World News

Migrants arrive on Greek islands as EU-Turkey deal enters into force

Some 200 people, mostly Syrians were caught by the Turkish Coast Guard attempting the dangerous journey across the Aegean and were sent to a registration centre in Dikili.

20/03/2016

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Angelina Jolie meets migrants in Greece

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who is also a UN special envoy, visited an office of the UNHCR at the port of Piraeus in Greece, where an estimated

17/03/2016

Greece

Migrants: what could scupper the EU's talks with Turkey?

Officials say human rights, press freedom and the Cyprus question are three potential deal-breakers.

16/03/2016

Greece

UN special envoy Angelina Jolie receives riotous welcome in Greece

Angelina Jolie is no stranger to the spotlight, but the Hollywood actress received a riotous welcome on a trip to Piraeus port, near Athens, to

16/03/2016

Greece

Migrants heckle EU commissioner in Idomeni

10,000 are stranded on the border separating Greece from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

15/03/2016

Greece

Greece buckles under migrant pressure

Greece is buckling as migrants exert unprecedented pressure on Greek resources. Refugees continue to stream across the Aegean Sea from Turkey

15/03/2016

World News

Greek-Macedonian border breached by migrants, as three drown crossing river

As hundreds of migrants attempted to get across a swollen river, Macedonian police say two men and a woman drowned

14/03/2016

World News

Greek-Macedonian border breached by migrants, as three drown crossing river

Officials say they are now taking steps to return the group of migrants who breached a border fence and crossed into Macedonian territory

14/03/2016

Greece

Greece refugee crisis: Fears of disease as rain turns Idomeni into 'swamp'

“Merkel! Merkel! Merkel!” Stranded for days at Greece’s northern border, migrants chanted the name of the European leader they hope can set them back

13/03/2016

Greece

Greece steps up efforts to get migrants into sheltered camps

Greece is stepping up emergency efforts to help the scores of migrants and refugees now trapped in the country. Around three-thousand people have

12/03/2016

Greece

'It is very hard': a young widow and mother's struggle in Idomeni

At least 13,000 of the almost 42,000 refugees and migrants stuck in Greece are camped out in Idomeni, near the Macedonian border. Among them are

12/03/2016

Greece

The dead end at Idomeni: thousands struggle in worsening conditions

It was once a site of hope, another border crossed off on the often perilous journey to western Europe. But after Macedonian authorities closed the

12/03/2016

Republic of North Macedonia

Greek-Macedonian border 'not closed' says president

The president of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia spoke with euronews earlier about the migrant crisis. Gjorge Ivanov said the border at

11/03/2016

Greece

Migrants fight for free bread and eggs at Greek-Macedonian border

Europe: a place where migrants battle each other for free bread, potatoes and eggs thrown at them from the back of a lorry. Conditions at Idomeni’s

11/03/2016

Europe News

Martin Schulz expels Golden Dawn MEP Synadinos

11/03/2016

Greece

Greece: 42,000 migrants and counting as European borders stay shut

With the door still firmly shut to thousands of migrants and refugees on the Macedonian border, we asked our Athens correspondent Stamatis Giannisis

11/03/2016

World News

OHCHR expresses concern over EU-Turkey draft deal on migrants

A UN human rights agency has said it is concerned over the legality expressed apprehension over a draft deal to return migrants from certain

11/03/2016

Greece

Despite closing of Balkans migrant route, many still arrive in Greece

The controversial closing of the Balkans route for migrants is not putting off thousands still arriving in Greece

10/03/2016

Greece

German Chancellor criticises closure of Balkans route for migrants

Macedonian officials have closed the border with Greece, while Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia have also imposed tough restrictions

10/03/2016

Turkey

Five migrants, including baby, drown off Turkish coast

Five Afghan migrants, including two children and a six-month-old baby, have drowned after the boat they were in hit rough weather and capsized off

10/03/2016