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EU takes aim at Mediterranean migrant traffickers

A naval force against migrant traffickers in the Mediterranean has been forged by the 28-nation European Union. Called EU NAVFOR Med, it aims to

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EU foreign ministers agree new operation against people smugglers

Ending the trade in migrants run by people smugglers. That’s the aim of a fresh operation launched on Monday by the EU. It’s expected the first

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French president offers words of support to Italy over migrant crisis in Milan

French President Francois Hollande tours his country's pavilion in Milan. Though the theme may be the environment, the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean took precedence as he met with Italian premie

Serbia

Serbia responds angrily to Hungary's plan to build a fence along their joint 175 km border

Serbia has responded angrily to Hungary’s plan to build a 175 kilometre border fence between the countries. Details of the four-metre high barrier

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Greece

Greeks on Lesbos struggling to help refugees

The Greek island of Lesbos is staggering under the strain of caring for refugees arriving from Turkey. The approximately 80,000 islanders have

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Migrants cross FYROM by bike on way to EU

Italy

Italy: stranded migrants mark Ramadan on the rocks

Migrants trapped in Italy are marking the holy month of Ramadan on the rocks. Turned back from the French border, dozens of people – mainly Eritreans

Hungary

Hungarian fence is 'barrier to asylum seekers' says UNHCR

Hungary has announced plans to build a fence four-metres high along its border with Serbia to keep out illegal migrants. Many of those seeking to

Europe News

EU migration talks end without a deal

EU talks aimed at finding a solution to the Mediterranean migration crisis have broken down in Luxembourg. No deal was found as interior ministers

Italy

Italian police struggle to contain Ventimiglia migrants as French accused of foul play

After Italian police rounded up a group of migrants and attempted to get them on a bus, they were unable to prevent them fleeing after an angry crowd

Italy

Italian PM: Europe cannot close its eyes to migrant crisis

A group of African migrants have been left languishing on rocks overlooking the Italian coast, after being turned back at the French border. They

Europe News

Renzi seeks more EU help on migration crisis

Matteo Renzi, the prime minister of Italy, has said that his government will hurt the EU if leaders don’t do more to help the country deal with the

Italy

Migrants wait for fourth day on Italian-French border as Paris blocks their entry

Dozens of African migrants remain stranded in Ventimiglia on the Italian-French border after French customs officers maintained a border closure for

France

French police block African immigrants trying to cross the border from Italy

A group of around a hundred migrants from Africa have been prevented from crossing from Italy in to France in the border town of Vintimille. The

My Europe Series

Refugee or migrant: what's the difference?

“What is the difference between migrants and refugees?”, asks Panos in Athens. “Are all the European countries applying the same procedures to deal

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Mediterranean migrant crisis: 6,000 rescued in one weekend

Italy

European ships rescue 4,000 migrants, Italy feels overstretched

British, Swedish, Spanish and Italian ships were en route to help about 10 migrant boats that called for help on Sunday. Some 4,000 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this weekend alone.

World News

European navy ships 'rescue 3,500 migrants' in the Mediterranean

Naval vessels from across Europe have joined together to save around 3,500 migrants in trouble off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean – one of the

United Kingdom

Polish truckers held in UK after dozens of immigrants found in lorries

Four Polish lorry drivers are being questioned by British police after 68 immigrants were found hidden inside four lorries at Harwich Port in eastern

Myanmar

Myanmar lands 700 boat people, says most belong to Bangladesh

Myanmar brought ashore more than 700 boat people it had blocked at sea for days, as the United States on Wednesday called on the country to solve a migrant crisis by recognising the rights of its Musl