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Greece

Greece: tourists pack extra clothes for refugees along with sunscreen

Arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos, tourists come to soak up the sun and relax in beautiful surroundings, but these holiday makers are not coming

World News

How the EU is horribly split over sharing its refugee burden

World News

EU ministers postpone decision on migrant allocation

EU interior ministers have failed to agree on how to redistribute 40,000 migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece. Instead they’ve decided to

Germany

#Merkelstrokes: the German Chancellor is confronted by a crying refugee

The Twittersphere has lit up with criticism of Germany’s Chancellor after she was confronted on television by a young refugee whose family had been

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Germany

Merkel mocked online over refugee girl's tears

German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew mockery online on Thursday for stroking the back of a Palestinian girl facing possible deportation after she had

Greece

Greece needs the EU's help with the migrant crisis on its doorstep

The waterfront along the Greek island of Lesvos presents a idyllic view. But behind the restaurants and hotels, hundreds of migrants are living in

Italy

Curbing 'globalisation of indifference': MOAS rescues 414 migrants

Migrants Offshore Aid Station has rescued 8,595 people from the Mediterranean since it began operations. Around 414 mainly sub-Saharan Africans were

Hungary

Hungary: Protesters condemn 'absurd' anti-migrant border fence with Serbia

Hundreds of people have demonstrated in Budapest against the project to build a fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia to stop migrants from coming

United Kingdom

Calais 'secure zone' to keep migrants away from UK-bound lorries

Britain’s interior minister has told parliament that a new secure zone is being set up in the French port of Calais to protect UK-bound lorries from

Hungary

Hungary defies its critics and builds a barrier along its open border with Serbia

Work has begun in Hungary on a four-metre high fence to close the open border with Serbia. Belgrade is strongly opposed to the plan which has also

Italy

Italy: More than 1,600 migrants brought to shore in two days

More than 1,600 migrants were brought to shore on Friday and Saturday in a number of operations in the Mediterranean coordinated by the Italian

My Europe Series

Climate change and migration : A hot issue for Europe

Is Europe worried about the problem of migration due to climate change? And is the status of a climate refugee recognised by international law?”

Serbia

Alarm bells sounded over plight of refugees crossing the Balkans

Amnesty says Serbia and FYR Macedonia have become a "sink" for the overflow of refugees and migrants

Hungary

Hungary's parliament approves 'anti-migrant' border fence

Hungary’s parliament has beefed up the country’s asylum legislation, paving the way for a border fence to prevent the flow of migrants into the

Italy

Status approved, but nowhere to go: refugees form makeshift camp in Italy

Home is where you lay your head, or so it seems for a group of people in southern Italy. Dozens have set up camp near the Crotone railway station in

World News

Migrant deaths at sea plummet after rescue resources improved

Crisis-rocked Greece has overtaken Italy as the main maritime gateway for migrants trying to reach Europe, new figures have revealed. The UN’s

Economy

Europe Weekly: EU Summit agrees on migrants...but still no deal for Greece

World News

Migration: Divisions emerge over EU deal

Details are emerging of strong differences of opinion between Europe’s leaders as they try to address the problems caused by soaring numbers of

Belgium

EU leaders agree migrant plan, while Greek debt deal remains elusive

Tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece will be relocated to other EU states over the next two years. That is the decision

Italy

Italy: regional leaders refuse to take more migrants

Nearly 500 more migrants arrived in Sicily on Thursday after being picked up by a Swedish boat in the Mediterannean. One of them died on the journey