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Evictions at Calais camp enter fourth day amid mouth-sewing protests

Despite migrants sewing their mouths together, evictions and demolition work went on into a fourth day at a camp in Calais

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Welcome Among Us, an evening of classical music for refugees in Germany

Berlin hosted a special classical concert at the city's Philharmonic Hall exclusively for refugees and volunteers.

World News

Tusk tells migrants: Do not come to Europe

The European Council President Donald Tusk has warned potential migrants not to risk coming to Europe. Speaking after talks with the Greek Prime

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Idomeni: between the borders

Thousands of refugees and migrants are still waiting at a holding area close to the city of Idomeni on the border between Greece and Macedonia after

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France

Migrants sew lips together to protest treatment in Calais Jungle

Migrants in France sewed their lips together in protest of their treatment in the Calais camp known as the “Jungle.” The seven men, mostly from Iran

Belgium

EU launches emergency aid fund as Greece struggles with migrant crisis

Greece calls for help with build up of migrants on its borders - UN says children are most at risk

Europe News

Croatian PM calls for more EU help with refugees

Croatia’s prime minister has called on the EU to do more to help governments struggling with the influx of refugees and migrants. Croatia is one of

World News

UNHCR warns Europe is on the cusp of a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has warned Europe is on the cusp of a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis. Much of the evidence

Europe News

EU plans new aid scheme to help Greece with refugees

The EU plans to launch a new refugee aid programme as Greece struggles deal with the influx of migrants to its shores. The UN has warned that there

World News

EU unveils multi-million aid plan to help ease migrant crisis

The EU has agreed a three-billion euro aid deal with Turkey to help it shelter refugees, mainly from Syria

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Evacuation of the Calais jungle

The evacuation of the migrant camp in Calais: the bulldozers continued to tear shelters apart in the southern part of the so-called ‘jungle’.

France

Aid agencies slam French destruction of Calais migrant camp

The French authorities continued clearing the southern part of the Calais migrant camp known as the Jungle on Tuesday as police stood guard in case

World News

Europe's leaders weigh in on best way to deal with migrant crisis

Divisions deepen and opinions differ over how the European Union should deal with the migrant crisis.

Greece

UN warns of looming humanitarian crisis in Greece as migrant numbers soar

The UN refugee agency says crowded and appalling condition for migrants have been fuelling tensions and violence on the Greek border with the former

World News

How many children have drowned since Alan Kurdi and that photo?

More than 300 migrant children have died attempting the Turkey-Greece sea crossing in the six months since the much-publicised death of Syrian

USA

Kerry says "increasingly concerned" about Syrian refugees

The United States says it considers the refugee crisis in Syria to be a global problem. Speaking in Washington after talks with his German

France

More confrontations at Calais migrant camp after bulldozers move in

More confrontations at Calais camp Save the Children condemn forced clearance French government see camp demolition as humanitarian action There

Greece

EU seeks to heal divisions over migration crisis

Thousands of refugees have spent another cold night stranded on Greece’s border with the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia. Earlier

France

Activists blamed as trouble flares during Calais migrant camp eviction

There have been clashes in Calais as police began clearing part of the shanty town in northern France where migrants are trying to reach Britain.

Greece

Border closures fail to deter the flow of people to Greek mainland

And they keep on coming. Despite the closure at the country’s northern border, refugees continue to flood into Greece. At least 2,000 more arrived