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Syrian 'government missiles' kill dozens in Syrian market town

More than 40 people have been killed in a missile attack near the Syrian capital, Damascus. Around 100 were wounded. The Syrian Observatory for Human

Greece

More than 70 children have died on route to Greece since Aylan Kurdi death - report

At least 19 migrants and refugees have drowned near the Greek island of Kalymnos, and three people have died off the coast of Rhodes, according to

Greece

Hundreds saved off Lesbos

The search is continuing for survivors after a wooden boat carrying scores of people capsized off the greek island of Lesbos. At least three people

World News

Tony Abbott says Europe's border policy is a 'catastrophic error'

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Slovenia

EU stiffens border controls but human bottlenecks shiver in the cold and rain

Twenty-four hours after the EU’s special central and eastern European member states’ summit on the refugee crisis and there are already signs that

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

France

Calais: Cazeneuve rejects high-profile attack over "The Jungle"

The French Interior Minister has rejected accusations that his government is not doing enough to improve conditions in the enormous migrant camp at

Italy

Italy flies 70 refugees to Scandinavia

70 refugees have flown from Italy to Finland and Sweden as part of the first phase of the European Union’s relocation plan. The majority of the group

Austria

Refugees rush Austrian border in desperation to leave Slovenia

The Austrian authorities say around 4,500 refugees overran their border with Slovenia at Spielfeld on Tuesday afternoon. It took the border guards

Croatia

Croatia opens border with Serbia; migrants flood across the frontier

Croatia has opened its border with Serbia allowing thousands of cold,wet and exhausted people into the country. Thousands of refugees rush across as

Italy

Hundreds of rescued migrants and refugees arrive in Cagliari

The Italian Coast Guard says the 781 migrants and refugees rescued off the coast of Libya over the weekend have arrived in Cagliari in Sardinia. This

Slovenia

Slovenia takes the strain of Europe's migrant influx

Slovenia is the latest focus of Europe’s migration crisis. On Saturday some 3,000 migrants and refugees crossed the border from Croatia. Thousands

Germany

Germans rally to support mayoral candidate stabbed in 'anti-refugee attack'

Germans took to the streets of Cologne on Saturday in solidarity with Henriette Reker, the mayoral candidate.for the city who was stabbed and

Hungary

Balkan borders continue to close as Hungary says will seal frontier with Slovenia

Hungary will close its border with Slovenia after barring its three major crossing points on its Croatian border, ending the possibility for refugees

Turkey

More migrants die at sea trying to reach Europe

Turkish coastguards have recovered the bodies of 12 refugees in their coastal waters after the group took to a wooden boat to try and make it to the

Turkey

EU 'too late' for Turkey with its 'political bribery'

The European Union has offered candidate country Turkey “re-energised” talks on joining the bloc, if it helps stem the migrant flow to Europe

Hungary

Hungary to seal off border with Croatia

Hungary plans to seal off its border with Croatia from midnight. The thousands arriving daily on trains from Serbia will be greeted by razor wire

World News

INTERPOL creates specialist network to combat people smuggling

INTERPOL and Europol, two major transnational law enforcement agencies, have outlined fresh measures to break up the organised criminal networks

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

World News

EU Balkan refugee conference attempts to end divisions, offer more aid, and work with Syria's neighbours

Today Italy relocates its first batch of refugees, Eritreans, to Sweden, and hopes the trickle will become a flood out of its overstretched refugee