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Europe's leaders weigh in on best way to deal with migrant crisis

Divisions deepen and opinions differ over how the European Union should deal with the migrant crisis.

Greece

UN warns of looming humanitarian crisis in Greece as migrant numbers soar

The UN refugee agency says crowded and appalling condition for migrants have been fuelling tensions and violence on the Greek border with the former

World News

How many children have drowned since Alan Kurdi and that photo?

More than 300 migrant children have died attempting the Turkey-Greece sea crossing in the six months since the much-publicised death of Syrian

Greece

EU seeks to heal divisions over migration crisis

Thousands of refugees have spent another cold night stranded on Greece’s border with the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia. Earlier

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Greece

Border closures fail to deter the flow of people to Greek mainland

And they keep on coming. Despite the closure at the country’s northern border, refugees continue to flood into Greece. At least 2,000 more arrived

Economy

Revised figures show Greek economy shrank 0.3 percent last year but expanded in Q4

Greece's economy performed slightly better than previously thought in Q4 of 2015. Revised figures show GDP actually expanded, but only by 0.1 percent from the previous quarter.

Republic of North Macedonia

FYROM police fire tear gas at migrants amid Greek border tension

Police in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of migrants and refugees at the Greek border, as

Republic of North Macedonia

FYROM allows in hundreds of migrants, as others remain trapped in Greece

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has opened its frontier with Greece – albeit briefly – to allow in around 400 migrants and refugees

World News

Greece: Macedonian authorities briefly open border, but thousands still stranded in Idomeni

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Saturday briefly opened the border Gevgelija-Idomeni border crossing with Greece. Around 300

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Macedonian-Greek border opens then closes again

Authorities in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia briefly opened the border with Greece on Saturday to let a small number of Iraqi and Syrian

World News

Macedonian-Greek Idomeni border crossing briefly reopens

Authorities in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia opened the country’s border with Greece briefly on Saturday (February 27). A small number

Greece

'Open the borders': thousands call for end to Balkan route restrictions

Thousands stranded on the Greek side of the border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia urge authorities to drop new daily migrant limits.

Greece

Amid border closures, Athens attempts to stop flow of migrants from its islands

Because of a backlog, Athens has started trying to reduce the flow of migrants from its islands to the mainland.

Greece

Greece snubs Austrian minister's request to visit Athens

My Europe Series

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

Europe News

Greece fumes over Austria's 'hostile' migration policy

Austria’s tough stance on migration is undermining the EU’s response to the refugee crisis, Greece’s interior minister told euronews on Thursday

Austria

Greece recalls Vienna ambassador in migrant row

Greece recalled its ambassador in Vienna, the country’s foreign ministry said, after Austria excluded it from a meeting of Balkan states on Europe’s

Europe News

NATO agrees Aegean Sea mission

NATO will send ships to the Aegean Sea to combat people smuggling. The alliance overcame ongoing tensions between Greece and Turkey to agree a deal

Belgium

Migrant crisis: Warnings over EU survival as ministers meet

Amid fresh fears that the EU’s survival could be threatened by Europe’s worst migration crisis since World War Two, the bloc’s interior ministers

Greece

Migrant crisis: Greece will not be turned into a 'warehouse of souls,' says Tsipras

With migrant numbers stacking up in Greece, there’s tough talk from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. He says Athens will block future European Union

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