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Aid ship enters Italian waters without permission

A video released by Markus Rinderspacher, the Bavarian state parliament vice-president, shows the tense exchange between the mission-Lifeline captain and the port authorities in Pozzallo.

World

Hundreds of people continue to head to Greece from Turkey each week

On the Greece's Aegean coast, 13 migrant boats carrying a total of 546 people arrived on the island of Lesbos in the space of about an hour on Thursday last week.

Greece

Watch back: Rare look inside 'jungle' at Europe’s largest migrant camp

Watch back: Rare look inside 'jungle' at Europe’s largest migrant camp

Germany

Syrian man given 9.5-year jail term over deadly stabbing in Chemnitz

Syrian man given 9.5-year jail term over deadly stabbing in Chemnitz

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World

Médecins Sans Frontières say migrants onboard 'completely exhausted'

Médecins Sans Frontières says of the 103 children under the age of 18 now onboard, only 11 of them are accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Europe News

The Brief: European Commission laments the Open Arms situation

EU welcomes six European countries accepting migrants from Open Arms ship, calls situation in Mediterranean 'untenable'

Italy

Open Arms captain demands evacuation, says ship is like a ticking bomb

The captain of the Open Arms rescue ship says migrants onboard are "psychologically broken" and the vessel is like a bomb that is "going to explode."

Europe Decoded

Twitter reunites ex-refugee with kind stranger who gifted her a bike

As a five-year-old, Mevan Babakar found herself living in a refugee camp in the Netherlands, and vividly recalls being gifted a bike by a camp worker. Years later, she took to Twitter to find him.

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More than 500 rescued migrants on two NGO ships remain stranded

More than 500 rescued migrants on two NGO ships remain stranded

World

More than 500 migrants remain stranded on ships in the Mediterranean

Two boats carrying more than 500 migrants remain stranded in the Mediterranean after Italy and Malta refused to allow them to dock.

United Kingdom

Dozens of suspected migrants rescued off southern coast of England

Dozens of suspected migrants have been brought to shore in the UK after a rescue operation was conducted off southern England on Friday morning.

World News

Richard Gere and Matteo Salvini clash over migrant ship

The Maltese government said in a statement to Euronews that the NGO Open Arms is not letting them take 39 people that were rescued in an area of Malta's responsibility, insisting they also take the 121 people rescued in an area outside of the country's responsibility.

World

Over 13,000 unaccompanied young migrants in Spain

They are teenagers and they are alone. Many of the thousands of unaccompanied migrant minors now registered in Spain are now stuck. They are in a state of limbo as the likelihood of getting permanent accommodation remains low.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On Europe's doorstep: migrants stuck in Bosnian border camp

Most of the 500 or more men in the camp want to make their way north into the European Union but are being intercepted by Croatian and Bosnian police – whom they accuse of heavy-handedness.

Hungary

Why is Hungary withholding food from migrants in its border zones?

Why is Hungary withholding food from migrants in its border zones?

Libya

Dead migrants wash up on Libya's coast after 'worst tragedy' of year

Around 150 African refugees and migrants perished off the Libyan coast on Thursday, in their apparent attempt to reach Europe.

Libya

Scores of migrants feared dead in 'worst tragedy' this year

More than 100 migrants are missing and feared drowned after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Libya.

Hungary

Pregnant migrant in Hungary 'given 17-guard escort to check-up'

A pregnant migrant in Hungary was escorted to a regular check-up by 17 guards, claims a UN report that criticised the "prison-like" migrant transit zones on the country's border with Serbia.

World

'Salvini is a coward': Outburst as EU divisions persist on migration

A newly-elected MEP has called Italy's Matteo Salvini a coward over his stance on migration.

Sport

Migrant stowaways hitch ride with Ferrari to British Grand Prix

Two migrants have been handed over to police after climbing aboard a Ferrari truck en route to the British Grand Prix from Calais.