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UNHCR despairs over Europe's lack of solidarity in handling refugee crisis

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, on Wednesday criticised the lack of solidarity across in Europe in addressing the

Belgium

Belgium turns back migrants and refugees at border with France

Migrants and refugees arriving at the Belgian town of La Panne, on the border with France, on Wednesday were being turned back by police. Belgium has

Hungary

Hungary to hold referendum on EU migrant quotas

Hungary’s right-wing government under Viktor Orban is to call a referendum on the European Union’s mandatory quotas on migrants. The prime minister

World

Yanis Varoufakis and his plan to take on Europe - again

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis locked horns with the European establishment, and ultimately had to stand down. But now the bad boy of

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Greece

Migrants bussed back to Athens from border

Backlog impacts on the Greek capital as Athens stirs up a diplomatic row with Austria

France

French court delays decision on Calais jungle demolition

A French court has delayed a decision on whether to demolish part of the Calais migrant camp known as the jungle.

Germany

Shelter for gay refugees opens in Berlin

A gay rights group in Germany has opened a new shelter in Berlin for homosexual refugees who are often harrassed by fellow refugees.

Greece

The domino effect - new border controls leave migrants stuck in Greece

As more and more border controls are introduced amid Europe’s migrant crisis, dominoes are falling all the way to Greece. Around 800 Afghan migrants

France

Calais camp migrants await eviction order ruling

In Calais people living in the migrant camp are still unsure of what will happen to their makeshift homes. A French judge is set to rule on the

Germany

German government slams migrant attacks

The German government has condemned the latest outbreak of far-right, anti-migrant sentiment in the country as “shameful”. Szenen in #Clausnitz

Republic of North Macedonia

Fears of a bottleneck as Macedonian-Greek border restrictions tightened

Clashes broke out on Greece’s northern border as dozens of migrants attempted to tear down and climb over a fence into the Former Yugoslav Republic

World News

Australian authorities decide to deport 'Baby Asha'

Australian officials have come under fire over the contentious case of Asha, a baby born in Australia to Nepalese parents. It has been decided that

France

Jude Law and others push for 'Jungle' children to be protected

Some of the biggest names in British film and television have made a desperate plea for the safety of unaccompanied migrant children. Jude Law and

Greece

FYROM blocks Afghan migrants at border

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has reportedly closed its southern frontier with Greece to Afghan migrants. Only Iraqis and Syrians are

World News

Berlin Film Festival: 'Fire at Sea' about migrant crisis wins Golden Bear

Director Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary “Fuocoammare” or Fire at Sea, about the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, has won the coveted Golden Bear

World News

German police defend their handling of migrant bus unrest

Accused of being heavy-handed, police in eastern Germany have defended their forced removal of asylum seekers from a bus which was surrounded by

Germany

66th Berlin Film Festival: "Fuocoammare" wins golden bear for best film

Italy

Human chain says 'no' to building a fence between Austria and Italy

About 250 people form a human chain at the alpine International Brenner Pass to say no to the construction of a fence between Austria and Italy

World News

Under fire over new migrant quotas, Austria says stricter limits are needed

Its new migrant quotas have infuriated other EU states. But Austria, the last stop en route to Germany for hundreds of thousands of refugees who have

World News

Every day child migrants drown in the Med, the UN reveals

On average two children have been drowning every day in the eastern Mediterranean the UN’s refugee agency has revealed. It started its calculation