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Sweden: masked men threaten to attack migrant children

Amid growing tensions over immigration in Sweden, pro and anti demonstrators have taken to the streets of Stockholm. The country of 10 million

Germany

Germany: AfD leader calls for right of border police to shoot at illegal migrants

Frauke Petry, one of the leaders of right-wing German opposition party Alternative for Germany (AfD), has sparked outrage with provocative comments

Turkey

Dozens dead, scores rescued - migrant boat sinks off Turkey coast

More than 35 people, including several children, have drowned and 75 have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants and refugees to Greece sank of

World News

Germany: hand grenade thrown at asylum centre

The German government pledges action as the number of attacks soars

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World News

Germany gets ready for carnival season with stiffer security

Carnival season is about to kick off in Germany, a week-long festive binge to dispel the chills of winter, but this year preparations are tinged by

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Greece under pressure over refugees

In this edition of Europe Weekly: EU officials accuse Greece of failing to control their borders; Denmark passes a new law that allows valuables to

Germany

Germany agrees new measures to stem flow of migrants

More than a million migrants arrived in Germany last year – and now Berlin is making moves to stem the flow. New measures agreed include a two-year

World News

Sweden to fly home as many as 80,000 failed asylum seekers

Sweden is preparing to send back nearly half of all the asylum seekers that entered the country last year, and is ready to charter planes to take

World News

Mapping migrants and refugees across Europe

Winter has not stemmed the flow of people leaving their homes in search of refuge. Regardless of the conditions, with the Syrian civil war

Sweden

Nearly half of Swedens' 2015 asylum seekers to be expelled says minister

Of the more than 160,000 people who sought asylum in Sweden in 2015, a record number, between 60,000 to 80,000 may be “heading home”

China

Ai Weiwei pulls out of exhibit in protest at Denmark's migration rules

The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is to withdraw from two exhibitions in Denmark in protest at a controversial migration law passed by

World News

Schengen: Greece responds firmly to EU criticism

"Serious deficiencies" in management of external border controls. Will Athens be suspended?

World News

Migrants: a frosty Nordic welcome

Find out what migrants themselves think of Denmark's controversial new legislation

Denmark

Denmark: migrants to have valuables confiscated

Danish parliament passes a controversial bill toughening the conditions for migrants arriving in the cuuntry

Denmark

Pay up or push off immigration law passes in Danish parliament

Despite Denmark watering down its new immigration law, passed in parliament on Tuesday, it has faced harsh criticism for it. But several lawyers and

Sweden

Sweden boosts police resources after refugee centre stabbing

The prime minister of Sweden is promising more resources for police after a female worker at a refugee centre was stabbed to death. The knife attack

Denmark

Denmark to vote on bill to allow seizure of refugee valuables

Denmark is set to pass controversial legislation that will require asylum seekers to hand over cash or valuables worth more than €1,300 to help cover

Europe News

Greece under pressure to act on refugees

Greece is under pressure to do more to stem the flow of migrants to northern Europe as the EU mulls extending temporary border controls inside its

World News

Video explainer: All you need to know about under-threat Schengen

Here we take a look at Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone, which is facing its biggest ever threat. What is the Schengen zone? It is a zone within

Europe News

Turkey urges EU to honour €3bn refugee cash pledge

Turkey has told the EU to stump up the three billion euros promised by governments to help Ankara stem the flow of migrants to Europe. That deal was