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EU approves 2.4 billion euros in aid for migrant crisis

Searching for solutions to the migrant crisis in Europe, Brussels has approved 2.4 billion euros in aid for countries struggling to cope with the

Italy

Italy: 800 rescued migrants brought ashore

Around eight-hundred migrants have been brought to the Italian port of Reggio Calabria. They were picked up from boats in the Mediterranean during

United Kingdom

Migrant evades high-speed trains to walk 50km-long Channel Tunnel

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Libya

Hopes fading of finding missing migrants from shipwreck in Mediterranean

Hopes are quickly fading of finding further survivors from a shipwreck off the Libyan coast. Rescue ships have been searching for an estimated 200

Italy

Migrants from capsized boat arrive in Palermo

Irish navy vessel arrives in Italian port of Palermo carrying some 370 survivors and 25 bodies of those caught up in the latest Mediterranean tragedy.

World News

Boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes in Mediterranean

A boat packed with up to 700 migrants has overturned in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. It happened just as ships were coming to its

Italy

More than 2,000 migrants die attempting to cross Mediterranean this year

More than 2,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe this year, according to the International Organisation for Migrants

France

UK landlords face crackdown over illegal migrant tenants

UK landlords are being warned they will face severe penalties in the future if they rent out properties to illegal migrants. The British government

France

Five solutions to the Calais migrant crisis

France

Britain announces new measures to clampdown on migrants

More than 1,700 attempts to cross the Eurotunnel to Britain were stopped overnight on Sunday, according to French police. It comes as the

France

Failed breach attempt by migrants in Calais

A crowd of around 200 migrants, attempting to get to Britain, made a mass attempt to gain access to the Channel Tunnel near Calais in northern

United Kingdom

Scuffles at British side of Channel Tunnel in Kent over Calais migrants

Tensions ran high on Saturday as far-right protesters gathered close to the scene of a pro-migrant rally in Folkestone, near the entrance to the

France

Calais migrant crisis: France should 'compensate' UK drivers

Acting leader of the UK’s Labour Party Harriet Harman has called for compensation from the French government to be paid to British drivers affected

France

UK-France migrant crisis: Cameron pledges sniffer dogs and fencing

British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged extra sniffer dogs and fencing in efforts to tackle the Channel Tunnel migrant crisis, describing

France

Migrant crisis becomes hot political issue in Britain and France

Migrants in the northern French port of Calais remain determined to reach the United Kingdom despite the deaths of nine people since June and an

France

Migrants: UK is not a "safe haven" says Cameron

The UK Prime Minister says Britain will not become a “safe haven” for migrants. His words come as hundreds gathered at the French entrance to the

France

Blame game as the migrant Calais crisis deepens

As dusk falls migrants position themselves nearer the Eurostar tunnel to try and leap onto a train or a truck to take them to the UK, but at great risk.

France

More police for Channel Tunnel as UK and France pledge to tackle migrant crisis

The French and British governments have vowed to tackle the wider migrant crisis while again pledging more resources to contain the security situation around the northern French port of Calais, as mig