700 migrants held in Macedonia after crossing Greek border
Some 700 refugees and migrants were being held in Macedonia on Tuesday after they managed to slip across the border from Greece, a frontier that has been shut for a week.
Mar 15, 2016, 15:36 PM IST
Angela Merkel admits Balkan migrant route closure benefits Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted Monday that Germany benefited from a decision by Balkan nations to close their borders to migrants seeking to head north, even as she insisted that it was not a long-term solution.
Mar 14, 2016, 20:42 PM IST
Five dead, including baby, in fresh migrant sinking off Turkey
Turkish coastguards managed to save nine of the migrants on board while two are still missing.
Mar 10, 2016, 15:30 PM IST
Balkan nations shut off migrant route to Europe
The Balkan trail from Greece to northern Europe used by floods of migrants was blocked Wednesday after a string of nations slammed shut their borders, hiking pressure on the EU and Turkey to nail down a "game-changing" grand bargain.
Mar 09, 2016, 16:31 PM IST
EU pushes for `breakthrough` Turkey migrant deal next week
European Union leaders on Monday hailed a "breakthrough" in talks with Turkey on a deal to curb the migrant crisis but delayed a decision until a summit next week to flesh out the details of Ankara`s new demands.
Mar 08, 2016, 09:54 AM IST
Greece clears bailout hurdle with debt relief pledge
Along with its debt crisis the Greek state is now overwhelmed by the arrival of around a million migrants in a year.
Mar 08, 2016, 04:45 AM IST
Eurozone ministers seek to end Greece bailout row
The eurozone 19 ministers are meeting in Brussels just as EU leaders and Turkey hold talks next door to discuss the refugee crisis, in which Greece is also a sensitive focal point.
Mar 07, 2016, 20:53 PM IST
Migrant crisis: EU seeks to close Balkan route at summit
The EU aims to stem the flow of migrants and plans to declare the route north through the Balkans closed.
Mar 07, 2016, 16:35 PM IST
EU leaders `to declare Balkan migrant route closed at summit`
The declaration drafted by EU ambassadors Sunday will be announced at a summit in Brussels on Monday.
Mar 07, 2016, 10:14 AM IST
'18 dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkey'
At least 18 migrants died on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, a Turkish official said.
Mar 06, 2016, 21:01 PM IST
18 dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkey: official
The Turkish coastguard rescued 15 migrants from the boat off the coastal town of Didim in southwest Turkey.
Mar 06, 2016, 20:44 PM IST
Greece says Europe in nervous crisis over migrants, needs to share burden
Greece will press for solidarity with refugees and fair burden-sharing among European Union states at Monday`s emergency EU summit with Turkey, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday, lashing out at border restrictions that led to logjams.
Mar 06, 2016, 19:17 PM IST
EU commissioner warns of migrant buildup in Greece
Greece lies at the heart of Europe's greatest migration crisis in six decades after a series of border restrictions on the migrant trail from Austria to Macedonia caused a bottleneck on its soil.
Mar 06, 2016, 07:05 AM IST
13,000 refugees at Greek border ahead of crunch EU-Turkey migration summit
The huge influx of refugees and migrants has caused major tensions and divisions within the European Union.
Mar 05, 2016, 21:19 PM IST
Austria slams Germany over misleading refugee information
The Austrian government has accused the German government of releasing misleading information which may keep the refugees within its territory, the media reported on Friday.
Mar 04, 2016, 09:11 AM IST
Macedonia lets in 170 refugees, 10,000 still stranded: Greece
Macedonia on Wednesday allowed some 170 refugees to cross its border with Greece as 10,000 more were left waiting at the border under miserable conditions, Greek officials said.
Mar 02, 2016, 16:01 PM IST
Migrants try to storm Greece-Macedonia border fence
Hundreds of refugees Tuesday tried to break through a border fence into Macedonia from Greece, where more than 7,000 people are stranded, as anger mounts over barriers to entry imposed on migrants flooding into Europe.
Mar 01, 2016, 10:27 AM IST
Greek PM Tsipras says lenders could return for review in first 10 days of March
International lenders could return to Greece within the first ten days of March to complete a bailout review, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday.
Mar 01, 2016, 05:24 AM IST
Greece says up to 70,000 migrants may be `trapped` next month
Some 6,500 people were stuck at the Idomeni camp on Greece`s northern border with Macedonia.
Feb 28, 2016, 17:37 PM IST
Pope Francis urges Europe to share migrant burden fairly
Pope Francis on Sunday urged European countries struggling with the migrant crisis to "share the burden fairly", amid growing divisions on how to handle the flow of people fleeing poverty and war.
Feb 28, 2016, 17:23 PM IST
