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INTERPOL creates specialist network to combat people smuggling

INTERPOL and Europol, two major transnational law enforcement agencies, have outlined fresh measures to break up the organised criminal networks

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Syrian refugee family adjusting to German life

After two weeks in Berlin and a month in the town of Heidenau, the Habashieh family from Syria are still waiting to file their asylum applications

My Europe Series

Riace, Italy: a haven for refugees?

Breathing new life into Europe's deserted rural villages by taking in refugees: that's the fight that Riace, in southern Italy, has been waging for more than 15 years. But are things there really goin

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Calls for more solidarity with refugees as Bulgarian border guard shoots Afghan migrant dead

Hundreds of Greeks marched in Athens on Thursday night to demand more solidarity with refugees, as it emerged that a Bulgarian border guard had shot

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Bulgaria

Suspected Afghan immigrant dies after being shot by border police

A man travelling with a large group of refugees from Afghanistan was shot by a border police officer near the southeastern Bulgarian town of Sredets

Germany

Germany tightens rules for asylum seekers

German lawmakers have approved new measures to tackle Europe’s refugee crisis. The list of countries Germany deems “safe” will be widened to include

Germany

German prosecutors investigate Dresden mock gallows protest

Prosecutors in the German city of Dresden are investigating whether a protester carrying a makeshift gallows can be charged with causing a

World News

Migrant crisis confusion: how many are entering the EU?

Europe’s border agency is facing criticism, after admitting that it has doubled-counted migrants entering the EU this year. It released data claiming

Cinema

Brooklyn: An Irish girl torn between two lovers and two countries

Set in Ireland and America, Brooklyn is the story of young Ellis Lacey, played by Saoirse Ronan, who finds herself torn between two countries and two

United Kingdom

Cameron holds low-profile talks with Merkel

British Prime Minister David Cameron has hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks at his country retreat Chequers. Dominating the low-profile

World News

EU Balkan refugee conference attempts to end divisions, offer more aid, and work with Syria's neighbours

Today Italy relocates its first batch of refugees, Eritreans, to Sweden, and hopes the trickle will become a flood out of its overstretched refugee

Greece

On one beach: 283 lifejackets, 48 plastic tubes, 36 pieces of clothing

Norway

Taking the Arctic route: migrants cycle from Russia to Norway

Cycling from Russia to Norway is a recently-discovered route asylum seekers are using to reach the border-free Schengen Zone. Taxi drivers say they

World News

Almost 100 bodies wash up in Libya, EU leaders call for greater cooperation

The Libyan Red Crescent says at least 95 bodies have washed ashore on the coast of Libya. Some 85 were found near the capital Tripoli and ten

World

Is German opinion on refugees shifting?

The Bild newspaper reported on Monday, citing an internal government memo, that as many as 1.5 million people could seek asylum in Germany by the end

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Migrants continue to arrive in Serbia

Germany

PEGIDA rallies against refugees in Dresden

Several thousand people have gathered in Dresden to protest against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plans to take in refugees. The anti-migrant group

Germany

German media demands the 'real' numbers for the refugee influx

Quoting what they call an anonymous source within the German government one media outlet said on Monday Chancellor Angela Merkel had got her sums

Serbia

Refugees tell of ISIL brutality which forced them to leave Syria

Thousands of migrants continue to cross from Serbia into Croatia. Most of them are Syrian and Iraqi escaping conflict back home. Many have fled

Hungary

Migrant crisis: Hungary poised to shut unofficial border crossings with Croatia

As scores of migrants continue to flow into Croatia, there are reports that Hungary could close its unofficial border crossings with the country this