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Action by European states to welcome refugees from Syria and Iraq

The tide of refugees from Syria and Iraq and the possible effect on European states was a subject examined by many television channels. Spanish

My Europe Series

Turkey poised to get visa-free travel as number of refugees heading to Greece falls

In this edition of Europe Weekly: The EU stands ready to give Turkey visa-free travel, warnings of “high risk” for the EU and Eurozone economy in

My Europe Series

A warm welcome? Europe's tough task of resettling refugees

Last year saw the highest number of people fleeing their country since World War II.

My Europe Series

Healing the traumas suffered by refugees at a centre in Milan

The psychosocial centre of the Niguarda hospital is in a quiet street in Milan. Its ethnopsychiatric service deals with around 300 refugees and

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My Europe Series

Integrating migrants key to strengthening EU's 'social system,' says expert

Integration policies for refugees vary from one European country to the next. Euronews’ insiders programme spoke to Eugenio Ambrosi, who heads the

Syria

Air strike kills dozens in Syrian refugee camp

Activists and eyewitnesses say at least 28 people have been killed by the attack on the refugee camp in the rebel-held north of the country.

Syria

Dozens dead in air strikes on camp for internally displaced in Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is reporting at least 28 people have been killed in air strikes on a camp for the internally displaced in

My Europe Series

A place to call home? The challenge of integrating Europe's migrants

The migrant crisis has brought scores of refugees and asylum seekers to Europe. But what happens after they arrive in the EU? Adjusting to local life

World News

Migrants in Idomeni react angrily to idea of visa-free Schengen travel for Turkey

Those anxiously waiting on the Greek-Macedonian border have reacted angrily to the European Commission’s decision to conditionally recommend

Europe News

EU states could face €250,000 fine for each refugee they refuse to accept

The Brief from Brussels is a daily round-up of the important stories making headlines in Europe’s de facto political capital. In this episode: the

Lebanon

The plight of Syrian refugees born in Lebanon and who could become stateless

Born stateless, nowhere they can truely call home. Fifty thousand Syrians have been born without papers in Lebanon according to the United Nations

World News

Australia vows no change in asylum policy after Somali woman sets herself on fire

Australia has vowed no change to its refugee policy after a Somali woman seeking asylum set fire to herself in protest over her detention on the

Denmark

Denmark extends controls on German border, EU set to allow more Schengen exceptions

Denmark has extended temporary controls on its border with Germany, first imposed in January to help regulate an influx of migrants. The measures

World News

The EU agreement with Turkey on Syrian refugees

There was hope garnered with a smile of satisfaction as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Donald Tusk and Turkish Prime

World News

90,000 unaccompanied children seek refugee in Europe in 2015

Nearly 90,000 unaccompanied children claimed asylum in the EU last year, according to official figures. 2015 saw a sharp rise on the number of

Germany

Germany's AfD party adopts anti-Islam manifesto

The German ant-immigration party, ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD), has adopted an anti-Islam manifesto on the second day of its two-day conference in

Italy

Dozens of migrants missing as Italy responds to shipwreck off Libya

Twenty-six migrants have been rescued by an Italian cargo ship off the coast of Libya, but dozens more are said to be missing. Video footage released

Europe News

UN urges restraint in Syrian conflict as peace talks stumble on

Euronews correspondent Sándor Zsiros spoke with UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson during his visit to Brussels this week. In this excerpt of

World News

Berlin and Vienna pressure Rome to take responsibility for migrants

Germany’s interior minister said on Friday that migrants should no longer be able to get to northern Europe through the former Yugoslav Republic of

Culture news

Ai Weiwei promises documentary to follow refugee shows

The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has announced that he will release a documentary film next year on the refugee crisis. Ai, often described as