Europe News Don't be against us - plea of Syrian refugee family in Luxembourg Just 16-thousand migrants have been moved from Italy and Greece under a controversial EU relocation scheme. 04/04/2017
Europe News EU launches new volunteer scheme It’s meant to be Europe’s answer to the United States Peace Corps. 07/12/2016
Europe News Battle for Aleppo: did US election distract attention? As the Syrian government and its allies advance in eastern Aleppo, rescuers are warning of an “imminent humanitarian disaster. 28/11/2016
Europe News EU states could face €250,000 fine for each refugee they refuse to accept The Brief from Brussels is a daily round-up of the important stories making headlines in Europe’s de facto political capital. In this episode: the 04/05/2016
Europe News Turkey must meet visa requirements, says EU's Juncker Turkey must meet all the necessary criteria for visa-free travel in Europe, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday. The 19/04/2016
Europe News Socialist MEPs call for unity ahead of EU-Turkey summit on migrants deal Demonstrators, led by the Socialist group in the European Parliament, have called for EU member countries to stop building walls to keep out refugees 16/03/2016
Europe News Cyprus objections could derail EU‒Turkey migrant deal Cyprus said on Tuesday it won’t back any acceleration of negotiations for Turkey’s EU membership, jeopardising an accord between the EU and Ankara 15/03/2016
Europe News EU plans new aid scheme to help Greece with refugees The EU plans to launch a new refugee aid programme as Greece struggles deal with the influx of migrants to its shores. The UN has warned that there 02/03/2016
Unreported Europe Lesbos: Humanity in the midst of a tragedy It’s seven in the morning and a boat full of Afghan refugees is approaching the shores of Lesbos’ Katia Beach. Teams of volunteers are ready to 26/02/2016
Europe News Migrant crisis: EU 'dream' in jeopardy, says Avramopoulos European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos says he welcomes the involvement of NATO in helping to stem the flow of migrants into Europe 11/02/2016
Unreported Europe 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. 05/02/2016
state of the union Europe Weekly: Greece under pressure over refugees In this edition of Europe Weekly: EU officials accuse Greece of failing to control their borders; Denmark passes a new law that allows valuables to 29/01/2016
state of the union Europe Weekly: EU rattled by refugee crisis In this edition of Europe Weekly, senior officials warn the EU is running out of time to find a solution to the continent’s refugee crisis; Denmark 22/01/2016
Europe News Hungary's Orban has 'shown the way,' says analyst, amid concerns over EU freedoms Sweden and Denmark’s tightening of border controls comes in the wake of drastic measures elsewhere in Europe. Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor 05/01/2016
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 02/12/2015
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 02/12/2015
Europe News EU interior ministers discuss speeding up relocation of refugees Speeding up the relocation of refugees, strengthening borders and fighting human trafficking are up for discussion, as EU interior ministers meet in 09/11/2015
Europe News MEPs react to EU-Balkans summit At the start of yet another meeting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs were far from optimistic after Sunday’s EU-Balkans summit. That 26/10/2015
Europe News Greece opens first 'hotspot' centre for refugees Greece has opened its first reception centre on the island of Lesbos. Known as ‘hotspots’, the centre will separate new arrivals between bona fide 16/10/2015
Europe News Migrant summit: Hungary's Orban suggests Greece should allow others to defend its borders Amid deep divisions and furious rows over how to deal with Europe’s migrant crisis, EU leaders have gathered in Brussels to try and unify their 23/09/2015
Europe News Aid organisation calls for 'compassion' as EU sets sights on sharing out migrants An aid organisation is calling for “compassion” after EU ministers agreed a controversial deal to redistribute 120,000 migrants among member states 23/09/2015
Europe News EU ministers approve migrant relocation plan in face of eastern opposition EU interior ministers have approved a plan to share out 120-thousand refugees among member states, overriding vehement opposition from four eastern 22/09/2015
Europe News EU migrant redistribution plan approved by interior ministers EU interior ministers have voted by a majority to adopt a resolution migrant redistribution among EU member states, according to a tweet by the Czech 22/09/2015
Europe News EU ministers debate controversial migrant quota plan As migrants continue to flow into Europe, interior ministers are debating a controversial plan to redistribute 120-thousand refugees across the 22/09/2015
Europe News EU countries try to patch up differences over migration plan The European Union has looked like European disunion in recent weeks. Member states have traded blow over how to manage the flow of migrants into 21/09/2015
state of the union Europe Weekly: EU struggles for solution to refugee crisis In this edition of Europe Weekly, EU governments fail to agree on a solution to the influx of refugees heading towards Europe; some countries have 18/09/2015
