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Warm welcome as refugees arrive in Germany

Refugees continue to arrive in Germany with close to 17,000 expected by the end of the weekend. Welcome treats - the Kamit family from Munich giving

Germany

Far-right group sours refugee welcome in Dortmund

Not everyone in Germany is offering the arriving refugees a warm welcome. In Dortmund far-right extremists staged a protest at the city’s central

World News

Refugees flow through Hungary and Austria, eager to reach Germany

Thousands of refugees were shuttled by bus and train to Austria and Germany over the weekend, after being stuck in Hungary for days. Austria expects

World News

German border and hearts opened to thousands of relieved refugees

Germany’s welcome couldn’t have been warmer for the thousands of exhausted migrants and refugees who entered the country from Hungary, via Austria

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Germany

Willkommen in München migrants arrive in Germany

The first trainloads of migrants travelling from Hungary via Austria have arrived in the German city of Munich. Bayern Munich's Javi Martinez went to

Austria

Next stop Vienna as migrants board trains to the Austrian capital

After days of despair for thousands of migrants in Budapest the Hungarian government has taken the decision to bus the asylum seekers to the Austrian

World News

Destination Germany as thousands of migrants reach Austria from Hungary

Thousands of migrants and refugees have been streaming into Austria, exhausted after an overnight journey and days of confrontation and chaos in

Germany

Five injured as fire tears through refugee shelter in Germany

Five people have been taken to hospital after fire broke out at this refugee shelter in the German state of Hesse. One of them is in a serious

Europe News

EU readies fresh refugee proposal

Nearly three months after EU leaders failed to agree on how to resettle 40,000 asylum seekers who have arrived in Italy and Greece, officials in

Germany

German donations pour in to help migrants caught in the crisis

World News

Thousands stuck in Budapest as Hungary refuses to allow migrants to travel

Around 3,000 migrants remain stranded outside Budapest’s main railway station as Hungarian authorities continue to refuse them to travel on to

Germany

Migrants: thousands bed down for the night in Budapest

Nightfall in Budapest has not dimmed the protests outside the city’s main railway station. Hundreds of migrants are stranded here. On Tuesday, the

Poland

Treasure hunters go searching for Nazi guns and gold

A southern Polish city is looking to profit from a missing Nazi train rumoured to be loaded with guns and jewels. Treasure hunters have been beating

Germany

Merkel wants common European asylum policy

Germany has called for the immediate establishment of a common European asylum policy as thousands of migrants and refugees continue to try and enter

World News

Destination northern Europe: thousands make daily 'journey of death'

It's being called the journey of death: the UN estimates 3,000 people per day will soon be travelling the Balkan route, with northern Europe in their sights.

Germany

Germany: welcoming and rejecting asylum seekers

Germany is witnessing mixed reactions to the arrival of thousands of asylum seekers in recent weeks. In Salzhemmendorf, northwestern Germany, a

Poland

Poland 'has located' buried Nazi treasure train

Could Ksiaz Castle and its surroundings in Poland soon reveal the mysterious secret of a long-lost train full of Nazi treasure? The Polish government

Germany

Berlin processing asylum seekers with difficulty

Central Berlin has been transformed by a crush of asylum seekers since the start of August, in a heatwave. Berlin expects 45,000 asylum arrivals by

Germany

Exclusive: EU should create immigrant processing centre in Turkey, says German minister

The European Union should set up a refugee camp in Turkey where immigration requests could be processed, Germany’s interior minister has said. In an

Austria

Migrants: Vienna summit given added impetus

The discovery of a lorry containing the corpses of dead refugees on an Austrian motorway gave added impetus to a key summit on migration in Vienna