into Italy’s financial capital, Milan. #news

Germany

German vice-chancellor condemns weekend violence in Heidenau

As Europe struggles to cope with an influx of migrants, Germany’s vice chancellor has condemned recent violence outside in the Heidenau over the

Serbia

Thousands of desperate migrants en route to the EU since Saturday

Thousands of migrants have made their way through no man’s land from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into Serbia. Most have fled conflict

World News

'They just look and take photos': The Long Journey, part 2

For the second time in two days, the ferry ‘Venizelos’ docks in Piraeus port, Athens, carrying some 2,000 migrants from the island of Lesbos, most of