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Poland summons Belarusian diplomat after 'provocation' at the border

Polish security forces say the move by Belarusian forces was the "most dangerous and serious so far".

Poland

Poland's senate approves €350 million wall along Belarus border

A draft bill to construct the new border wall was approved by the opposition-dominated Senate in a second vote on Friday.

Poland

Volunteers gather to help migrants at Poland-Belarus border

At a makeshift warehouse inside the Polish town of Michalowo's fire station, locals can drop off dry winter clothes and food, and also provide legal help to the migrants.

Poland

Two guards hurt during violence at Poland-Belarus border

Poland's Border Guards Office said a group of about 60 migrants "tried to force their way into Poland" wielding sticks and stones.

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Poland

EU calls for emergency meeting over worsening Belarus border crisis

The EU Home Affairs Commissioner questions Poland's treatment of migrants attempting to cross its border from Belarus after Polish police found the body of a Syrian migrant.

Hungary

Afghans among hundreds of migrants stranded on Serbia-Hungary border

Hundreds of migrants from Africa and Asia live in an abandoned farm in Kárásztanya, near the Serbian-Hungarian border. Euronews spoke to some of them.

Poland

Migrants in limbo at Poland-Belarus border as Polish allow pushbacks

"Such a change will, in the opinion of the Ombudsman, be absolutely contrary to the Geneva Convention on refugees," says Marcin Sosniak of the Ombudsman's office. "It is also contrary to European Union regulations."

Lithuania

Lithuania begins building Belarus border fence to deter migrants

Lithuania has begun constructing a fence along its border with Belarus to deter third-country migrants from entering the country.

World

Gibraltar waits on EU to clarify its future as Schengen deal nears end

Last December, the UK struck a deal with the EU to keep Gibraltar in the Schengen area, just hours before Brexit was due to come into force. Now that deal is set to expire by the end of June.

Conscious Travel

Finland to Sweden train route could open by 2025

It's been three decades since the last passenger train ran between Finland and Sweden. But that looks like it's about to change

World

Closures on Iberian peninsula make life tough for cross-border workers

At 400 metres long, the Friendship Bridge allows cross-border workers to reach their homes in just a few minutes. But with its closure, they now have to travel dozens more kilometres.

World

EU concerned by Germany's border closures

Truck drivers are allowed to cross the border, but only with a coronavirus test that’s less than 48-hours old. Those who do not have it can get tested directly at the border crossing.

World News

Overall migration down, EU says, amid sharp rise in sea crossings

The bloc's border agency says many more people attempted crossings from north and west Africa in 2020

United Kingdom

UK mulls using retired cruise ships to process asylum seekers offshore

Officials also considered the idea remote Scottish islands and decommissioned oil platforms as sites for processing centres in a bid to deter arriving economic migrants

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Migrants seeking Europe wade through Evros River

Migrants waded across the Evros River in northwestern Turkey on Wednesday as they attempted to reach the land border with Greece.

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Greece claims to have stopped 4,000 migrants at Turkish border

They made for Greece after Ankara said it could no longer stop them from heading towards the European Union.

Serbia

200 migrants stuck at Serbia-Hungary border demand EU entry

About 200 migrants braved the freezing cold to demand entry into Hungary from a Serbian border crossing on Thursday

France

France intercepts boat with nine migrants on board in English Channel

One of the migrants was a minor suffering from mild hypothermia, French authorities said in a statement.

World

Migrants increasingly risk lives arriving in Greece by river or sea

Migrants put their lives on the line trying to get from Turkey to Greece, crossing by boat to the Greek city of Alexandropouli, Greece, or crossing the Evros river on the border to make it to Europe. Euronews correspondents Fay Doulgkeri and Bryan Carter report.

Ireland

Talk of a hard border in Ireland raises fears of a return to troubles

As you stand on the border with Northern Ireland, there are very few indications on bridges or roads which also means there are no checks. But all of that could be about to change over the next few weeks depending on how Brexit goes.