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Calais children: the story so far

Greece

Asylum-seekers on Lesbos protest against EU's closed border

More than one thousand residents and asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos took to the streets on Tuesday night to protest the European Union’s closed border…

France

French court rejects plea for more time before Calais camp closure

A French court has rejected an attempt by a group of charities to block the imminent closure of the so-called “jungle” migrant camp in Calais.

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: aid agencies braced for massive refugee exodus

The UN has said up to 100,000 Iraqi civilians could flee to Syria and Turkey to escape the military assault on Mosul.

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Italy: On board with migrants

Angela Caponnetto, spent a week on board the “Aquarius” ship, run by the Franco-German organization SOS Méditerranée in partnership with Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without…

France

Calais starts construction of anti-migrant wall

Work has resumed to erect a controversial wall aimed at stopping migrants from illegally entering the Calais ferry terminal.

France

UK to accept children from Calais Jungle camp 'within days'

British and French authorities have begun the process of registering unaccompanied minors with relatives in Britain for transfer to the UK.

France

First of new wave of child refugees in Calais travel to UK

The first group among hundreds of children Britain has agreed to accept from the Calais migrant camp have travelled to London.

France

France: Far-right mayor's anti-migrant posters spark outrage

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Greece

Greece opens reception centre for unaccompanied refugee boys

A new reception centre for unaccompanied refugee boys opened in the suburbs of Athens on Tuesday, offering those who have made the perilous journey to Europe a safe space, away from traffickers and ot

Niger

Merkel in Africa - stemming the migrant flow

The German chancellor is on the second leg of a three-country African tour which started in Mali and will finish in Ethiopia.

Greece

Refugee children start school in Greece

It was school time for hundreds of migrant and refugee children living in camps in Greece on Monday (Oct 10).

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Sicily: 10000 migrants saved in 48 hours

More then 10000 migrants were rescued in the least 2 days (03+04/10) in 72 different operation in the Sicily Channel.

Hungary

EU would be 'raping democracy' if it blocks my law, says Hungary's Orbán

The constitutional amendment proposed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be presented to parliament by Monday (October 10).

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Mediterranean Sea: 6,000 migrants rescued in a day

A major rescue operation took place off the Libyan coast and included the rescue dozens of people travelling on a wooden boat that had departed from Sabratha.

World News

EU politicians mull Hungary referendum result

Both Brussels and Budapest are claiming victory over the migrant quotas referendum – the former the low turnout, the latter that a majority voted against the EU, leaving both sides at…

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Calais: Police clash with migrants and protesters

French riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at migrants and protesters who gathered in defiance of a ban outside the shanty town near Calais known as “the…

Hungary

Hungary's PM says Brussels cannot ignore "migrant quotas" vote

Almost all those who voted in a referendum in Hungary on Sunday rejected EU migrant quotas, but the turnout was too low to make the poll valid.

Hungary

Hungary referendum on EU migrant quotas invalid, less than 50% turnout

The majority have rejected EU migrant quotas, but the turnout wasn’t high enough to pass the 50% threshold to make it valid.

Hungary

Turnout crucial to Hungary referendum result

Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban did but the question is how many other Hungarians will?