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Boom times for Turkey's lucrative smuggling rings

Criminals based in Turkey have reaped huge profits from the human windfall of hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees and migrants that have flooded into the country. A lucrative business has spru

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Return of the migrants

Turkey receives the first group of migrants rejected from Greece on Monday under a landmark EU deal aimed at stopping the huge influx of migrants

Greece

Migrant flow to Greece continues despite returns to Turkey

Day and night, migrants continue to land in Greece, despite the start of deportations to Turkey under an EU deal aimed at stemming the flow

Turkey

Deported migrants are sent to holding centre in Turkey

The first migrants deported from Greek islands back to Turkey under a controversial deal with the EU have now been sent to a holding centre in

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Greece

First EU migrant deportations from Greece to Turkey 'go smoothly', despite protests

The scene played out at dawn on the island of Lesbos was orderly in contrast to those witnessed on Greek shores in recent months. Two

Greece

Migrants arrive in Turkey after being sent back under EU deal

Migrants sent back from Greece began arriving in Turkey on Monday after the EU’s disputed deal with Ankara to stem the influx of asylum seekers into

Greece

Greek parliament to vote on EU-Turkey migrant accord

The Greek parliament is expected to vote on Friday on measures putting into practice the EU’s accord with Turkey on the return of refugees and

Greece

Greece: stranded refugees and migrants clash with police in Idomeni

Protesting refugees and migrants on Tuesday clashed with Greek police in the border town of Idomeni, next to the closed crossing between Greece and

World News

Questions and criticism as EU-Turkey migration deal takes effect

From today, Sunday, migrants crossing the Aegean Sea to Greece face being sent back to Turkey under a controversial deal between the EU and Ankara

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

Germany

Merkel comes under pressure to change her migrant policy

Voters in three regional elections punished her party at the polls by flocking to Germany's new anti-immigration party.

World

Migrants risk all to cross the Aegean Sea

As the flow of migrants continues to flow across the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece Europe’s news crews are following the story.

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

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

Greece

Fighting despair in Idomeni

It is another cold night in Idomeni. People burn wood and cardboard in order to get warm. A man warms by bonfire at a makeshift camp at the

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Drone footage of refugees at Greek-Macedonian border

This is drone footage of refugees and migrants waiting at the border between Greece and FYR Macedonia. It comes as the EU and Turkey came close to

World News

EU leaders claim 'breakthrough' at migration summit but details need more work

EU leaders claim deal in principle at migration summit Turkish PM offers to take back migrants for more aid Details of deal still to be agreed

Europe News

Turkey demands more cash and faster visa-free travel for migrant help

Turkey is offering to step up its help to tackle Europe’s migrant crisis, but it wants more money and faster visa-free travel. Ankara is reportedly

Turkey

From Turkey to the Greek islands - an insight into the migrant smugglers trade

Aksaray Square in Istanbul has been called “smugglers square”. It is there that migrants gather almost every day at sundown in the hope of buying a

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU on 'cusp' of migrant humanitarian crisis

In this edition of Europe Weekly, the migrant crisis once again dominates the headlines. With border restrictions along the Balkan route and a