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Bicske: Hundreds refusing to leave migrant train

500 people are refusing to get off a train in Bicske, a small Hungarian town 40 kilometres west of Budapest, according to agency reports. A tense

World News

Calls grow for overhaul of EU asylum laws

With the numbers of desperate people fleeing war and poverty showing no signs of abating the foreign ministers of Germany France and Italy have

Germany

Migrants: thousands bed down for the night in Budapest

Nightfall in Budapest has not dimmed the protests outside the city’s main railway station. Hundreds of migrants are stranded here. On Tuesday, the

World News

Hungary's hardline stance on refugees 'benefits' people smugglers

Campaigners for migrants’ welfare in Hungary say the government’s hardline stance towards refugees is costing the country a fortune. They have called

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Hungary

'From death to death': a Syrian refugee's journey

Ahmed, a Syrian man, and his wife wait with hundreds of other migrants at a railway station in central Budapest hoping to find a smuggler to take

Republic of North Macedonia

Thousands of migrants enter Serbia as Macedonian border opens

More than 5,000 migrants entered Serbia on Sunday, resuming their journey to western Europe after the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia abandoned

Cinema

Documentaries shine spotlight on Jordan's refugee crisis and Pakistani rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai

New documentary film “Salam Neighbour” follows the story of two Americans experiencing life at Jordan’s sprawling, Zataari refugee camp, near the

Iraq

Iraqi refugees return home to Tikrit

Hundreds of people displaced from the Iraqi city of Tikrit have begun returning home. It is three months since pro-government forces recaptured

Europe News

EU calls for 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy, Greece to be relocated

EU member states should take in some 40,000 asylum seekers, mainly from Syria and Eritrea, who land in Italy and Greece over the next two years, the

Germany

Protests in German town after suspected arson at asylum shelter

Residents of an eastern German town held a protest on Saturday, in solidarity with refugees following a suspected arson attack on a building intended

Greece

Syrian refugees stage hunger strike at Greek parliament

World News

Are some EU countries shunning their responsibilities over asylum seekers?

Syria

Syria: President al-Assad’s forces focus efforts on strategic town near Lebanon

Papua New Guinea

One dead, many hurt as asylum seekers riot at PNG detention camp

My Europe Series

Bonus interview: Sobhan, a Baha'i Iranian refugee

My Europe Series

Bonus Mansour Osanlou interview

My Europe Series

Bonus interview: an Iranian homosexual in exile

My Europe Series

Iranian voices from Turkey

World

Lebanon: The Syrian refugee factor

My Europe Series

Asylum: Fixing a broken system