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Albanian migrants return home after asylum applications are rejected by Germany

Tirana International airport is the first sight of home for many Albanians. But it is not a happy reunion for all. Thousands of individuals and

Europe News

Migrant crisis: EU ministers agree to step up deportations and beef up borders

EU governments have agreed to step up deportations of migrants deemed to be illegal. Creating a border guard force has also been on the agenda at a

Greece

Greek police crack migrant smuggling gang

Greek police have arrested 12 people and confiscated hundreds of fake identification documents after breaking an international migrant trafficking

World News

People traffickers face tougher EU naval action in Med

People smuggling in the Mediterranean Sea faces a new challenge: a navy crackdown under international law, as the European Union’s naval operation

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World

Is German opinion on refugees shifting?

The Bild newspaper reported on Monday, citing an internal government memo, that as many as 1.5 million people could seek asylum in Germany by the end

Europe News

Brussels refugee camp cleared

A refugee camp in Brussels is being cleared after the volunteers who ran it pulled their support. The group, Citizens Platform, criticised the

World News

UN desperately seeking solution to refugee crisis

As the world faces its worst refugee crisis since World War II UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon has convened a meeting on migration and refugee

Hungary

Migrants face growing numbers of challenges

“Anti-migration sentiment in Europe is unnecessarily endangering the lives of migrants,” William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International

Economy

Hungary: Refugee controls hit cross-border trade

Border restrictions due to the refugee crisis are having a damaging impact on European companies who rely on international trade. Near Hungary’s

Croatia

Migrants: Croatia says no need to close border

Croatia’s Defence Minister says there is no need to close the border with Serbia despite the soaring numbers of refugees and migrants arriving at the

Poland

Poland: thousands turn out for anti-immigration protests

The political far-right has organised a number of anti-immigration protests across Poland. They say thousands of people took part in the rallies in

Croatia

Confused and cold, more refugees cross Croatia and Hungary

There was total confusion for some 3,000 refugees and migrants on Saturday after they got stranded between Serbia and Croatia. Croatian police say

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU leaders try to patch up differences on migration

In this edition of Europe Weekly: EU leaders hold talks on how to tackle the continent’s migration crisis as thousands of refugees continue to flee

Hungary

Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban seeks support for Croatian border controls

The Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban has said his country will seek support to implement measures to block the flood of migrants on its

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.

World News

Hungary's army can shoot rubber bullets and tear gas at refugees

Hungry’s parliament has authorised its army to shoot rubber bullets, pyrotechnical devices, (flashbangs), net guns and tear gas grenades at migrants

Europe News

EU countries try to patch up differences over migration plan

The European Union has looked like European disunion in recent weeks. Member states have traded blow over how to manage the flow of migrants into

World News

Migrant crisis: deepening disarray as Croatia comes under fire from neighbours

Cracks in Europe’s handling of the migrant crisis are deepening, with Croatia under fresh fire from its neighbours. In the latest of a series of

Croatia

Masses of migrants and refugees adrift in Croatia

Euronews is the Croatian town of Tovarnik near the Serbian border one day after Croatia’s prime minister said his country can not accept the “burden”