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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

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Greece

On one beach: 283 lifejackets, 48 plastic tubes, 36 pieces of clothing

World News

Almost 100 bodies wash up in Libya, EU leaders call for greater cooperation

The Libyan Red Crescent says at least 95 bodies have washed ashore on the coast of Libya. Some 85 were found near the capital Tripoli and ten

Serbia

Refugees tell of ISIL brutality which forced them to leave Syria

Thousands of migrants continue to cross from Serbia into Croatia. Most of them are Syrian and Iraqi escaping conflict back home. Many have fled

World News

UN aid agencies helping Syrian refugees to get 1.6 billion euros from G7 and Gulf states

The G7 group of industrial powers and Gulf states have allocated 1.6 billion euros in much-needed cash for UN aid agencies helping Syrian refugees

Croatia

Migrants set to follow new route through Europe as winter approaches

Winter is fast approaching, with temperatures dropping – further complicating the plight of migrants and refugees en route for western Europe

Syria

Why aren’t rich Gulf states welcoming Syrian refugees… or are they?

World News

Austria returns migrants to point of entry into Europe to register

Migrants attempting to move through the EU to the country of their choice face disappointment, as Austria and Germany have reestablished rules

Europe News

Migrant summit: Hungary's Orban suggests Greece should allow others to defend its borders

Amid deep divisions and furious rows over how to deal with Europe’s migrant crisis, EU leaders have gathered in Brussels to try and unify their

Europe News

Aid organisation calls for 'compassion' as EU sets sights on sharing out migrants

An aid organisation is calling for “compassion” after EU ministers agreed a controversial deal to redistribute 120,000 migrants among member states

Croatia

Record refugee numbers enter Croatia as row with Serbia deepens

The influx of migrants and refugees to Croatia is staggering, as asylum seekers continue a relentless surge towards western Europe. In a record

Belgium

Tense showdown predicted at EU refugee summit

EU leaders prepare for what is predicted to be a tense showdown in Brussels to discuss the refugee crisis.

Europe News

EU ministers approve migrant relocation plan in face of eastern opposition

EU interior ministers have approved a plan to share out 120-thousand refugees among member states, overriding vehement opposition from four eastern

Europe News

EU migrant redistribution plan approved by interior ministers

EU interior ministers have voted by a majority to adopt a resolution migrant redistribution among EU member states, according to a tweet by the Czech

Austria

Two young Austrians offer refugees ticket to ride

Taking time off work two young Austrians, a chef and a chimney sweep, are ferrying refugees to Vienna for free and helping them out of their own pockets

Europe News

EU ministers debate controversial migrant quota plan

As migrants continue to flow into Europe, interior ministers are debating a controversial plan to redistribute 120-thousand refugees across the

World News

Scuffles in Croatia as it struggles to cope with 30,000 migrants in a week

There have been chaotic scenes in Croatia, with authorities overwhelmed after some 3,000 asylum seekers arrived at a transit camp overnight on