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Mediterranean migrant death toll reaches all-time high

The United Nations refugee agency says the Mediterranean death toll has soared to an all-time high, with at least 3,740 migrant deaths so far this year.

France

Work begins on dismantling the Jungle

Eyewitnesses say workers have started to tear down unoccupied tents and shacks. The work has begun by hand to avoid inflaming tensions.

France

Migrants begin to arrive at sites around France

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 1,918 people had been processed and sent to 80 centres around France by Monday evening.

France

Calm prevails as the Jungle is cleared

Bystanders describe the mood as one of resignation, following sporadic outbreaks of unrest overnight.

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France

Calais mostly calm as hundreds of migrants leave 'Jungle' voluntarily

The first buses have left the camp on France's northern coast, taking migrants to other centres in France as the authorities prepare to begin demolition work.

France

Out of the 'Jungle': migrant children find new life in UK

A week before the evacuation of the Calais 'Jungle' camp, Britain started taking in some of the 1,300 unaccompanied children and youths there.

France

France: first migrants begin leaving Calais 'Jungle' camp

Hundreds of people are expected to be moved to centres for asylum seekers elsewhere in France as the authorities prepare to dismantle the camp.

Italy

Libya seeks Italian help to curb migrant numbers

Libya and Italy are reportedly close to a deal aimed at curbing the number of migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean.

France

French court rejects plea for more time before Calais camp closure

A French court has rejected an attempt by a group of charities to block the imminent closure of the so-called “jungle” migrant camp in Calais.

Niger

Merkel in Africa - stemming the migrant flow

The German chancellor is on the second leg of a three-country African tour which started in Mali and will finish in Ethiopia.

Greece

Lost in frustration: Lesbos at boiling point over refugee limbo

The EU-Turkey deal to stop the flow of refugees into Europe has turned the Greek island of Lesbos into a floating detention centre.

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Sicily: 10000 migrants saved in 48 hours

More then 10000 migrants were rescued in the least 2 days (03+04/10) in 72 different operation in the Sicily Channel.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: UK's May outlines vision of post-Brexit Britain

In this episode: British Prime Minister Theresa May makes her call for a fairer United Kingdom; the EU’s new border guard starts work, and the UN is about to name its next secretary…

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Mediterranean Sea: 6,000 migrants rescued in a day

A major rescue operation took place off the Libyan coast and included the rescue dozens of people travelling on a wooden boat that had departed from Sabratha.

Europe News

Just 5,000 migrants moved under flagship EU relocation policy

A flagship EU policy to relocate migrants from Greece and Italy appears to have flopped.

Next Series

An old technology revisited to save lives at sea

Monitoring the Mediterranean to save the lives of drifting refugees is currently a hit-and-miss affair, needing an expensive armada of vessels to ensure lives are saved. But there are never enough shi

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Takeaway: Up in the air

This small zeppelin has been designed to save lives.

Hungary

Flash mobs in Budapest one year after migrant fence went up

One year after a fence went up on the Hungarian-Serbian border to stop the flow of migrants, flash mobs have turned out in Budapest.

Europe News

EU tries to portray unity amid splits on migration

As EU officials admit, the European Union faces an existential crisis.

My Europe Series

Afghans likely to be next refugee wave for unprepared Europe

It seems nowhere is safe for Afghans trying to flee renewed fighting, neither at home not in any of the neighbouring states. So many are heading for Europe in increasing numbers, yet find themselves b