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Migrants: Germany not happy with Austria's quota

Reaction to Austrian plans to introduce daily limits for arriving migrants

Austria

Austria goes ahead with controversial migrant quota plan

Austria has gone ahead with its plan limiting the number of migrants and asylum seekers entering the country, in defiance of the EU and other member

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The law of the jungle is expulsion as Calais camps face demolition

The French government has announced that on February 22 as many as 800 migrants will be expelled from the Calais jungle.

Austria

EU warns Austria over daily migrant quotas

In the latest angry rift in Europe’s migration crisis, new Austrian limits on the numbers of refugees allowed to cross its borders have infuriated

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France

Migrant crisis: Eurotunnel asks UK and France for millions in compensation

Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel says the migrant crisis at the UK-France border has improved thanks to more British-funded fences and more French

Austria

EU warns Austria over daily migrant quotas

In the latest angry rift in Europe’s migration crisis, new Austrian limits on the numbers of refugees allowed to cross its borders have infuriated

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Austria defiant as EU warns migrant quota plan illegal

Austria has vowed to stick with its plan to cap the number of migrants it will allow to cross its borders. The defiant stand comes as the EU warns

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EC President Juncker dismisses plan to exclude Greece from Schengen

President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has dismissed proposals to exclude Greece from the open-border Schengen zone. This, he said, would

Germany

Cologne sex attacks: Prosecutor issues clarification

The majority arrested are from Algeria and Morocco and not Syria or Iraq.

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UNHCR: International humanitarian law 'blatantly violated' in Syria

As migrants continue to brave winter weather to reach Europe and the focus turns to Turkey to help stem the flow, euronews has spoken to the UN High

Republic of North Macedonia

Austria calls on FYRM to close borders to migrants

Taxi drivers in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, are protesting at being cut out of the lucrative migrant trade after the government

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NATO mission to help target people traffickers in Aegean Sea

NATO ships are making their way to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece crackdown on criminal networks smuggling refugees and migrants into

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Migrant crisis: EU 'dream' in jeopardy, says Avramopoulos

European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos says he welcomes the involvement of NATO in helping to stem the flow of migrants into Europe

Greece

Italian coastguard rescues migrants as volunteers prepare for more

The Italian coastguard has rescued 91 migrants in three different operations in the Aegean Sea. Italian coast guard rescues migrants off Greek island

Europe News

Greece under renewed pressure to help fix migrant crisis

As migrants continue to brave winter weather to get to Europe, Athens is coming under renewed pressure to control the flow. The European Commission

Syria

Syria: Tens of thousands fleeing Aleppo remain stranded at Turkey border

A tent city has sprung up on Syria’s border with Turkey, which is still resisting UN and EU calls to open the crossing and let refugees through

Hungary

EU refugee crisis: "Like it or not, we have to work together"

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Migrant crisis: Turkey-EU 'lack of trust' slows action

Last November, the EU struck a deal with Turkey to try and stem the flow of refugees from the country. As the European Commission prepares to assess

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Migrants brave freezing waters to reach Greece

On the island of Lesbos, the Greek Coastguard and Frontex patrols rescue refugees and migrants, the majority of whom were children and men attempting

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FYROM reinforces border fence to limit refugees

Authorities in the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonian have begun reinforcing a barrier at its border with Greece in a bid to limit the number