90,000 asylum claims in Austria in 2015: Govt
Austria registered 90,000 asylum claims in 2015, government figures showed on Tuesday, a rise of more than 200 percent compared to 28,000 the year before and just 11,000 in 2010.
Jan 12, 2016, 16:23 PM IST
Germany to speed up asylum process
Germany has unveiled plans to speed up the asylum process, after the governing coalition resolved a rift on the issue, a media report said on Friday.
Nov 06, 2015, 12:56 PM IST
Angela Merkel to hold talks with coalition partners on refugee crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold emergency talks with the leaders of her two coalition partners over the weekend in a bid to resolve a dispute over tackling the refugee crisis, which is threatening to tear apart her two-year old government, as thousands of asylum seekers continued to stream into this country.
Oct 31, 2015, 14:38 PM IST
Migrants at British base in Cyprus claim asylum
Some of the 114 migrants who arrived recently by boat at a British airbase in Cyprus have asked for asylum, the British military said on Saturday, but their fate remains in limbo.
Oct 24, 2015, 21:22 PM IST
'Islamic State recruiting from Norway asylum camps'
Islamic State (IS) extremists have been spotted attempting to recruit refugees from asylum camps in Norway, a media report said on Saturday.
Oct 24, 2015, 17:56 PM IST
Germany toughens up asylum rules as migrants stream in
German will toughen up its asylum rules as it faces an unprecedented number of migrants arriving from Syria and elsewhere.
Oct 24, 2015, 05:23 AM IST
Germany beefs up asylum rules as half a million cross Mediterranean
Germany toughened rules Tuesday for asylum seekers from the Balkans as Europe struggled to cope with a record surge in migrants, with those crossing the Mediterranean exceeding the half a million mark.
Sep 29, 2015, 18:31 PM IST
Asylum seeker arrested in Denmark after police stabbing
Danish police on Tuesday arrested a Palestinian man suspected of stabbing a policeman at the country`s largest reception centre for asylum seekers, which had sparked a manhunt in the area.
Sep 29, 2015, 18:30 PM IST
Angela Merkel seeks German unity on migrant crisis
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged Germans to bring back the spirit of the country`s reunification in 1990 to help face today`s challenge of integrating hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants.
Sep 26, 2015, 17:48 PM IST
Montenegro prepares for migrants influx
Montenegro is preparing for the likely influx of migrants from Syria and beyond as they carve out a new path on their journey to Western Europe, the government said Friday.
Sep 25, 2015, 20:38 PM IST
Sweden coping with refugee inflow, may use prisons as housing
Sweden could use empty prisons and army barracks as emergency shelter for record numbers of refugees arriving in the Nordic country, the government said on Friday.
Sep 25, 2015, 20:37 PM IST
Finnish government condemns racist attack on refugees
Finland`s government condemned a racist protest in which demonstrators -- including one dressed in a Ku Klux Klan outfit -- attacked a bus transporting asylum seekers in the early hours of Friday.
Sep 25, 2015, 15:09 PM IST
