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Migrants: what Merkel said to her parliament

German Chancellor speaks to the Bundestag the day before the start of a crucial EU summit

Greece

Migrants heckle EU commissioner in Idomeni

10,000 are stranded on the border separating Greece from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Europe News

Cyprus objections could derail EU‒Turkey migrant deal

Cyprus said on Tuesday it won’t back any acceleration of negotiations for Turkey’s EU membership, jeopardising an accord between the EU and Ankara

Greece

Greece buckles under migrant pressure

Greece is buckling as migrants exert unprecedented pressure on Greek resources. Refugees continue to stream across the Aegean Sea from Turkey

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World News

Greek-Macedonian border breached by migrants, as three drown crossing river

As hundreds of migrants attempted to get across a swollen river, Macedonian police say two men and a woman drowned

World News

Greek-Macedonian border breached by migrants, as three drown crossing river

Officials say they are now taking steps to return the group of migrants who breached a border fence and crossed into Macedonian territory

Greece

Greece refugee crisis: Fears of disease as rain turns Idomeni into 'swamp'

“Merkel! Merkel! Merkel!” Stranded for days at Greece’s northern border, migrants chanted the name of the European leader they hope can set them back

Greece

Greece steps up efforts to get migrants into sheltered camps

Greece is stepping up emergency efforts to help the scores of migrants and refugees now trapped in the country. Around three-thousand people have

Greece

Migrant crisis takes centre stage as Hollande hosts European left leaders

The migrant crisis was central on Saturday as Europe’s left-leaning leaders gathered in Paris for talks with French President Francois Hollande

Greece

Protests at Idomeni as Greece plans to relocate stranded refugees

Compared to the chaotic scenes Idomeni has witnessed recently, one operation to distribute items to refugees on Saturday unfolded in a relatively

Greece

'It is very hard': a young widow and mother's struggle in Idomeni

At least 13,000 of the almost 42,000 refugees and migrants stuck in Greece are camped out in Idomeni, near the Macedonian border. Among them are

Greece

The dead end at Idomeni: thousands struggle in worsening conditions

It was once a site of hope, another border crossed off on the often perilous journey to western Europe. But after Macedonian authorities closed the

Germany

Germany's regional elections are a big test for Merkel

Votes in three states risk undermining the German Chancellor's policies and eroding her power base

Germany

Graffiti artwork of drowned Aylan highlights refugees' plight

A huge graffiti image of toddler Aylan Kurdi, pictures of whose dead body stirred global sympathy for migrants fleeing war and poverty, confronts

Republic of North Macedonia

Greek-Macedonian border 'not closed' says president

The president of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia spoke with euronews earlier about the migrant crisis. Gjorge Ivanov said the border at

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU-Turkey 'deal' under fire

In this week’s edition of Europe Weekly: Rights groups and MEPs criticise a tenative deal between the EU and Turkey on migration; refugees find their

Greece

Migrants fight for free bread and eggs at Greek-Macedonian border

Europe: a place where migrants battle each other for free bread, potatoes and eggs thrown at them from the back of a lorry. Conditions at Idomeni’s

World

Migrants risk all to cross the Aegean Sea

As the flow of migrants continues to flow across the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece Europe’s news crews are following the story.

Germany

Anti-migrant AfD tipped for success in Germany's 'Super Sunday' elections

Regional elections in Germany this weekend – the first since the refugee crisis began – are expected to propel the anti-migrant Alternative for

Greece

Greece: 42,000 migrants and counting as European borders stay shut

With the door still firmly shut to thousands of migrants and refugees on the Macedonian border, we asked our Athens correspondent Stamatis Giannisis