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Hundreds of migrants rounded up in Tripoli

Experts warn of a potential increase in numbers on the Central Mediterranean route

Vatican

Pope Francis visits Syrian refugees on Lesbos: a 'day to cry'

Pope Francis said his day visiting refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos had been a “day to cry.” He returned to Rome, with a dozen extra passengers

Greece

Pope Francis returns to Rome, leaving behind protests in Lesbos

Pope Francis has touched down in Rome, with a dozen extra passengers. The Pontiff returned to the Italian capital with three Syrian families. The

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"You are not alone," Pope Francis tells migrants stranded in Greece

Pope Francis was greeted by emotional people, who begged him for help, when he visited Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday

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Greece

Pope Francis to take 12 Syrian refugees to the Vatican after Lesbos visit

Pope Francis is to take 12 Syrian refugees – including six children – back to the Vatican following a visit to the Moria migrant and refugee camp on

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Pope Francis face-to-face with refugees

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians have met migrants at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek

Greece

"Do not lose hope" Pope tells migrants on Lesbos

Pope Francis joined by Patriarch Bartholomew and the Archbishop of Athens, Ieronimos II.

Greece

The Pope meets migrants and refugees on Lesbos

Pope Francis joined by Patriarch Bartholomew and the Archbishop of Athens, Ieronimos II.

World

Music and maths to show solidarity with refugees who arrive in Europe

Europe is more than ever divided with how it reacts to the refugee crisis. Television channels across Europe have reported on the fences which have

Cinema

'Fire at Sea' award winning documentary on a contemporary reality

Gianfranco Rosi has been in Greece for the premiere of his latest documentary, 'Fuocoammare' (Fire at sea), which won the Golden Bear at this year's 66th Berlinale. The production won also the Prize o

Europe News

MEPs scrutinise EU-Turkey migration deal

The EU’s deal to send migrants back from Greece to Turkey For every Syrian migrant sent back, one already in Turkey will be resettled inside the

Republic of North Macedonia

More tear gas as migrants vent frustration at Idomeni

Migrants trapped on the Greek side of the border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia again vented their frustration at being unable to

World News

Austria beefs up border controls, expecting a massive migrant influx

Austria has begun construction work at the Brenner Pass Alpine crossing with Italy. Officially there are no plans for a border fence right now.

Greece

Greece seeks to clear migrants from Piraeus port as tourist season nears

As the summer season approaches, Greece is stepping up efforts to evacuate migrants from its biggest port of Piraeus, the main gateway to the Aegean

Greece

Greece protests over FYROM police's 'excessive violence'

Greece has accused its northern neighbour the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) of excessive use of violence after Sunday’s border scenes

Greece

Deported migrants call for freedom from behind barred windows

Some 325 migrants have been deported to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos under an EU deal. They wait to learn of their fate inside a fenced

Germany

Germany registers 112% jump in asylum applications

Officials say the year-on-year from 2015 is due to a backlog in paperwork and the number of arrivals is going down.

My Europe Series

The lucrative business of migration

Criminals based in Turkey have picked up an unexpected windfall with the arrival in the country of hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees and

My Europe Series

Boom times for Turkey's lucrative smuggling rings

Criminals based in Turkey have reaped huge profits from the human windfall of hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees and migrants that have flooded into the country. A lucrative business has spru

My Europe Series

Misery for migrants amid Italian reception swindle

It’s called the Orange Tree village. Set in the Sicilian plain, near the town of Mineo, it once hosted American soldiers. Circled with barbed wire