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Greece

Fighting despair in Idomeni

It is another cold night in Idomeni. People burn wood and cardboard in order to get warm. A man warms by bonfire at a makeshift camp at the

World News

As Balkans route closes, 'migrants will seek other ways to Europe'

Countries in eastern Europe are now on alert for any new migration routes opening up after the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia or “FYROM”

Greece

Beefed up border controls 'shut down' Balkan migrant route

Slovenia and Croatia are beefing up their border restrictions, in a bid to seal off the Balkan route to migrants

World News

UN questions legality of controversial EU-Turkey migration deal

The United Nations and Amnesty International have raised concerns that the EU’s proposed migration deal with Turkey could be illegal. They are

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World News

Turkey and Greece work on migrant cooperation deal

Turkey and Greece have held a bilateral meeting filling in the details on the proposed EU plan which includes a controversial refugee exchange

World News

The challenges of preventing migrant deaths in the Aegean Sea

Each day since the start of the year around 2,000 migrants have arrived on the Greek coast. At this rate the numbers for those who made the perilous

World News

Turkey and Greece share perspective on migrant crisis

The prime ministers of Greece and Turkey met for talks in the Turkish city of Izmir on Tuesday. Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu told a joint news

Greece

EU leaders are using us as pawns in a Game of Migrants, say refugees

While EU leaders and Turkey continue to thrash out a deal on the migration crisis, refugees on the ground on the Greek-Macedonian border say they are

Belgium

UN and rights groups criticise EU-Turkey 'one in, one out' migrant deal

EU leaders and Turkey have agreed in principle to a plan to confront the current migration crisis, but they need more time to work out the details

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Drone footage of refugees at Greek-Macedonian border

This is drone footage of refugees and migrants waiting at the border between Greece and FYR Macedonia. It comes as the EU and Turkey came close to

World News

EU leaders claim 'breakthrough' at migration summit but details need more work

EU leaders claim deal in principle at migration summit Turkish PM offers to take back migrants for more aid Details of deal still to be agreed

France

France opens new refugee camp, amid protest

The country's first international-standard refugee camp has opened in Grande-Synthe, near Dunkirk.

Turkey

Ceasefire and border controls fail to put an end to Syrian refugees arriving in Turkey

The ceasefire and strict border control by Turkey has not put an end to Syrian civilians fleeing their homeland. A camp in Akçakale is one of the

Europe News

Greece-FYROM border: Situation 'dramatic' at refugee camp

With around 30,000 migrants and refugees bottled up in Greece, euronews reporter Apostolos Staikos has been to see conditions at a camp in Idomeni

Europe News

Migrant crisis: Ankara under pressure to act at emergency summit

EU leaders are talking migration with Turkey’s prime minister at an emergency summit in Brussels. Ankara is under pressure to take back economic

World News

[COMMENT]: how Europe can turn its migrant crisis into an opportunity

This article was written for euronews by Alexis Kouros, Editor-in-Chief of the Helsinki Times. Euronews does not endorse the views held by

World News

Migration and media freedom top agenda at EU-Turkey summit

European leaders are also concerned about media freedom in Turkey after the government seized control of the country's leading opposition newspaper last week.

World News

Bottleneck of thousands of migrants in Greece adds to urgency at EU-Turkey summit

The bottleneck of more than 13,000 migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border has added to the urgency at an EU-Turkey summit taking place in Brussels today

World News

EU leaders torn over needing Turkish help with migration crisis

European Union leaders are hoping Turkey will step up to the mark at today’s summit in Brussels and hold back migrants trying to get to Europe. The

Turkey

Migrant crisis: 25 drown off Turkish coast including many children

At least 13 children and 12 adults are reported drowned after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off the west coast of Turkey. The Aegean Sea’s