Angela Merkel to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel could win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the influential Bild newspaper said on Friday, as the leader is lauded worldwide for her courage in opening her country's doors to refugees fleeing war and persecution.
Oct 02, 2015, 15:25 PM IST
Police clear migrant camp on France-Italy border
Italian police cleared a camp of migrants and activists from the border of France and Italy on Wednesday with the occupants hiding in a nearby rocky area to avoid arrest, an AFP journalist said.
Sep 30, 2015, 14:32 PM IST
High rate of civilian deaths in Syria fuelling refugee crisis: Study
A quarter of the more than 200,000 civilians killed in Syria`s conflict since 2011 have been women and children, and the high rate of non-combatant deaths has likely fuelled the refugee crisis, a study released on Wednesday said.
Sep 30, 2015, 11:55 AM IST
Austria may opt to close border on increased refugees
Border closure would be an option in case of congested refugees in Austria on their way to Germany, Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner has said.
Sep 30, 2015, 11:24 AM IST
Europe`s migrant crisis, Syria in the UN spotlight
The war in Syria and Europe`s migration crisis take centre stage at the United Nations on Wednesday as world leaders work to overcome deep divisions over how to confront the turmoil.
Sep 30, 2015, 11:19 AM IST
"This speeds up procedure" - how Hungary expels migrants
The court in the southern Hungarian town of Szeged has shelved other criminal cases and is handing down fast-track verdicts punishing migrants for unlawfully crossing a razor-wire fence that lines the border with Serbia.
Sep 29, 2015, 18:34 PM 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
German sailors work round the clock to rescue migrants
On the hunt for people-smugglers in the Mediterranean, a German Navy ship is sailing off the coast of Libya when it gets a report of an unidentified boat adrift.
Sep 29, 2015, 09:07 AM IST
German Chancellor Angela Merkel`s welcome to refugees sparks conservative backlash
German Chancellor Angela Merkel`s bold open-door policy for refugees has sparked a backlash in her conservative ranks, and a rare dip in her usually sky-high popularity ratings.
Sep 28, 2015, 19:42 PM IST
Turkey won`t host `inhumane` migrant processing centre: PM Ahmet Davutoglu
Turkey`s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday ruled out creating a processing centre for the thousands of mostly Syrian migrants trying to enter Europe from Turkish territory, calling instead for them to be hosted in "safe zones" inside Syria.
Sep 28, 2015, 16:39 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
Don`t let Muslim migrants in, says Bulgaria`s Orthodox Church
Bulgaria`s Orthodox Church has called on its government not to let any more Muslim refugees into the country to prevent an "invasion".
Sep 26, 2015, 17:21 PM IST
Hungary removes razor fence from Slovenian border
Hungary removed several hundred metres of razor wire fence from the Slovenian border after its official expression of "not planning to build a fence on the Slovenian border".
Sep 26, 2015, 11:22 AM 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
Many migrants falsely claim to be Syrians: Germany
Germany estimates that 30 percent of incoming migrants claiming to be citizens of war-torn Syria are in fact from other countries, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Friday.
Sep 25, 2015, 20:26 PM IST
Russian border guards laugh as Syrian wobbles his bike to asylum
Russian border guards broke out laughing when Syrian refugee Wassem Khatib wobbled on a child`s bicycle towards a remote Arctic frontier post - struggling with a guitar, a rucksack and a heavy suitcase - to seek asylum in neighbouring Norway.
Sep 25, 2015, 18:14 PM IST
UN sees refugee flow to Europe growing, plans for big Iraq displacement
Amin Awad, regional refugee coordinator for the UN refugee agency UNHCR, said on Friday he did not expect the flow of about 8,000 refugees per day into Europe to abate, and warned that it could be "the tip of the iceberg".
Sep 25, 2015, 16:39 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
Send me home to Iran, immigrant begs British police
An Iranian man handed himself in to British police demanding to be deported before it emerged he was in the country legally and simply hoping to be sent home as he was sick of Britain.
Sep 24, 2015, 14:51 PM IST
