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Bottleneck on Serbian border as Hungary clamps down on illegal entry

Tensions are rising on the Serbia-Hungary border, with migrants now blocking the main motorway separating the two countries. Despite Hungary’s

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Record number of migrants enter the EU in August

A record 156,000 migrants entered the European Union in August. That is according to the bloc’s border control agency Frontex. It says more than

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Migrants: Austria and Germany call for emergency EU summit

The leaders of Austria and Germany have called for an emergency EU summit next week to address the continuing migrant crisis affecting their

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Emergency meeting on migrant crisis reveals EU divisions

There was a rally in favour of helping the waves of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe in Brussels on Monday as EU Interior Ministers held an

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Migrants: queues build at border as Germany suspends Schengen

Germany has temporarily re-introduced border checks as it tries to deal with a record influx of refugees and migrants. The decision goes against the

Sport

Ogier dominates in Australia to be crowned Rally World Champion for the third successive time

If you have followed the World Rally Championship this season, you know that it was never a question of who would be world champion but when

Hungary

Hungary speeds up fence building as criticisms mount

With the criticisms from Austria’s chancellor ringing in their ears, likening their treatment of migrants and refugees to Nazi holocaust

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Anti-migrant marches held in several European capitals

Around 1000 people marched in Bratislava on Saturday against taking any migrants into the country. Banners read “No to Islamisation and

Italy

Rome march calls for more rights for refugees and asylum seekers

Demanding more rights for refugees and asylum seekers in Europe. Around two thousand barefoot migrants and volunteers have taken to the streets of

My Europe Series

Refugees group urges EU to adopt common asylum policy

More than 365,000 asylum seekers have arrived on the shores of Italy and Greece since the start of the year, according to a new report. The European

World News

Ordinary Europeans organise help for new refugee arrivals

European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker has urged EU member states to accept a compulsory system to share out refugees fleeing war and

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Migrant crisis: Your questions to euronews' journalists

Following our reports into the Long Journey undertaken by migrants from the Greek islands through to Hungary, the journalists who cover the region

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Juncker asks EU to resettle an extra 120,000 asylum seekers

The head of the European Commission has unveiled a plan for the EU to resettle an additional 120,000 asylum seekers. Jean-Claude Juncker made his

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The end of the road: volunteers drive refugees from Hungary to Austria

The end of the road is in sight for some refugees as a convoy of cars reaches Budapest intent on helping them reach Austria and Germany.

Sport

Iceland and Czech Republic secure qualification for the European Championships but Wales must wait

Turkey dealt a huge blow to the Netherlands in Group A of the Euro qualifiers. The home side took the lead in the eighth minute and ran out 3-0

Sport

Euro 2016: Germany beat Poland to go top of Group D

Mario Goetze scored twice to help Germany beat Poland 3-1 in Group D of the euro qualifiers. Thomas Mueller scored the other for the new group

World News

The Front Line: more migrants rescued off Italy while tension boils over in Lesbos

The Italian coastguard has plucked scores more people from the sea. They were just in time. An un-seaworthy dinghy had begun to deflate after it left

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU calls for urgent summit to tackle migrant crisis

In this week’s Europe Weekly, we look at the worsening migrant crisis. Hungary was in the eye of the storm as nearly 3,000 people were forced to

World

Road to EU refuge strewn with thorns

After arriving in Greece, then passing through the non-EU Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia, refugees once more reaching European

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Migrant transit route Libya urges outside help to combat crisis

As hundreds more migrants arrived on the Italian island of Sicily on Thursday, two suspected people smugglers were picked up by authorities. Some 835