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Asylum-seeker reception centre petrol-bombed in Finland

Police are investigating after three petrol bombs were thrown at the entrance of an asylum-seeker reception centre in central Finland. Around 80

Greece

Lesbos migrant 'hotspot' begins processing asylum seekers

As around 2,000 migrants continue to arrive on the Greek islands per day the EU plan to set up five “hotspots” to register, screen and interview

Greece

Migrants: serious bottlenecks on Greece's northern border

Taxi strike means thousands are stranded on FYROM border

Greece

Refugee crisis: a Nobel Peace Prize for the "Heroes of the Aegean"?

The people of the eastern Aegean islands have seen their lives change dramatically over the last 12 months. An unprecedented wave of refugees, many

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'One document to fit all' - police push for coordinated migrant registration

As the European Union struggles with trying to agree a common policy on the refugee crisis, several western Balkan countries have unilaterally agreed

World News

Syrian donors' conference calls for $9 billion

Seventy world leaders to attend Syria donors’ conference UN hopes to raise $9 billion to secure futures for refugees Aim is to avoid a ‘lost

Greece

Migrants: We are not a concentration camp says Greek minister

Panos Kammeros has strong words for Europe

Europe News

Bid to stop Zeebrugge becoming migrant magnet

Belgian police are cracking down on migrants arriving in Zeebrugge, with more than 450 people reportedly stopped in the port area over the past

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Greece creates more migrant registration centres

Greece is setting up two new registration centres for migrants arriving on its island of Lesbos. Its partly in response to EU criticism that

Jordan

UK berates Russia ahead of Donors' Conference on Syria

Ahead of the London Donors’ Conference on Syria, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visited the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The conference

Greece

Another night in the cold for refugees en route to FYROM

Large crowds of migrants in Greece join thousands already waiting to cross the border into the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on

World News

Europol sounds alarm over 10,000 missing migrant children

Europol has alerted the authorities to an aspect of the migrant crisis ignored until now; the fact that 10,000 children have gone missing, and will

World News

10,000 refugee children are missing, says Europol

The EU's criminal intelligence agency warns traffickers are targeting unaccompanied children for sex work and slavery.

Sweden

Sweden: masked men threaten to attack migrant children

Amid growing tensions over immigration in Sweden, pro and anti demonstrators have taken to the streets of Stockholm. The country of 10 million

Germany

Germany: AfD leader calls for right of border police to shoot at illegal migrants

Frauke Petry, one of the leaders of right-wing German opposition party Alternative for Germany (AfD), has sparked outrage with provocative comments

Turkey

Dozens dead, scores rescued - migrant boat sinks off Turkey coast

More than 35 people, including several children, have drowned and 75 have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants and refugees to Greece sank of

Greece

WATCH: Football players at Greek match stage protest in support of refugees

World News

Germany: hand grenade thrown at asylum centre

The German government pledges action as the number of attacks soars

World News

Germany gets ready for carnival season with stiffer security

Carnival season is about to kick off in Germany, a week-long festive binge to dispel the chills of winter, but this year preparations are tinged by

Germany

Germany agrees new measures to stem flow of migrants

More than a million migrants arrived in Germany last year – and now Berlin is making moves to stem the flow. New measures agreed include a two-year