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Myanmar refuses sole responsibility in Rohingya migrant crisis

Myanmar has rejected exclusive responsibility for the Rohingya crisis, at an international meeting in Bangkok. Indonesia and Malaysia in recent weeks

Denmark

Denmark calls national elections for June 18th

Denmark’s prime minister has called national elections for 18 June. Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s centre-left Social Democrats are set to face stiff

Europe News

EU calls for 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy, Greece to be relocated

EU member states should take in some 40,000 asylum seekers, mainly from Syria and Eritrea, who land in Italy and Greece over the next two years, the

Greece

Greece deals with sudden influx of new migrants

As several boats carrying at least 300 more migrants reached the Greek island of Kos on Tuesday, the European Commission is due to give more details

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Myanmar

Myanmar set to send migrants back to Bangladesh

Indonesia is far beyond the shores of the Mediterranean but both share a common problem. On Saturday over 200 migrants were rescued in a wooden boat

Spain

Ivory Coast 'luggage boy' given temporary residence in Spain

An eight-year-old African boy who had been hidden in a suitcase in a bid to smuggle him into Spain has been granted temporary residence. Adou

Italy

Italian navy carries 900 illegal migrants to Sicily

An Italian navy ship carried a dead body among the 900 illegal migrants brought to shore on Thursday in the Sicilian port of Augusta. The men, women

World News

Thailand calls May 29 summit on Rohingya 'boat people' crisis

More than 400 migrants adrift at sea, mostly Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar and Bangladesh, have been brought ashore to safety by fisherman off the

World News

EU refusal to accept migrant quotas 'unacceptable'

The debate over European Union migrant quotas has become more heated with the Commission deputy chief saying it is ‘unacceptable’ for EU states to

Libya

Migrant held in Libya 'beaten' and 'insulted'

A migrant being held at a detention centre in Libya claims to have been “beaten” and “insulted.” The North African country has become a major hub for

World News

EU migrant quota plans hit rough water

European Union plans to cope with the vast numbers of migrants risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean to get to Europe appear close to

World News

EU agrees to people smuggling crackdown in Libya

The EU has agreed a mission to fight against people smugglers operating in Libya. A naval operation will start next month with its headquarters based

Europe News

EU set to OK plan to destroy smugglers' boats

EU foreign and defence ministers met in Brussels on Monday to approve a mission aimed at destroying boats used by people smugglers in Libya. It forms

Italy

Migrant crisis: Hundreds more people flock to Italy

As the European Union debates the contentious issue of immigration, Italy continues to accept daily waves of people from north Africa. Italian media

France

French PM says he is against migrant quotas

The French prime minister has visited the Rivera town of Menton where record numbers of migrants have been travelling from Africa through Italy and

World News

UN appeals to southeast Asian nations to work together to help stranded migrants

With boats full of people believed to be abandoned in the Andaman Sea, the UN urges southeast Asian countries to work together to help migrants.

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Europe Weekly: EU officials unveil migration plan

In this week’s edition of Europe Weekly, EU officials unveil their plan to curb the influx of illegal migrants from the Mediterranean Sea; the Greek

World News

Cast adrift in floating prisons: The tragedy of Asia's new 'boat people'

They’re a new wave of Asian ‘boat people’. Cast adrift by human traffickers, thousands are thought to be seeking refuge in Malaysia, Thailand and

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Germany says root causes must be tackled in migrants' home nations

Hundreds more migrants attempting to reach Europe have been taken ashore in the Sicilian port city of Catania. The British Navy was involved in the

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Data raises questions over EU's attitude towards asylum seekers

New data has shed fresh doubt over the EU’s attitude to asylum seekers after a weekend in which more than 700 migrants drowned trying to reach the