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Fortress Hungary: The Long Journey Part 6

Hungary is exacerbating the problem of people-smuggling with its barrier aimed at preventing the flow of migrants and refugees into the country, the

Germany

Berlin processing asylum seekers with difficulty

Central Berlin has been transformed by a crush of asylum seekers since the start of August, in a heatwave. Berlin expects 45,000 asylum arrivals by

World

Top EU migration official insists policy revision imperative

With Europe facing a migration crisis, we talk to Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greece’s European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship

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What's happening this week 31/08/15

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Austria

'It's called the route of death': up to 200 migrants feared dead off Libyan coast

Hundreds of migrants are feared perished as shocking images show a tragic end to what is being labelled the 'route of death.'

Libya

Hundreds feared dead as migrant boats capsize off Libyan coast

Reports suggest hundreds are feared dead after two boats capsized off the Libyan coast. Local residents and officials say one boat had up to 50

Austria

Migrants: Vienna summit given added impetus

The discovery of a lorry containing the corpses of dead refugees on an Austrian motorway gave added impetus to a key summit on migration in Vienna

World News

Welcome to Europe: The Long Journey, part 5

In part five of euronews’ special reports, James Franey travels to the Serbia-Hungary border, where a fence is being built in an attempt to deter the

Austria

More than 70 suspected immigrants dead in Austria truck

More than 70 bodies have been recovered from a lorry found abandoned near the border with Hungary, officials have said. The refrigerated, air-tight

Austria

Austria: dozens of migrants die locked in an air-tight truck

Police examining a lorry abandoned in the lay-by of a motorway in Austria have made a grim discovery. The bodies of at least 20 immigrants have been

World News

Migrants: Hungary to reinforce border with Serbia

Record numbers of migrants are crossing the border from Serbia into Hungary. They are adamant their ultimate destination is Germany. Budapest is

World News

Another tragedy on the Mediterranean - dozens of bodies found on a migrant ship

Dozens of bodies are found in the packed hold of a migrant boat as round-the-clock rescue missions in the Mediterranean save another 3,000 in just 24 hours.

Europe News

Belgium to discuss measures to deal with migrants entering country

From early in the morning, around 400 people have been queuing outside the immigration office in Brussels. Those seeking asylum in Belgium need to

Hungary

Trouble on Hungary's border escalates as migrants fight tear gas to beat fence

As fast as Hungary plugs its frontier with Serbia with a steel wall, refugees are arriving at its weak points before it becomes unassailable to get

Germany

Bomb threat against Germany's SPD as tensions rise over asylum seekers

SPD workers were evacuated after a bomb threat against their HQ in Berlin - It's thought to be linked to tensions over asylum seekers sparked by Germany's far.right.

Greece

Heading north: The Long Journey Part 3

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is expecting 3,000 people a day to cross into the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Macedonian government came

Israel

Hundreds of African migrants released from Israeli detention centre

Following a ruling from the Supreme Court releasing detention time, 1,178 people, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea were released from the Holot centre.

Greece

Greece's illegal push backs of asylum boats puts lives at risk, says Amnesty International

"We were left in the middle of the sea, with nothing but a damaged boat"

World News

EU calls for solidarity in dealing with the migrant crisis

Europe's border countries are struggling to cope with one of the biggest migration crisis in decades - is the solution just to move them on?

Italy

Italy: More than 1,500 migrants arrive in Sicily and Sardinia

More than 1,500 migrants landed on Italian shores on Monday, as the influx of desperate people fleeing conflict and poverty continues. Some 550