migrants
EU should bear responsibility for refugees: NGOs
Middle East
October 1, 2015
EU should bear responsibility for refugees: NGOs
Human rights organization ProAsyl’s director Gunter Burkhardt has criticized new measures of the EU and Germany to address the refugee…
Mediterranean migrant crossings top 500,000 in 2015
World
September 29, 2015
Mediterranean migrant crossings top 500,000 in 2015
More than half a million migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year -- 383,000…
Austria urges debate on refugee spending and EU deficit rules
World
September 27, 2015
Austria urges debate on refugee spending and EU deficit rules
The rising cost of looking after refugees may scupper the budget plans of some European governments, and Brussels should consider…
UN warns refugee flow to Europe is ‘tip of the iceberg’
Middle East
September 25, 2015
UN warns refugee flow to Europe is ‘tip of the iceberg’
The current flow of up to 8,000 migrants each day into Europe may only be the tip of the iceberg…
Lack of EU migrant strategy reignites Serbia-Croatia tensions
World
September 25, 2015
Lack of EU migrant strategy reignites Serbia-Croatia tensions
Former Yugoslav foes Serbia and Croatia traded embargoes and insults on Thursday in the latest fallout from Europe's failure to…
Migrant influx to Greece’s Lesbos continues for second day
World
September 24, 2015
Migrant influx to Greece’s Lesbos continues for second day
About 1,200 migrants and refugees arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos on Thursday in under an hour, in the…
Attempt of 15 Africans for migration into Italy aborted
Egypt
September 24, 2015
Attempt of 15 Africans for migration into Italy aborted
The border guards in Beheira's Mediterranean city of Rosetta aborted an illegal immigration bid by 15 Africans into Italy. The illegal…
Hungary beefs up border with army, warns migrants to stay away
World
September 22, 2015
Hungary beefs up border with army, warns migrants to stay away
Hungary's parliament authorized the government on Monday to deploy the army to help handle a wave of migrants, granting the…
SPECIAL REPORT: Commercial ships scoop up desperate human cargo
Middle East
September 21, 2015
SPECIAL REPORT: Commercial ships scoop up desperate human cargo
In October last year, bulk carrier CS Caprice was shipping a cargo of barley across the Mediterranean when it answered…
Refugee crisis to test EU at summit of divided leaders
World
September 21, 2015
Refugee crisis to test EU at summit of divided leaders
Bitterly-divided European leaders will seek to find a credible response to the continent's worst migration crisis since World War Two…