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Greece

Idomeni: Greece says operation to clear camp going smoothly

An operation to clear Europe’s biggest makeshift refugee camp is progressing without problems, Greek officials say.

World News

Greece begins evacuation of Idomeni refugee camp

Greek authorities on Tuesday began a dawn operation to gradually evacuate the country’s largest informal refugee camp at Idomeni on the Macedonian…

Turkey

Controversial World Humanitarian Summit opens

Despite criticism from some NGO’s that it is simply ‘a fig-leaf of good intentions’ the first World Humanitarian Summit has opened in…

Turkey

Humanitarian Summit seeks solutions in Istanbul

The World Humanitarian Summit, the first of its kind,is taking place in Istanbul.

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My Europe Series

In pursuit of the American dream

Euronews travels to Arizona and Texas to find out how successive waves of migrants have fared.

My Europe Series

Which US city welcomes the most refugees?

Euronews travels to the Lone Star State to find out how even there, the story of immigration has not run smoothly.

My Europe Series

Immigration: how do the US and EU compare?

Amid election talk of legislative reform on both sides of the Atlantic, is immigration becoming a political football?

Greece

Clashes in Idomeni as migrant frustration boils over

There have been more violent clashes over night between police and migrants in the tent city that has been created on Greece’s northern border with the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)

Jordan

Soccer star Mesut Ozil has kickabout with young Syrian refugees

Young Syrian refugees in Jordan have been having a kickabout with Germany and Arsenal soccer star Mesut Ozil.

Italy

Tough sentences demanded for suspected people smugglers

Prosecutors in Sicily have demanded an 18-year jail sentence for a man accused of captaining an overloaded migrant boat that sank in April. Up to 800

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU and Turkey trade blows over visa deal

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Brussels and Ankara trade barbs over a planned visa-free travel deal for Turkish residents; Workers protest over

World

A daring seven kilometre swim across the hazardous Aegean Sea by one Syrian migrant.

Television channel France 3 highlighted the remarkable story of Amir. The Syrian was determined to make a new in Europe but he did not follow the

Italy

More refugees now arriving in Italy than in Greece

A thousand people rescued at sea were set to land in Italy on Friday. For the first time in a year, more refugees and migrants are arriving there than in Greece.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: EU-Turkey row rumbles on

This is the Brief From Brussels: a daily round-up of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

Greece

"My home is a stadium" - Euronews talks to refugees in Athens

Elliniko was the venue for the hockey and basketball fixtures during the 2004 Olympics. Now it is home to more than a thousand refugees.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: MEPs rally against Turkey deal

This is The Brief From Brussels with all the stories making headlines in Europe’s de facto political capital. In this episode: MEPs warn they will

Yemen

Life for the displaced in Yemen - an exclusive Euronews report

Since March 2015 Yemen has been engulfed in an armed conflict between the Huthi militia and allies of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi supported by

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: MEPs threaten to block Turkey deal

This is The Brief from Brussels: a daily programme that brings you all the news and views which are making headlines in Europe’s de facto political…

Greece

Abandoned life jackets in Lesbos giving new hope to refugees

Life jackets are a poignant symbol of the refugee crisis in Greece. Thousands of them which had been abandoned on the beaches of Lesbos are now

Syria

Syrian and Russian military deny conducting air strike on refugee camp

The Syrian military has denied it conducted deadly air strikes on a refugee camp near the Turkish border. It comes after the Russian Defence Ministry