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Migrants heckle EU commissioner in Idomeni

10,000 are stranded on the border separating Greece from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Greece

Greece buckles under migrant pressure

Greece is buckling as migrants exert unprecedented pressure on Greek resources. Refugees continue to stream across the Aegean Sea from Turkey

Germany

Merkel comes under pressure to change her migrant policy

Voters in three regional elections punished her party at the polls by flocking to Germany's new anti-immigration party.

World News

Greek-Macedonian border breached by migrants, as three drown crossing river

Officials say they are now taking steps to return the group of migrants who breached a border fence and crossed into Macedonian territory

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Germany

Anti-migrant party makes gains in German state elections

Members of the anti-immigration “Alternative for Germany party (AfD) have been celebrating after making unprecedented gains in three German state

Greece

Greece refugee crisis: Fears of disease as rain turns Idomeni into 'swamp'

“Merkel! Merkel! Merkel!” Stranded for days at Greece’s northern border, migrants chanted the name of the European leader they hope can set them back

Greece

Greece steps up efforts to get migrants into sheltered camps

Greece is stepping up emergency efforts to help the scores of migrants and refugees now trapped in the country. Around three-thousand people have

Greece

Protests at Idomeni as Greece plans to relocate stranded refugees

Compared to the chaotic scenes Idomeni has witnessed recently, one operation to distribute items to refugees on Saturday unfolded in a relatively

Greece

'It is very hard': a young widow and mother's struggle in Idomeni

At least 13,000 of the almost 42,000 refugees and migrants stuck in Greece are camped out in Idomeni, near the Macedonian border. Among them are

Greece

The dead end at Idomeni: thousands struggle in worsening conditions

It was once a site of hope, another border crossed off on the often perilous journey to western Europe. But after Macedonian authorities closed the

Germany

Graffiti artwork of drowned Aylan highlights refugees' plight

A huge graffiti image of toddler Aylan Kurdi, pictures of whose dead body stirred global sympathy for migrants fleeing war and poverty, confronts

Republic of North Macedonia

Greek-Macedonian border 'not closed' says president

The president of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia spoke with euronews earlier about the migrant crisis. Gjorge Ivanov said the border at

Greece

Migrants fight for free bread and eggs at Greek-Macedonian border

Europe: a place where migrants battle each other for free bread, potatoes and eggs thrown at them from the back of a lorry. Conditions at Idomeni’s

Germany

Anti-migrant AfD tipped for success in Germany's 'Super Sunday' elections

Regional elections in Germany this weekend – the first since the refugee crisis began – are expected to propel the anti-migrant Alternative for

Greece

Greece: 42,000 migrants and counting as European borders stay shut

With the door still firmly shut to thousands of migrants and refugees on the Macedonian border, we asked our Athens correspondent Stamatis Giannisis

World News

OHCHR expresses concern over EU-Turkey draft deal on migrants

A UN human rights agency has said it is concerned over the legality expressed apprehension over a draft deal to return migrants from certain

Greece

Despite closing of Balkans migrant route, many still arrive in Greece

The controversial closing of the Balkans route for migrants is not putting off thousands still arriving in Greece

Europe News

EU ministers cool on Turkey 'deal'

EU interior ministers gave a cool reaction on Thursday to a tentative deal with Turkey that would see visa restrictions eased in return for stemming

Europe News

German anti-immigrant party eyes regional poll breakthrough

Voters in three German regions go to the polls on Sunday with the right-wing, anti-immigrant party Alternative für Deutschland hoping to make

Greece

German Chancellor criticises closure of Balkans route for migrants

Macedonian officials have closed the border with Greece, while Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia have also imposed tough restrictions