Refugees waiting for `miracle` as Balkan borders slam shut
For the past three days, 15-year-old Ola has clung onto a scrap of cardboard bearing the number 22, hoping her turn will finally come to cross the sealed metal fence on the Greek-Macedonian border.
Mar 09, 2016, 23:57 PM IST
Slovenia to ban transit of migrants as crisis spirals
Slovenia and Serbia, along with Austria, Croatia and Macedonia, have dramatically restricted entry to migrants in recent weeks.
Mar 09, 2016, 05:54 AM IST
EU to push Turkey to take back migrants on `large-scale`
European leaders will push Turkey at a summit on Monday to agree to "large-scale" deportations of economic migrants from Greece which is bracing for a fresh surge of migrant and refugee arrivals by the end of March.
Mar 06, 2016, 22:13 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
France won't open border to migrants in case of Brexit: Minister
France's Interior Minister on Friday sought to defuse a row over the fate of migrants in Calais should Britain leave the EU, saying there was "no question" of letting them freely cross the Channel.
Mar 04, 2016, 18:58 PM IST
White House cautious on Syria ceasefire `violations`
The White House said Monday it was not surprised by reports that a ceasefire in Syria had been breached, but indicated it was too early to call the plan a failure.
Mar 01, 2016, 00:35 AM IST
Pope 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, 18:54 PM IST
EU talks in shadow of migrant `humanitarian crisis`
EU interior ministers hold fresh talks on migration on Thursday, seeking to reduce the flow of people through the Balkans and plan for what the bloc has warned is a looming humanitarian crisis.
Feb 25, 2016, 11:26 AM IST
Austria sets asylum limit as eastern Europe hikes pressure
Austria announced Wednesday a daily limit for the number of asylum requests as eastern EU members set a mid-March deadline for a German-backed plan on Turkey sealing its borders to migrants to bear fruit.
Feb 18, 2016, 00:41 AM IST
Austria says migrant flow to be slowed 'step by step': Report
The flow of migrants through the Balkans and towards Germany will be slowed progressively as part of a coordinated "domino effect" of restrictions by countries along the route, Austria`s interior minister said in comments published on Tuesday.
Feb 16, 2016, 15:31 PM IST
Angela Merkel isolated as EU partners slam door on refugees
Abandoned by France, defied by eastern Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel cuts a lonely figure in her struggle for EU "solidarity" on the refugee crisis ahead of a Brussels summit.
Feb 14, 2016, 09:19 AM IST
French PM rejects permanent quota system for refugees
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls rejected on Saturday the idea of a permanent quota system for distributing refugees across Europe, putting Paris at odds with Germany ahead of a summit to discuss the EU crisis over migration.
Feb 14, 2016, 04:11 AM IST
EU pushes Greece to improve conditions for migrants
The EU piled pressure on Greece on Wednesday over Europe`s migrant crisis, telling Athens to improve conditions for refugees and to shore up its borders or risk a suspension of the bloc`s passport-free zone.
Feb 11, 2016, 10:10 AM IST
Over 76,000 refugees, migrants reach EU in 2016
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday said 76,263 maritime refugee and migrant arrivals were recorded in Europe through the first six weeks of 2016.
Feb 09, 2016, 18:37 PM IST
33 migrants killed as two boats capsize off Turkish coast
Eleven other migrants were drowned off Izmir`s Dikili coast in another capsizing. Three migrants were rescued.
Feb 08, 2016, 20:56 PM IST
Cross-border Yemeni shelling kills two in Saudi
A Saudi soldier and a civilian have been killed in cross-border shelling from rebel-controlled northern Yemen, authorities said.
Feb 07, 2016, 13:52 PM IST
Paris attacker bragged how migrant crisis made it easy to travel freely in Europe
Sonia said that Abaaoud had “a bobble hat on his head, orange trainers and a bomber jacket. And he spoke about the attacks as if he had been shopping. He was happy. That was it.”
Feb 04, 2016, 19:07 PM IST
Growing numbers of children in migrant sea crossings: UN
Children currently account for 36 percent of those risking the treacherous sea crossing between Greece and Turkey.
Feb 02, 2016, 20:01 PM IST
Austria says it plans to step up deportations of migrants
Austria will step up deportations of migrants and is adding Morocco, Algeria and other states to a list of countries it deems safe, enabling it to send people back there more quickly, government ministries said on Sunday.
Jan 31, 2016, 23:43 PM IST
European Union blasts Greece over migrant crisis
The European Union blasted Athens for its handling of the migrant crisis Wednesday, saying it had "seriously neglected" its duty to protect the bloc`s frontiers, raising the prospect of border controls with the rest of the passport-free zone.
Jan 28, 2016, 08:34 AM IST
