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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.

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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.

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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.

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EU tries to portray unity amid splits on migration

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

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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

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Greece: Afghan migrants in limbo

What was once a bustling airport outside Athens is now a makeshift camps for refugees with nowhere to go.

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When the Afghan refugee's only road leads back home

War in Syria means EU asylum applications from there are a priority, but people from other highly dangerous places are being sent back home when their applications eventually fail after long months wa

Greece

Greece conference to tackle migrant crisis

Foreign Ministers and high-ranking officials from Mediterranean countries have met in Greece to search for solutions to the migrant crisis.

Italy

Fewer migrants crossing the Med to Europe but more dying - IOM

New figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) show that fewer people are crossing the Mediterranean Sea, but more are perishing on the crossing to…

Europe News

More than 50 mln displaced children worldwide - UNICEF report

Across the globe there are some 50 million displaced children, according to a new UNICEF report.

France

France vows to close Calais migrant camp

French authorities plan to dismantle the so-called Calais Jungle camp – home to thousands of migrants fleeing war or poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Turkey

The boy on the beach: migrant crisis 'worsening' one year after Aylan Kurdi's death

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that 2016 has been the worst year so far for migrant deaths on the anniversary of the death of Aylan Kurdi.