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Syrian refugee tripped by shamed camera woman is named

The Syrian man tripped up by shamed Hungarian camera operator Petra László has been identified as a ‘dream team’ football coach. Osama al-Abd

My Europe Series

Refugees group urges EU to adopt common asylum policy

More than 365,000 asylum seekers have arrived on the shores of Italy and Greece since the start of the year, according to a new report. The European

Germany

Migrants: Angela Merkel visits Berlin registration centre

Angela Merkel has visited a centre processing asylum applications in Berlin. The German Chancellor praised employees for their hard work and

World News

What the top tweets worldwide are saying about #refugees

The poignant and compelling images of desperate people risking everything to find refuge in Europe continue to generate reams of comment and reaction

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Hungary

Hungary buses refugees from cornfield to official transit centre

In Hungary, hundreds of refugee continued crossing from Serbia on Thursday. They were heading for a makeshift camp which has been home to thousands

Denmark

Danish authorities reopen border with Germany

Danish authorities have reopened motorway and rail links with Germany. The border crossings were closed on Wednesday in a bid to stem a flow of

Denmark

Denmark blocks rail and road links with Germany to stop refugee flow

Denmark has closed road and rail links to Germany in a bid to block refugees from heading north to Sweden. Police tried in vain to persuade people to

Poland

Poland says it is considering taking in more migrants than expected

Poland has announced it is considering taking in more than the 2,000 migrants it earlier declared. Following a meeting on immigration, Prime Minister

Denmark

Denmark blocks routes to Germany as refugees refuse to register

Denmark has stopped all trains running to Germany due to exception passport checks. The move comes after hundreds of refugees travelling from Germany

World News

How many refugees is Juncker asking each EU state to take in?

Turkey

Turkish refugee camps for Syrians set high standard

Syrians in the Nizip Refugee Camp are thankful for Turkey’s open-handed hospitality. For one thing, the 10,500 people in Nizip, around 50km from the

Hungary

Volunteers left to clean up rubbish at refugee centres in Budapest

Europe News

EU's Juncker urges governments to accept refugee quota plan

National governments must accept binding quotas to relocate asylum seekers if they are to tackle the EU’s refugee crisis, European Commission chief

Venezuela

Venezuela offers to take in 20,000 Syrian refugees

Venezuela has said it stands ready to give asylum to 20,000 refugees from the conflict in Syria. “I want 20,000 Syrians to come to our Venezuelan

Europe News

EU set to unveil fresh migration plan

EU officials will unveil this Wednesday a new proposals to resettle close to 160,000 asylum-seekers across Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Germany

Germany pleads for quotas of refugees as thousands more arrive and weather chills

Thousands more refugees arrived on Tuesday (Sept. 8) from Hungary into Austria, where the weather is getting colder. Austrian police say at least

World News

UN says one million migrants should reach Europe by 2016

The United Nations says Europe must offer guaranteed relocation for Syrian refugees. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says around one million migrants

Denmark

Denmark: launches anti-migrant ad campaign

The Danish immigration ministry has placed adverts in leading Lebanese newspapers to discourage refugees from heading to Denmark. #Denmark runs

Greece

Syrian journalist films perilous crossing from Turkey to Greece

Many immigrants flowing into Europe recently have entered via Greece, having made a short but often dangerous journey across the sea from Turkey with

Hungary

Around 300 migrants give up their desperate struggle to walk to the Hungarian capital

A group of around 300 migrants, many from Syria, abandoned their struggle to to walk the Hungarian capital Budapest on Monday night. Desperate and