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Italy takes aim at Netherlands over migrant rescue ship

Italy's interior minister says the Netherlands is responsible for what happens to a group of migrants stranded on a rescue ship ship sailing under the Dutch flag

23/06/2019

Afghanistan

In pictures: These are the children of Afghanistan's refugee crisis

The war in Afghanistan is raging on and the future will likely see even more children forced to flee their homes and embark on a dangerous journey in the hope of safety elsewhere.

20/06/2019

World News

NGOs slam EU's failure to resolve migration issue, failed quota system

NGOs are critical of the EU's failure to resolve the migration issue as thousands of refugees and migrants try to enter the EU, often with tragic consequences

20/06/2019

Hungary

Hungary: Four human traffickers get life over deaths of 71 migrants

All of the passengers suffocated within two hours of departure.

20/06/2019

Venezuela

Venezuela's exodus: UN agencies say four million people have now fled

Venezuela's economy has imploded and there are widespead shortages of food and medicine and there are also high levels of violent crime.

08/06/2019

Mexico

Tariff war averted as US and Mexico reach agreement on border controls

Some 132,000 would-be migrants were stopped on the US Mexico border in May, the highest monthly total for thirteen years.

08/06/2019

Europe News

The Brief: new to Brussels

A large number of MEPs elected in May are new to the European Parliament, we meet two of them finding their way in Brussels.

03/06/2019

Spain

Migrant found hiding in vehicle's glove box by border police

A migrant was found hiding in a vehicle's glove box on the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla.

28/05/2019

Greece

Exclusive: Police clash with refugee camp residents on Samos, Greece

Police fired warning shots and used tear gas, they "beat up" some of those demonstrating, an NGO told Euronews.

25/05/2019

Tunisia

'They went under one after one': Survivor recounts migrant boat horror

A survivor of a migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean has told how he watched fellow passengers slip away and sink to their deaths.

11/05/2019

World

Migrants increasingly risk lives arriving in Greece by river or sea

Migrants put their lives on the line trying to get from Turkey to Greece, crossing by boat to the Greek city of Alexandropouli, Greece, or crossing the Evros river on the border to make it to Europe. Euronews correspondents Fay Doulgkeri and Bryan Carter report.

09/05/2019

The Cube

Conditions in Libyan detention camp 'indescribable', says detainee

As political tensions continue to rise outside the Libyan capital, The Cube hears the story of one migrant in a detention centre.

10/04/2019

World News

Migrants in northern Greece fail in push to reach North Macedonia

Migrants in northern Greece disperse after a failed attempt to cross to North Macedonia ended in clashes with police

07/04/2019

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Greek police fire tear gas at migrants as border convoy grows

reek police fired tear gas on Friday (April 5) to disperse migrants who had gathered in a field near the country's border with Northern Macedonia in the hope of making their way illegally up through the Balkans towards northern Europe.

07/04/2019

World News

Greek police clash with refugees at the Macedonian border

Hundreds had arrived on Thursday hoping to cross the border into Macedonia and travel onward to northern Europe.

06/04/2019

World News

"The system is full” - Trump tells migrants

Donald Trump has been visiting Southern California to hammer home his message that more fencing is needed to prevent illegal immigrants entering from Mexico.

06/04/2019

Italy

Rescue ship with 64 migrants onboard denied entry

The ship is currently near the Italian island of Lampedusa but Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said it should "go to Hamburg" as it is German-registered.

05/04/2019

Malta

Teenage migrants charged with hijacking tanker after sea rescue

Teenage African migrants charged with hijacking tanker after sea rescue

30/03/2019

Europe News

The Brief: Operation Sophia extended for an additional six months

The European Union's Operation Sophia has been agreed to be extended for an additional six months. Yet, the Operation will transition from using rescue boats to rescue airplanes after Italy said it would no longer receive people from the Mediterranean Sea.

28/03/2019

Lebanon

Lebanon says new 'waves' of migrants can be expected in Europe soon

Lebanese President Michel Aoun made the comments during his visit to Russia this week

28/03/2019