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'We are afraid': Residents in Greek village divided over migrants

Some say the town should welcome the new arrivals. Others want them gone.

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Teargas and water cannons fired at migrants on Turkey-Greece border

Greek border police fired teargas toward migrants on Saturday as tension continued at a border crossing in the Evros region

Turkey

Erdogan to visit Brussels amid Turkey standoff with EU over migrants

President Erdogan will visit Brussels on Monday for a one-day trip, his office said, amid a row between Turkey and the EU over migrants and refugees.

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Migrants seeking Europe wade through Evros River

Migrants waded across the Evros River in northwestern Turkey on Wednesday as they attempted to reach the land border with Greece.

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Greece

Turkish people-smugglers operate in plain sight on Greek border

As a growing number of migrants tries to cross from Turkey into Europe, people-smugglers are working to thwart Greek border patrols.

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Migrants arrive on Lesbos with others blocked at land border

While thousands of migrants have been blocked at Turkey's land border with Greece, others have been getting into the country by sea.

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Migrants arrive in Lesbos after Erdogan opens Turkey's border with EU

It comes as migrants gather at the Greek-Turkish border as they bid to enter the EU.

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Greece claims to have stopped 4,000 migrants at Turkish border

They made for Greece after Ankara said it could no longer stop them from heading towards the European Union.

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Migrants head for Greece after Turkey says it can no longer hold them

Turkey said it could no longer hold migrants after 33 of its soldiers were killed in a Syrian government airstrike in Idlib.

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Demonstrators clash with police in protests over Greece migrant camps

Hundreds of protesters on the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday threw stones at police who responded with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tough border control awaits migrants attempting to reach EU

Migrants attempting to reach the European Union through Bosnia and Herzegovina have a dangerous journey ahead of them.

Vietnam

Essex lorry deaths: Seven charged in Vietnam with illegal trafficking

The bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were found in a refrigerated trailer near London in October.

World News

Boat carrying 91 migrants goes missing in Mediterranean

News of the missing boat comes amid criticism of the European Union's lack of rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea.

United Kingdom

‘Speak English’ in order to work in UK, post-Brexit migrants are told

The UK’s future immigration policy includes a points-based system designed to end ‘cheap labour from Europe’.

World

Court says Spain was right to deport migrants immediately

The European Court of Human Rights has backed Spain’s immediate deportation of two African migrants who tried to enter one of its African enclaves.

Germany

Germany says it will not grant asylum to 'climate refugees'

More than 25 million people are forced to move every year around the world because of the effects of climate change. Experts are divided as to whether they should be granted refugee status.

Italy

Matteo Salvini sent to trial over alleged 'migrant kidnapping'

Italy's Senate votes to send ex-interior minister Salvini to trial over alleged 'migrant kidnapping'

Ireland

Irish election: the view from Ireland's long-term asylum seekers

Although there has been campaign discussion of Ireland’s housing and economy, there has been little about ‘direct provision’ and those in it.

World News

It's World Day Without Mobile Phones — unless you're a migrant

For some, World Day Without Mobile Phones is a chance to forgo a luxury. For others, smartphones are a means of survival.

United Kingdom

UK, French authorities intercept over 220 migrants in English Channel

Ninety migrants were intercepted in British waters on Thursday — the highest number in a single day.