Europe's migration crisis
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'Who will pay for that?' - migrants clog east Europe trade routes
ReutersBorder closures and tighter controls caused by record numbers of migrants are clogging up trade in southeast and central Europe, driving up costs and forcing transport companies to seek other routes. -
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Turkey's Erdogan mocks EU migrant efforts on eve of visit
ReutersTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan appeared to mock European Union overtures for help with its migration crisis as he arrived for a long-awaited state visit to Brussels and a string of meetings with EU leaders set to start on Monday. -
What do they say to us? ... 'Oh my, don't open your doors, don't let them reach us. They should stay with you."
- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, appearing to mock the European Union overtures for help with its migration crisis when speaking in Strasbourg, according to Hurriyet newspaper.
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Migrants break into Channel Tunnel as tension mounts in Calais
ReutersAbout 200 migrants broke into the Channel Tunnel from France while several hundred others held up lorries near Calais port on Saturday in renewed tension on the route for migrants trying to reach Britain. -
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A migrant boy holds snacks during a giveaway by Turkish volunteers living in Berlin, outside the Berlin Office of Health and Social Affairs (LaGeSo) as migrants wait for their registration in Berlin, Germany September 21, 2015. Picture taken September 21, 2015.
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (C) and Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann (L) visit a refugee camp for Syrians at the city of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, Greece, October 6, 2015. Faymann is the first European Union leader on Tuesday to visit the Greek island of Lesbos to see the impact of Europe's migrant crisis on one of the refugees' preferred entry points into the EU. REUTERS/Dimitris Michalakis
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Finger-printing refugees will 'filter out' militant threats: EU's Timmermans
ReutersFinger-printing and registering all refugees reaching Europe would keep out Islamist militants bent on attacks, the European Commission's deputy chief said on Monday in response to concerns raised in some EU countries. -
Syrian refugees stroll on a street of a low-income neighborhood in Ankara, Turkey, September 29, 2015. Nearly five years after the conflict in Syria began, Turkey has shouldered the brunt of the humanitarian burden, sheltering at least 2.3 million Syrians, the largest refugee population in the world. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
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Refugees and migrants line up to board the Tera Jet passenger ship at the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, October 5, 2015. Refugee and migrant arrivals to Greece this year will soon reach 400,000, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). REUTERS/Dimitris Michalakis
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German authorities accused of playing down refugee shelter sex crime reports
ReutersGermany's police union and women's rights groups accused the authorities on Tuesday of playing down reports of harassment, sexual assault and even rape at refugee shelters because they feared a backlash against asylum seekers. -
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Migrants run towards the Austrian border from Hegyeshalom, Hungary, October 6, 2015. Austria and Germany have committed to backing Greek efforts to secure more EU funds to cope with the influx and to boost staff on the ground. Many of the almost 400,000 migrants who have arrived in Greece this year have later passed through Austria on their way to Germany. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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Migrant Joseph Kuapana, 6, from Congo arrives for a medical check-up with doctor Mathias Wendeborn, at a refugee camp set-up in the former German army base "Bayernkaserne" in Munich, southern Germany, October 6, 2015. Wendeborn, a pediatrician and co-founder of the association 'Refudocs', and about 70 doctors are providing healthcare to migrants in the "Bayernkaserne" during their leisure time. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
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Greek police say break migrant smuggler ring, arrest 12 people
ReutersPolice said on Wednesday they had broken up an international criminal organization smuggling migrants and refugees through Greece, one of the main gateways into the European Union. -
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EU agrees to get tough on deportations
ReutersEuropean Union governments agreed on Thursday to step up deportations of illegal immigrants and discussed creating an border guard force among measures to cope with a surge in refugees from Syria's civil war. -
German economy minister says we have no drawbridge to lift in refugee crisis
ReutersGerman Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday that there was no drawbridge that could be pulled up to stop refugees arriving in Germany and it was unrealistic to close the borders. -
Austrian chancellor casts doubt on EU migrant 'hotspot' plans
ReutersAustrian Chancellor Werner Faymann cast doubt on the workability of the so-called migrant hotspots European leaders plan to create by the end of next month in Greece and Italy to help manage large numbers of refugees. -
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A travel agency employee (R) escorts refugees and migrants to buses heading to the borders of Greece with Macedonia, following their arrival on the Blue Star Patmos passenger ship at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece, October 6, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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Half of Czechs oppose taking in war refugees: survey
ReutersHalf of Czechs are against accepting any refugees from war zones, a survey showed on Wednesday, underlining the deep opposition in the Czech Republic and central Europe to policies opening the door to growing numbers of asylum seekers. -
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He stood on the mud, crows cawing overhead, pointing at unmarked graves. "Here's a mother with her baby. And here's another young woman. Over there, that's a 60-year-old man."
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No place left to die on Greece's Lesbos for refugees lost at sea
ReutersHe stood on the mud, crows cawing overhead, pointing at unmarked graves. "Here's a mother with her baby. And here's another young woman. Over there, that's a 60-year-old man." -
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Migrants wait before being relocated to Sweden at Ciampino military airbase in Rome, Italy, October 9, 2015. Italy will begin relocating asylum seekers under a European Union plan that aims to spread the burden of the continent's biggest migrant crisis since World War Two. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
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German conservatives agree on 'transit zones' for refugees
ReutersGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her Bavarian allies have agreed on a plan to set up "transit zones" at the border to filter out migrants who clearly have no chance of gaining asylum, Bavarian Premier Horst Seehofer said on Monday. -
Iraqi asylum seekers protest against Finland's deportation move
ReutersIraqi asylum seekers rallied in central Helsinki and signed a petition on Monday against Finland's plans to negotiate a deal with Baghdad that could lead to their deportation, arguing that their country should not be considered safe.
UAE's Israel deal met with Arab dismay but quiet welcome in Gulf
JERUSALEM From cries of "betrayal" to fears about "falling dominoes", the deal making the United Arab Emirates the third Arab state to forge ties with Israel stirred anger and dismay around the Middle East, but a cautious welcome from the UAE's Gulf allies.