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EU BRACES FOR NEW SPRING WAVE OF MIGRANTS TRYING TO CROSS SEA FROM LIBYA
Tens of thousands of people seeking better lives are expected to trek across deserts and board unseaworthy boats in war-torn Libya this year in a desperate... READ MORE›
NEARLY 100 REFUGEES MISSING AFTER BOAT SINKS OFF LIBYA
Nearly 100 people are missing after a boat packed with refugees and migrants sank off the Libyan coast, killing at least eight, according to the Italian coastguard... READ MORE›
MIGRANT DEATH TOLL HITS RECORD AFTER MEDITERRANEAN SHIPWRECKS GROUP SAYS
Four Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks in the past two-and-a-half days have caused about 340 migrants to die or go missing... READ MORE›
ALMOST 100 MISSING FROM WRECKED MIGRANT BOAT OFF LIBYA
Ayoub Gassim, a Navy spokesman in Tripoli, said a survivor reported that 126 people set off Wednesday from Garabulli in northwest Libya, The Guardian reported... READ MORE›
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IMAGE OF DEAD SYRIAN BOY CAPTURES HUMAN TRAGEDY OF EUROPE'S MIGRANT CRISIS
Around 200 migrants were ordered off trains arriving from Austria and Hungary on Monday night... READ MORE›
HUNGARY TO EU: MIGRANT QUOTAS WILL REPEAT WESTERN EUROPE'S 'FAILED' ATTEMPTS AT MULTICULTURALISM
Hungary to eu migrant quotas will repeat western europe's failed attempts at multiculturalism... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 43 DEAD AFTER MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZES NEAR EGYPT
The number of migrants attempting to cross from Egypt to Europe has increased sharply in the past year, according to the European Union border agency Frontex... READ MORE›
EGYPT SHIPWRECK: FOUR ARRESTED, 'DEATH TOLL 'TO RISE'
READ MORE The refugee crisis beyond Europe The Egyptian military said the boat was 12 nautical miles off the coastal town of Rosetta when it capsized... READ MORE›
EU LOOKS TO GAIN TURKISH COOPERATION
There's no majority for replacing national border guards with European ones, said the senior official... READ MORE›
JUNCKER URGES EUROPE TO WELCOME REFUGEES
Spain, which had complained its likely quota was too high, said on Tuesday it was ready to take what the European Union allocated to it... READ MORE›
EUROPE BEGINS SENDING PEOPLE BACK ACROSS THE SEA, DEFYING HUMAN RIGHTS OUTCRY
But even as Europe was sending people back to Turkey aboard ferries, migrants on rafts continued to arrive in Greece... READ MORE›
HOW MACEDONIA BECAME THE LATEST FRONT IN EUROPE'S MIGRANT CRISIS
While Greece is a member of the European Union, its economic troubles mean it is not a desirable place for migrants to stay long-term... READ MORE›
PARIS ATTACKS FORCE EUROPEAN UNION TO ACT ON BORDER CONTROLS
For the European Union, this is a defining moment, said Francois d'Alancon, an analyst at the newspaper La Croix... READ MORE›
NGOS DECRY CHARGES AGAINST VOLUNTEERS IN GREECE
The Greek coast guard in Lesbos only has around three or four boats, she added, justifying the volunteers' work... READ MORE›
EU PLAN TO DEPLOY ARMED GUARDS ON BORDERS AGAINST STATES' WILL
It sees the EU as one state with responsibility for its external borders resting with EU authorities... READ MORE›
MIGRANTS SENT BACK FROM GREECE ARRIVE IN TURKEY UNDER EU DEAL
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR and rights groups have said the deal between the European Union and Turkey lacks legal safeguards... READ MORE›
24 DIE AFTER IRAQI KURDISH REFUGEES BOAT SINKS OFF GREEK ISLAND
On Thursday, Frontex, the European Union's border agency, reported that the share of Syrian migrants arriving in Greece has fallen in recent months... READ MORE›
SMUGGLERS FIND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN NEW PATHS INTO EU
NATO is patrolling the territorial waters of Turkey and Greece, where Mr. Salami and more than 100,000 other migrants have made perilous crossings since January... READ MORE›
AUSTRIA WANTS TO DEPLOY SOLDIERS ON ITALY BORDER, DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS
Under that agreement, Germany is to take in 1,600 migrants initially... READ MORE›
NATO LAUNCHES SEA MISSION AGAINST PEOPLE-SMUGGLERS
The alliance's so-called Standing NATO Maritime Group Two has five ships near Cyprus, led by Germany and with vessels from Canada, Italy, Greece and Turkey... READ MORE›
NATO TO EXPAND PATROLS IN AEGEAN SEA TO STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
That move has prompted sharp criticism from some European Union parliamentarians who say Europe relies too heavily on Turkey to ease the migration crisis... READ MORE›
DEPORTED REFUGEES ARRIVE IN TURKEY AS PART OF EU DEAL
Gauri van Gulik, deputy Europe director at Amnesty International, said that she feared refugees fleeing war and persecution would eventually be forced to go to Turkey... READ MORE›
E.U. BOOSTS POWER OF BORDER AGENCY TO DEPORT MIGRANTS
BRUSSELS Stepping up European attempts to clear away hundreds of thousands of migrants whose asylum claims have been denied E.U... READ MORE›
PLANS TO AGREE QUOTAS TO RELOCATE 160,000 ASYLUM-SEEKERS DRAWS RAGE FROM EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Mr Kukan, who was foreign minister for eight years until 2006, insisted that Slovakia was an open and friendly country... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN LEADERS URGED TO PUT MIGRANTS' LIVES AHEAD OF POLITICS
This is why the European Union was founded not for bond spreads and stability pacts, but for these values... READ MORE›
EU BORDER AGENCY SAYS MIGRANT ARRIVALS IN GREECE DROP 90 PERCENT
The agency, Frontex, said 2,700 people arrived in Greece from Turkey in April, most of them from Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, a 90 percent decline from March... READ MORE›
'THIS DEAL WITH TURKEY IS MERE WISHFUL THINKING BY BRUSSELS'
Turkey, like Jordan and Lebanon, has responded to the crisis with compassion and empathy... READ MORE›
CALM AS EU MIGRANT DEAL TAKES SYMBOLIC FIRST STEP BUT TRUE TEST IS TO COME
Removal of 202 people from Greece to Turkey passes unexpectedly peacefully but observers say these were just the easy cases... READ MORE›
'RACE AGAINST TIME' TO SAVE MIGRANTS ADRIFT ON THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
It also proved to be politically unpopular with some European politicians who said it created a pull factor, encouraging more people to attempt the Mediterranean crossing... READ MORE›
MORE COMPASSION BUT TIGHTER BORDERS A?? JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER UNVEILS AMBITIOUS OVERHAUL OF EUROPE'S MIGRATION POLICY
Refugee crisis More compassion but tighter borders a?? Jean-Claude Juncker unveils ambitious overhaul of Europe's migration policy... READ MORE›
HOPE TURNS TO DESPAIR AS LESBOS CAMP BECOMES OPEN-AIR PRISON
Nadine Abuasil, 25, said she came to Lesbos because life in Turkey since she fled Deraa in Syria a month ago was not worth living... READ MORE›
EU BORDER AGENCY URGES STRONGER BARRIERS AFTER 630,000 ILLEGAL CROSSINGS THIS YEAR
The EU's border agency chief has pleaded for radical changes to the way Europe is dealing with its migrant crisis as he revealed 630,000 people have entere... READ MORE›
EU, ERDOGAN MULL REFUGEE CRISIS PLAN, INCLUDING NORTH SYRIA 'SAFE ZONE'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top EU officials discussed a plan to tackle the spiralling migrant crisis during talks in Brussels Monday, inclu... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL APPEALS TO TURKEY FOR BORDER CONTROLS TO STOP FRESH WAVE OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
Ms Merkel said the bombardment must be brought to an end quickly, and promised that Turkey and Germany would push to halt the fighting in Aleppo... READ MORE›
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WINTRY BLAST IN GREECE IMPERILS REFUGEES IN CROWDED CAMPS
That is partly because the European Union has sent just a fraction of the assistance it pledged to Greece last year to help clear the backlog... READ MORE›
'THEY BEAT US WITH EVERYTHING:' HUNGARIAN AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF SEVERELY ABUSING REFUGEES
'hungary is breaking all the rules for asylum seekers,' human rights watch says... READ MORE›
UN ENVOY BLASTS EU'S 'LACK OF VISION' ON REFUGEE POLICIES
Agreement allows greece to send refugees arriving on or after march 20 back to turkey... READ MORE›
EUROPE'S MIGRANT STORY ENTERS NEW PHASE
The first is the European Union's deal with Turkey... READ MORE›
FOR SYRIANS STUCK IN SOUTHERN TURKEY, FEW OPTIONS 'EXCEPT TO SUFFER'
GAZIANTEP, Turkey -- Hussein Taysoun once saw opportunity in the great migration to Europe... READ MORE›
EU DEPORTATIONS TO TURKEY FROM LESBOS CONTINUE DESPITE PROTESTS
Refugee crisis EU deportations to Turkey from Lesbos continue despite protests... READ MORE›
UN SEEKS STRONGER SAFEGUARDS FOR REFUGEES IN GREECE AND TURKEY
Local government officials in Turkey said more than 200 had arrived from Greece on Monday... READ MORE›
EU STARTS SENDING BOATLOADS BACK TO TURKEY DESPITE OUTCRY
Human rights advocates have expressed concern that Turkey will not provide adequate protection to people in need of asylum... READ MORE›
GREECE BEGINS DEPORTING MIGRANTS
A total of 50,000 migrants and refugees are stranded in Greece following EU and Balkan border closures... READ MORE›
PROTESTS IN GREECE AND TURKEY OVER EU REFUGEE DEAL
Protests against the presence of refugees take place in Greece and Turkey as EU deal is about to get implemented... READ MORE›
UNHCR, MSF WITHDRAW FROM GREECE'S REFUGEE 'HOTSPOTS'
Citing mass expulsion operation, relief groups pulling out say refugees are vulnerable after Turkey-EU deal... READ MORE›
FLOW OF MIGRANTS SLOWS AFTER EU-TURKEY DEAL, SAY TURKISH VILLAGERS
Residents of Bademli village, across the Greek Island of Lesbos, said they had noticed a significant reduction in the illegal flow of migrants on Sunday morning... READ MORE›