Greece will ask for help under the EU’s civil protection mechanism, the country’s migration minister told euronews on Wednesday. Speaking in a

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Belgium drops its terror alert level for Brussels from 4 to 3; a suspect package is found at the city’s main

Random checks on the French-German border. This could become a more common sight after the bloodshed in Paris two weeks ago. France wants tighter

In Greece’s main port of Piraeus the ‘Ariadne’ docked with over 1500 migrants on board. But around 85 of them were detained after it was discovered

Belgian authorities have stepped up security across the country as the investigation continues into the Paris attacks. Two of nine people arrested

In the wake of the attacks on Paris, Britain’s prime minister David Cameron has sent a message of solidarity to the people of France. Cameron called

The EU summit of central and eastern European states grinds on in Brussels as the participants try to get agreement on dealing with the refugee

For the first time a refugee attempting to find shelter in Europe has been shot and killed. The victim was an Afghan attempting to cross the Turkish

The original agreement to allow unhampered movement was signed near Schengen, a small town in Luxembourg, on 14th June, 1985. European Economic

The authorities in Hungary have opened the main train station in Budapest to migrants. International services, however, remain suspended. However

Hungary’s prime minister says Syrian refugees should stop travelling to Europe. Viktor Orban made the comments at a press conference in Brussels. He

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has described the refugee crisis as a “German problem.” He was speaking to reporters after a meeting with the

No information. No facilities. Images from last night (September 2) show how migrants and refugees have spent their last two days and nights in

Keleti Terminus, the main railway station of the Hungarian capital Budapest, has reopened. Migrants have poured in and boarded trains, even though

European Union border control systems are under an unprecedented strain with the asylum seeker crisis. The EU bloc’s external borders have physical

A new group of some 2,500 migrants was ferried to the port of Piraeus, outside the Greek capital, Athens, on Monday. Brought to shore from the

How far has the EU come in developing a common immigration policy? Not far enough, say critics, given the disparity of its voices. None of the

A relentless flow of desperate migrants continued to cross into Hungary on Friday morning, crawling underneath a razor wire fence on the border with

Records have again been broken for the number of migrants flooding into Europe. In Serbia more than 3,200 arrived from the Former Yugoslav Republic