EU pledges aid to Greece as migrants mass on border with Turkey
European Union officials promised more cash for Greece during a visit to its border with Turkey which tens of…
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Pope meets with Spanish migrant rescue group leader
Pope Francis has met with the founder of a Spanish aid group whose ship has been blocked from leaving port to…
UN: 1,500 migrants died in Mediterranean in 2018, Italy deadliest route
For the fifth consecutive year, at least 1,500 migrants have died in the Mediterranean, with the route between…
Amnesty accuses EU of abetting migrant rights violations in Libya
European governments are “complicit” in grave human rights violations in Libya through their support for…
Boat sinks off Libya coast, killing at least 31
At least 31 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Saturday. They had been trying…
Europe’s migration crisis casts shadow over Austrian election
Austria voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could see 31-year-old conservative Sebastian Kurz become…
More than 300 Syrian refugees rescued, arrive in Cyprus
Two boats crowded with 305 Syrian refugees arrived in Cyprus overnight, police said on Sunday, one of the largest…
French police use excessive force on Calais migrants: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch pressed France on Wednesday to end what it described as recurrent police violence against…
Italy’s Renzi urges end to “do gooder” mentality on migrant influx
Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, the head of the ruling Democratic Party (PD), said on Friday Italy did not…
At least 24 migrants die in seas off Libya
Red Crescent volunteers found the bodies of 24 migrants on Tuesday that were washed up in an eastern suburb of the…
Pope likens migrant holding centers to ‘concentration camps’
Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had…
Nearly 100 migrants feared missing after boat sinks off Libya, official says
Close to 100 migrants were feared missing after their boat sank off the Libyan coast near Tripoli on Thursday, a…
African migrants seeking Europe sold as ‘slaves’ for $200
African migrants trying to reach Europe are being sold into slavery in Libya, including for sex, for as little as…
Der Spiegel’s Trump beheading cover sparks criticism
Germany's influential weekly news magazine Der Spiegel has come under fire for a cover image showing U.S. President…
Trump: Merkel made ‘catastrophic mistake’ on migrants
US President-elect Donald Trump has said German Chancellor Angela Merkel made "one very catastrophic mistake" by…
US visa-free residency for Cubans ends
President Barack Obama has ended the longstanding policy that grants residency to Cubans who arrive in the US…
Spain Ceuta: Migrants found hidden in car and suitcase
Police have detained two Moroccans who tried to smuggle migrants into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta - two…
Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of ‘crimes against humanity’
Amnesty International says the actions of Myanmar's military may constitute "crimes against humanity" after…
Australia and US reach deal to resettle asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island
Australia and the US have reached a resettlement deal for asylum seekers held in offshore detention centres in…
Pressure growing in EU to freeze Turkish membership talks but no decision yet
European Union foreign ministers will consider on Monday shelving membership talks with Turkey over what they…
Calais migrants: France starts to clear ‘Jungle’ camp
More than 1,200 police and officials in France have started an operation to clear the "Jungle" migrant camp in…
Calais migrants: ‘Jungle’ closure to begin on Monday, France says
France will begin dismantling the "Jungle" migrant camp in the port of Calais by Monday morning, officials say.…
Parliament names illegal immigrants as victims not defendants
After several discussions, the parliament decided to label illegal migrants as victims rather than defendants who…
Dozens killed, hundreds missing after boat with 600 migrants sink off Egypt
A boat reportedly carrying 600 migrants capsized off Wednesday on Egyptian coast near the village of Burg Rashid.…
Germany to accept hundreds of migrants to boost EU programme: Italy
Germany has agreed to take in hundreds of migrants who are blocked in Italy in a move that might revive the…
Fears mount that EU-Turkey migrant deal could collapse
Fears are mounting in the European Union that its months-old pact with Turkey to curb migrant flows could collapse…
Egyptians among top 10 migrant populations to Italy
Egypt occupies the tenth place among countries that see irregular migrants travel to Italy, which is symptomatic…
Italy’s coast guard says over 1,300 migrants rescued at sea
Italy's coast guard said on Saturday it had picked up at sea 1,348 migrants in 11 rescue operations between Sicily…
Turkey to suspend EU migration deal if no visa-free travel for Turks
Turkey would have to suspend its agreement with the European Union to stem the flow of migrants into the bloc if…
EU set to take forward visas for Turks in migrant deal
Despite deep public misgivings in some countries, the European Union will this week drive forward a plan to grant…
EU-Turkey deal only way to solve migration crisis: EU’s Timmermans
The agreement between the European Union and Turkey over stemming the flow of migrants across the eastern…
16 Egyptians killed in Libya as retribution by families of slain human traffickers
16 Egyptians were killed in the central town of Bani Walid in western Libya in the past 24 hours in a fight with…
Greece must stop locking up child migrants, charity warns ahead of pope’s visit
At least 1,500 unaccompanied migrant and refugee children stranded in Greece have nowhere safe to stay, with many…
Crisis-hit EU in asylum shake-up to share migrant burden
A divided European Union on Wednesday unveiled a fresh plan to shake up its failed asylum policy and force…
Migrants sent back from Greece arrive in Turkey under EU deal
Migrants sent back from the Greek island of Lesbos began arriving in Turkey on Monday under a European Union deal…
Turkey ‘building centres’ for migrants turned back under EU deal
Turkish authorities on Saturday raced to set up reception centres to process Syrian and other migrants two days…
EU welcomes bold Turkey plan to stop migrants, defers decision
European Union leaders welcomed Turkey's offer on Monday to take back all migrants who cross into Europe from its…
Greek police start removing migrants from Macedonian border
Greek police started removing migrants from the Greek-Macedonian border on Tuesday after additional passage…
Almost 40 dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey
Almost 40 people drowned and 75 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western…
EU warns Greece over ‘seriously neglected’ borders
Greece has failed to protect the EU's external frontiers from migrants and faces border controls with the rest of…