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Police move migrants from makeshift camp by Canal St Martin in Paris

Around 550 migrants, mostly Afghans but some Africans, were vacated from a makeshift tent encampment along Paris' trendy Canal St Martin on Monday morning.

Europe News

EU migration - 'failure no longer an option'

EU Parliament piles pressure for reform of broken asylum system

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Tackling the EU's migration headache

France

Police clear Paris migrant camp

Riot police stood by as hundreds of migrants were moved from the camp and escorted to temporary shelters

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Austria

Austria cracks down on welfare payments to migrants

Austria's right-wing coalition government is cracking down on benefits paid to foreigners in a bid to deter asylum seekers.

France

France offers fast-track citizenship for Mali 'Spider-man' hero

An illegal immigrant who climbed a high-rise to rescued a child has been hailed for his "exceptional act" by President Macron

World News

Austria's crack down on migrants

Kurz wants assurances from countries like Albania that the Balkan refugee route from Greece via Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to central Europe is monitored.

World News

Baby boy 'Miracle' born on migrant rescue ship

Baby boy 'Miracle' born on migrant rescue ship Aquarius

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Stuck in Serbia

France

March in solidarity with migrants

Dozens of activists have set off from the Italian border town of Ventimiglia on a ''March of Solidarity'' for migrants.

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Protests in Israel over Netanyahu decision to stall migrant resettlement deal

Dozens of African migrants and their Israeli supporters protested on Tuesday against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Italy

"Migrant hero" baptised by Pope Francis in Easter vigil service

Pope Francis baptised a Nigerian migrant who became a hero in Italy after disarming a thief who was armed with a cleaver. John Ogah was one of eight people baptised at an Easter vigil service on Saturday for around 10,000 worshippers in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

Denmark

Salam Aldeen's journey: From saviour in Lesbos to 'human trafficker'

He set out to rescue people fleeing conflict over the Mediterranean to Greece. But in less than two months' time he could be sentenced for people-smuggling by a Greek court.

Europe News

Migration a priority for Austrian EU presidency

European Council President Donald Tusk arrived in Vienna on Tuesday for talks on Austria's upcoming EU presidency. Chancellor Sebastain Kurz stressed he will take the same hard line on immigration at the European level as he has at home.

Europe News

EU signs border agreement with Albania

The EU and Albania have signed a draft border agreement that would allow European border agency Frontex to deploy to the West Balkan country in case of a sudden surge of migrants into the country.

Italy

Several migrants reported injured in shooting in central Italy -media

A man opened fire on passersby in the central Italian city of Macerata, injuring at least four African migrants in an attack that might be racially motivated, local media report. Police say they have arrested a suspect.

Europe News

Brussels residents open their homes to migrants

Growing numbers of migrants have flocked to Brussels in recent months. Belgian immigration services are overwhelmed so locals are stepping in to help.

USA

Is Trump's language on migrants changing our political discourse?

Widely condemned by many for "dehumanising" migrants, the US president is walking along a well-trodded path, says sociologist Ulrike Vieten.

France

Migrant death fears in Alps as weather worsens but crossings continue

European volunteers are on high alert, as are the police, as thick blizzards act as no deterrent to migrants trying to reach France via the Alps, risking their lives.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria flexes migration muscles

Migration is a priority as Sofia takes up rotating EU presidency