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Hungary

Time running out for refugees before Hungary border crackdown

It was a race against time for refugees to get into Hungary on Monday with the country’s hardline approach to the migration crisis about to get much

Europe News

EU mulls fresh migrant plan after Germany brings back border controls

EU interior ministers were set to meet in Brussels on Monday after Germany’s decision to reintroduce border controls on its frontier with Austria

World News

Migrants: queues build at border as Germany suspends Schengen

Germany has temporarily re-introduced border checks as it tries to deal with a record influx of refugees and migrants. The decision goes against the

Hungary

'Shame on you Orbán' protest hits Budapest

Thousands have taken to the streets of the Hungarian capital to demonstrate against the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The crowd marched across

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Germany

Germany introduces 'temporary' controls along Austrian border

Ahead of an EU Interior Ministers’ crisis meeting on Monday the strain of absorbing so many refugees may be starting to tell in Germany. Berlin is

Hungary

Hungary speeds up fence building as criticisms mount

With the criticisms from Austria’s chancellor ringing in their ears, likening their treatment of migrants and refugees to Nazi holocaust

Greece

More migrants drown as boats capsize off Greek coast

At least 34 people, nearly half of them women, babies and children, have drowned after their overloaded boat capsized in the eastern Aegean. Greek

Germany

Munich train station filled to capacity by transiting migrants

Munich railway station has until now been the terminus for migrants and refugees making their way to Germany, From here they are bussed or take

World News

Thousands turn out in Europe to show support for migrants and refugees

There has been a show of support across Europe for migrants and refugees. In Athens, hundreds marched through the city, chanting slogans urging the

Greece

Germany: expected surge in migrants from Hungary doesn't materialise

Migrants and refugees have been continuing to stream into Germany. More than nine-thousand arrived at Munich’s rail station on Saturday. But police

World News

Anti-migrant marches held in several European capitals

Around 1000 people marched in Bratislava on Saturday against taking any migrants into the country. Banners read “No to Islamisation and

United Kingdom

Large rally in London calls for more aid for refugees and migrants

What began as an appeal on social media turned into an event that organisers say gathered more than 100,000 people in central London in support of

Hungary

Refugees race to leave Hungary before tough new immigration laws come into effect

Prime Minister Victor Orban announced that anyone illegally crossing the border will be arrested starting from Tuesday.

France

French consul in Turkey suspended for boat sales to migrants

A French reporter looking for the source of boats used by refugees to get to Europe from Turkey followed the trail to a shop belonging to the French honorary consul in the port town of Bodrum.

Hungary

Hungary deploys thousands of soldiers to border with Serbia

Nearly four-thousand soldiers have been deployed to Hungary’s border with Serbia to help police, amid a continued influx of migrants. The military

Italy

Rome march calls for more rights for refugees and asylum seekers

Demanding more rights for refugees and asylum seekers in Europe. Around two thousand barefoot migrants and volunteers have taken to the streets of

Hungary

Rich Hungarian offers cash to help refugee children

One of Hungary’s wealthiest business people, Sandor Demjan, has offered to donate one million euros to help improve the lot of refugee children in

World News

What's happening this week 14/9/2015

Hungary

Hungary: PM Orban praises 'excellent job' of police at migrant camp

As expected, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made a public statement in response to controversial images appearing to show chaos at a migrant

World News

Chaotic pictures from Hungarian refugee centre go viral

“Like Guantanamo in Europe” is just one reaction to the shocking pictures that have gone around the world of this refugee centre in Hungary. They