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UN General Assembly on refugees and migrants

The United Nations’ 71st General Assembly, underway in New York, is the first summit on refugees and migrants.

France

Paris police clear more than 1,500 migrants from street camp

Police in Paris have evacuated a camp holding around 1,500 migrants who have been living on the streets of the French capital for weeks.

Greece

Scuffles on Chios over overcrowded migrant camp

A demonstration against the Greek government’s handling of the migrant crisis turned violent on the island of Chios on Wednesday night (September 14).

Germany

80 Germans clash with a group of young asylum-seekers in Bautzen

About 80 Germans have clashed with a group of 20 asylum seekers in the eastern town of Bautsen.

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Slovakia

Europe needs a clear vision of its future, Germany and France meet ahead of Bratislava

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Paris to meet the French President to swap notes ahead of the Bratislava summit of EU leaders, minus Britain on Friday.

Europe News

Europeans wait for Juncker's words on the State of the Union

The head of the European Commission gave his first so-called State of the Union speech in September last year.

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Greek PM calls on EU to do more to resettle refugees

Some 3,000 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean over the weekend.

My Europe Series

Is peace possible in Afghanistan? Tales from a country torn apart by war

Many Afghan nationals worked with the international forces in Kabul and elsewhere following the September 11 attacks in New York.

Germany

Merkel defends migrant policy despite regional election defeat

Angela Merkel has staunchly defended her policy towards migrants in a speech to the Bundestag.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: spotlight on attacks against Polish nationals in UK

This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of the top stories across Europe.

France

New migrant centres in Paris announced

Paris will house almost 1000 migrants in two separate camps in the north of the city at an estimated cost of € 6.

France

Locals disrupt Calais traffic in call for demolition of "jungle" migrant camp

Some of the protesters who came to block the motorway approaches to Calais on Monday have vowed to stay and fight on until the migrant camp there dubbed the “jungle” is…

France

France vows to close Calais migrant camp

French authorities plan to dismantle the so-called Calais Jungle camp – home to thousands of migrants fleeing war or poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Syria

How children are still dying at sea one year on from Alan Kurdi and that photo

Exclusive: Hundreds of children have continued to drown and die at sea in the year since Syrian youngster Alan Kurdi was photographed washed up on a Turkish beach, Euronews can…

Italy

Migrants in the Med: Weather window sees crossing boom

A period of good weather has led to an increase in the number of migrants attempting make the journey to Europe from the north-African coast

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Italy: migrants arrive at the ports of Cagliari and Messina

A Norwegian ship arrives at the Italian port of Cagliari, carrying 1,100 rescued migrants.

USA

Building bridges, or walls? Donald Trump heads to Mexico

Donald Trump is full of surprises, it seems.

World News

Almost 10,000 migrants rescued in Strait of Sicily in two days

Around 3,000 migrants were rescued in the Strait of Sicily on Tuesday, in 30 separate missions.

France

For Britain migrants begin, and stay, in Calais, but France's patience wears thin

Calais’s squalid migrant centre is at the heart of talks between the French and British Interior Ministers, but the problem goes way beyond the camp and has now lasted for nearly 20…

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Thousands of migrants rescued off Libya

More than 6,000 migrants and refugees, mostly from Eritrea, were rescued on Monday from the Mediterranean Sea by members of two NGOs and the Italian navy.