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Turkey

Thousands of Syrians stranded in 'desperate situation' on Turkish border

German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Ankara for border-control talks as thousands remain stranded at Turkey-Syria frontier.

Republic of North Macedonia

More problems at FYROM-Greek border slows refugees' journey north

Soldiers of the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia have begun erecting a second, bigger wall just five metres from the border fence with Greece

Turkey

Migrant crisis: Turkish police raid factories producing faulty dinghies

Turkish police have raided three factories producing unlicensed and faulty dinghies, according to local media reports. Almost 50, deemed to be

Germany

Pegida fails to ignite as Europe-wide anti-Muslim protests fizzle

German anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant outfit Pegida tried to hold a European-wide day of protest on Saturday, with mixed results. In the city of its

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France

Five migrants saved from channel after trying to sail to Britain from Calais

It is not often that migrants attempt to get into Britain the hard way, by crossing the channel from France on their own. However conditions are so

Syria

Syrian refugees flee to Turkey border as Aleppo assault intensifies

Around 35,000 Syrian refugees have arrived at the Turkish border, near the southern city of Kilis in the last two days, and are being accommodated on

Netherlands

EU foreign ministers tell Turkey to let in the exodus from Aleppo

Turkey’s foreign minister was invited to an EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Amsterdam on Saturday, where he was told his country had to take in the

Syria

Syrians flee to Turkish border as government forces close in on Aleppo

At least 15-thousand Syrians have fled an intensifying assault around the city of Aleppo Crowds of people have been massing at the Bab al-Salam

Syria

20,000 Syrian refugees stuck on Turkish border after fleeing Aleppo

Tens of thousands of people are leaving the Syrian city of Aleppo or the refugee camps on its outskirts and fleeing towards Turkey. Some 20,000 are

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Cameron hails UK 'deal' on EU reform

In this edition of Europe Weekly: British Prime Minister David Cameron strikes a tentative deal with the man who chairs all EU summits, Donald Tusk

World

Bleak future for migrants in Europe

In this week’s Perspectives, we follow reports from around Europe on the continuing migrant crisis. With up to 2,000 migrants still arriving on the

Republic of North Macedonia

Increasing obstacles for migrants on Greece-FYROM border

The International Organization for Migration estimates 68,778 migrants and refugees reached the Greek islands between January 1 and February 4, 2016

My Europe Series

Shame on you Europe. Silent heroes in France's other 'jungle'

In this edition of Reporter, we speak to those helping refugees in the camp of Grande-Synthe, near Dunkirk, which has made headlines in France for its squalid conditions.

Syria

Civilians flee Aleppo as Syrian army and Russian air power lay siege

Ancient armies fought here, but now modern weapons are beginning to encircle Aleppo, and the city is being hit remorselessly from the air by the

World News

Asylum-seeker reception centre petrol-bombed in Finland

Police are investigating after three petrol bombs were thrown at the entrance of an asylum-seeker reception centre in central Finland. Around 80

Greece

Lesbos migrant 'hotspot' begins processing asylum seekers

As around 2,000 migrants continue to arrive on the Greek islands per day the EU plan to set up five “hotspots” to register, screen and interview

Greece

Migrants: serious bottlenecks on Greece's northern border

Taxi strike means thousands are stranded on FYROM border

Greece

Refugee crisis: a Nobel Peace Prize for the "Heroes of the Aegean"?

The people of the eastern Aegean islands have seen their lives change dramatically over the last 12 months. An unprecedented wave of refugees, many

World News

'One document to fit all' - police push for coordinated migrant registration

As the European Union struggles with trying to agree a common policy on the refugee crisis, several western Balkan countries have unilaterally agreed

World News

Syrian donors' conference calls for $9 billion

Seventy world leaders to attend Syria donors’ conference UN hopes to raise $9 billion to secure futures for refugees Aim is to avoid a ‘lost