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Australia vows no change in asylum policy after Somali woman sets herself on fire

Australia has vowed no change to its refugee policy after a Somali woman seeking asylum set fire to herself in protest over her detention on the

Denmark

Denmark extends controls on German border, EU set to allow more Schengen exceptions

Denmark has extended temporary controls on its border with Germany, first imposed in January to help regulate an influx of migrants. The measures

World News

The EU agreement with Turkey on Syrian refugees

There was hope garnered with a smile of satisfaction as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Donald Tusk and Turkish Prime

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90,000 unaccompanied children seek refugee in Europe in 2015

Nearly 90,000 unaccompanied children claimed asylum in the EU last year, according to official figures. 2015 saw a sharp rise on the number of

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Germany

Germany's AfD party adopts anti-Islam manifesto

The German ant-immigration party, ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD), has adopted an anti-Islam manifesto on the second day of its two-day conference in

Italy

Dozens of migrants missing as Italy responds to shipwreck off Libya

Twenty-six migrants have been rescued by an Italian cargo ship off the coast of Libya, but dozens more are said to be missing. Video footage released

Europe News

UN urges restraint in Syrian conflict as peace talks stumble on

Euronews correspondent Sándor Zsiros spoke with UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson during his visit to Brussels this week. In this excerpt of

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Berlin and Vienna pressure Rome to take responsibility for migrants

Germany’s interior minister said on Friday that migrants should no longer be able to get to northern Europe through the former Yugoslav Republic of

Culture news

Ai Weiwei promises documentary to follow refugee shows

The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has announced that he will release a documentary film next year on the refugee crisis. Ai, often described as

Austria

Italy and Austria reach deal to keep Brenner moving

Fears of a migrant surge prompted plans to build a border fence

France

UK to pay for Calais 'wall' to deter migrants

Migrants in the French port of Calais are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to get to Britain. After the so-called Jungle camp was

World

Turkey: e-Food cards for refugees

The scale of the Syrian refugee crisis means the corresponding aid effort has been immense. Turkey is bearing an immense burden, but while no-one is starving thanks to local and international efforts,

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: UN's Ban chides Austria over asylum policy

This is the Brief from Brussels: Euronews’ daily round-up of the biggest news stories that are making headlines in Europe’s capital and beyond. In

World News

Austria passes tough new aslyum laws

Will the Brenner Pass become the Brenner Gate?

Germany

Neo-Nazis on trial in Munich for asylum seeker nail bomb plot

Four far-right extremists have gone on trial in Munich, charged with planning an attack on an asylum seekers centre.

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Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island

Greece

Clashes erupt in Greek migrant camp

Clashes between migrants in a Greek detention camp and police erupted on Tuesday. Tempers flared after two ferries shipped the latest group of

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Obama says Merkel is 'on the right side of history' for refugee response

US President Barack Obama heaped high praise on Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday as he began a visit to Germany, saying that she was ‘on the right

Turkey

Merkel backs Turkey's idea of 'safe zones' for refugees in Syria

The Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu took German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU Council president Donald Tusk on a tour of a refugee camp on

Turkey

Merkel visits Syrian refugees in Turkey amid tension over EU migrant deal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Turkey on Saturday to see how Syrian refugees are being treated and to try to soothe tensions over the