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Mixed reactions to Time's choice for "Person of the Year"

Time announces “Person of the Year” German Chancellor chosen Angela Merkel 4th woman since 1927 1st German since 1970 News met with fury in Greece

Greece

EU border force could target migration problem spots

Germany and France have proposed a new EU rapid response border control force. It could, in theory at least, be deployed in member states without

Sport

World Cup-winning All Black visits Syrian refugee camp

Rugby World Cup winner Sonny Bill Williams has visited a Syrian refugee camp in Lebonon to raise awareness of the conditions children and their

World News

Angela Merkel is Time's Person of the Year...beating the leader of ISIL and Donald Trump

Before German Chancellor Angela Merkel gets too carried away at being named Time magazine’s Person of the Year she should be aware of the opposition

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Germany

Merkel's struggle to defend million refugee 'moral duty'

Asylum-seekers continue to arrive in Germany even though the numbers have eased. In the autumn, they reached around 8,000 per day. The authorities

World News

Trump is condemned both at home and abroad for US Muslim ban call

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has stirred up a storm with his call for a ban on Muslims entering the US. His remarks have been

USA

Trump's comments condemned by Muslims around the world

Indonesia, home of the world’s largest Muslim population, is adding its voice to the global outrage over Donald Trump’s comments. The country’s top

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Migrants face nationality-based entry "discrimination"

Human rights group Amnesty International called on F.Y.R.O.M to stop what it called its discriminatory policy at the border because it was fuelling

World News

Migrants: fences, funds and claims of discrimination

Work is getting underway on a wire fence to control the flow of migrants from Slovenia to Austria. This is the first time a barrier has gone up

World News

US wants to help Greece emerge from economic crisis, says Kerry

US secretary of state is visiting the Athens. John Kerry met with the Greek foreign minister to discuss security after last month’s Paris attacks

Europe News

IOM warns of tensions at Greek-Macedonian border

The International Organisation for Migration says the situation at the Greek-Macedonian border is becoming extremely tense as thousands of migrants

World News

EU's interior ministers grapple with PNR data and border controls

The thorny but now pressing issue of airlines’ Passenger Name Records concentrated minds at the latest meeting of EU Interior ministers. More

World News

Clashes erupt amongst asylum seekers in Greece

There were chaotic scenes at the border of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Friday (December 4). On the Greek side

Europe News

Greece asks for EU help with refugees

Greece has asked for more EU help to deal with the influx of refugees to its shores. It activated on Thursday the bloc’s so-called Civil Protection

Greece

Greece: death at the border leads to violence

The deaths of migrants at sea are all too common. But a man from Morocco has become the first person to die at the land border between Greece and the

Europe News

Slovakia goes to court over EU refugee quota plan

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says his government has challenged an EU policy to relocate 120,000 migrants from Italy and Greece to other member

Europe News

Greece seeks EU help with refugees and migrants

Greece will ask for help under the EU’s civil protection mechanism, the country’s migration minister told euronews on Wednesday. Speaking in a

Canada

The Tonbari family of Syrian refugees arrive in Canada

Ibrahim Tonbari and his family are starting a new life in Canada. He escaped from the war-torn city of Homs in Syria to neighbouring Lebanon with

France

Hunting the migrant smugglers

On the lookout for trouble, the French navy frigate Courbet is plying the Mediterranean with a crew of almost 200 on board, with a helicopter ready

World News

Migrant numbers reaching Europe slides says UN

The number of migrants and refugees reaching Europe has dropped, according to the United Nations refugee agency. UNHCR says an estimated 140,000