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German registration centre for migrants

Italy

Mediterranean crisis: 14 migrants die as hundreds reach Sicily shores

The bodies of 14 migrants have been brought to shore in Sicily, unloaded from an Irish Navy ship which rescued nearly 500 others seeking a better

Germany

"Arrivo Berlin" - a project in Berlin training migrants to prepare for work

A common political policy has been hammered out between UK Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve in a bid to end

France

Man killed as 1,500 migrants try to enter Channel Tunnel in Calais

An estimated 1,500 migrants tried to get into the Channel Tunnel in Calais on Tuesday (July 28) night, the second night in a row that huge numbers

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France

Migrant killed near Tunnel amid mass attempt to cross channel

Italy

Fourteen migrant bodies recovered in the continuing exodus from north Africa

Fourteen migrants are found dead on board an overcrowded fishing boat off the cost of Libya.

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FYR Macedonia faces migrant pressure on borders

Republic of North Macedonia

The Balkans: Another route for migrants seeking a new life in Europe

With record numbers of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, many others seeking a better life in Western Europe are opting to travel overland via

Italy

1,200 Migrants arrive in Sicily rescued in the Mediterranean

More than 1,200 migrants arrived in Sicily as Eritrea called for a UN probe in people trafficking.

Libya

Dozens of African migrants feared drowned off Libya

Up to 40 African migrants are feared drowned off the coast of Libya. Survivors who came ashore in Sicily after being rescued by a German navy ship

World News

Migration: the Mediterranean flow continues for Italy and Spain

While debate about how to accommodate them rages in the north of Europe, a steady stream of migrants continues to arrive on the shores of the south

Iran

Italy: angry locals refuse to accept migrants in their communities

A mattress burns in the middle of the street. Residents of Quinto, a neighbourhood of Treviso in the north of Italy are angry that migrants are being

Italy

Italy: 2,700 migrants rescued in 24 hours

Some 2,700 migrants were plucked from the Mediterranean and brought to Italy in the space of 24 hours between July 15 and 16, 2015. The Italian coast

Germany

Merkel mocked online over refugee girl's tears

German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew mockery online on Thursday for stroking the back of a Palestinian girl facing possible deportation after she had

Italy

Curbing 'globalisation of indifference': MOAS rescues 414 migrants

Migrants Offshore Aid Station has rescued 8,595 people from the Mediterranean since it began operations. Around 414 mainly sub-Saharan Africans were

United Kingdom

Calais 'secure zone' to keep migrants away from UK-bound lorries

Britain’s interior minister has told parliament that a new secure zone is being set up in the French port of Calais to protect UK-bound lorries from

Hungary

Hungary defies its critics and builds a barrier along its open border with Serbia

Work has begun in Hungary on a four-metre high fence to close the open border with Serbia. Belgrade is strongly opposed to the plan which has also

Italy

Italy: More than 1,600 migrants brought to shore in two days

More than 1,600 migrants were brought to shore on Friday and Saturday in a number of operations in the Mediterranean coordinated by the Italian

World News

One person found dead after boat sinks off Greek coast

One person died and at least 15 others were missing in the Aegean sea on Tuesday after a boat carrying migrants sank in waters between Turkey and

France

Migrant dies in Channel Tunnel after jumping on UK-bound train

A would-be migrant has died in the Channel Tunnel between France and Britain. The person is thought to have died from their injuries after trying to