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Greece

Fighting despair in Idomeni

It is another cold night in Idomeni. People burn wood and cardboard in order to get warm. A man warms by bonfire at a makeshift camp at the

World News

As Balkans route closes, 'migrants will seek other ways to Europe'

Countries in eastern Europe are now on alert for any new migration routes opening up after the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia or “FYROM”

World News

Protests at Greek-Macedonian border as Balkans migrant route "closed"

There is now a bottleneck of more than 15,000 migrants along the Greek-Macedonian border

Greece

Beefed up border controls 'shut down' Balkan migrant route

Slovenia and Croatia are beefing up their border restrictions, in a bid to seal off the Balkan route to migrants

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World News

UN questions legality of controversial EU-Turkey migration deal

The United Nations and Amnesty International have raised concerns that the EU’s proposed migration deal with Turkey could be illegal. They are

World News

Turkey and Greece work on migrant cooperation deal

Turkey and Greece have held a bilateral meeting filling in the details on the proposed EU plan which includes a controversial refugee exchange

World News

Turkey and Greece share perspective on migrant crisis

The prime ministers of Greece and Turkey met for talks in the Turkish city of Izmir on Tuesday. Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu told a joint news

Republic of North Macedonia

The plight of refugees in Idomeni on the border with FYROM

They wait together in hope at midnight. But the refugees don’t know if and when the border guards will call them forward and give them a chance to

World News

EU's migrant pact "not consistent with international law", says UNHCR

United Nations High Commission for Refugees says it has deep concerns about the EU’s proposed agreement to solve its migrant crisis. The agency

Europe News

Turkey needs something in return for migrant deal, says Ankara's envoy to EU

The tentative deal struck between the EU and Turkey has drawn criticism from NGOs, the UN and across the political spectrum. But just how will it be

Greece

EU leaders are using us as pawns in a Game of Migrants, say refugees

While EU leaders and Turkey continue to thrash out a deal on the migration crisis, refugees on the ground on the Greek-Macedonian border say they are

Belgium

UN and rights groups criticise EU-Turkey 'one in, one out' migrant deal

EU leaders and Turkey have agreed in principle to a plan to confront the current migration crisis, but they need more time to work out the details

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Drone footage of refugees at Greek-Macedonian border

This is drone footage of refugees and migrants waiting at the border between Greece and FYR Macedonia. It comes as the EU and Turkey came close to

Europe News

Turkey demands more cash and faster visa-free travel for migrant help

Turkey is offering to step up its help to tackle Europe’s migrant crisis, but it wants more money and faster visa-free travel. Ankara is reportedly

Turkey

From Turkey to the Greek islands - an insight into the migrant smugglers trade

Aksaray Square in Istanbul has been called “smugglers square”. It is there that migrants gather almost every day at sundown in the hope of buying a

Republic of North Macedonia

Going nowhere: 13,000 refugees still stuck in Europe's biggest waiting room

As EU leaders and Turkey seek solutions to the migration crisis, far from the comfortable conference rooms of Brussels, blocked at a border marked by

Turkey

Ceasefire and border controls fail to put an end to Syrian refugees arriving in Turkey

The ceasefire and strict border control by Turkey has not put an end to Syrian civilians fleeing their homeland. A camp in Akçakale is one of the

Europe News

Greece-FYROM border: Situation 'dramatic' at refugee camp

With around 30,000 migrants and refugees bottled up in Greece, euronews reporter Apostolos Staikos has been to see conditions at a camp in Idomeni

Europe News

Migrant crisis: Ankara under pressure to act at emergency summit

EU leaders are talking migration with Turkey’s prime minister at an emergency summit in Brussels. Ankara is under pressure to take back economic

World News

Migration and media freedom top agenda at EU-Turkey summit

European leaders are also concerned about media freedom in Turkey after the government seized control of the country's leading opposition newspaper last week.