Tag: migrant crisis

Greek and Turkish police have fired teargas at their land border as relations strain over the growing numbers of migrants…

The Greek coastguard has fired shots at a migrant boat on the Aegean Sea amid rising tensions with Turkey.  Video…

The European Union has agreed to launch a military mission in the Mediterranean near the Libyan coast to enforce a…

Young children have been tear-gassed by police on Lesbos during a protest by migrants complaining about crowded living conditions. Fizzy…

Greece says it wants to build a floating barrier to hamper migrants crossing the Aegean Sea. A 3km fence off the…

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said his country cannot handle more refugees as thousands are displaced by the offensive on…

Migrant camps in Greece are facing “catastrophe” and an “explosion”, according to a European-wide human rights envoy.  Greece is again…

Five years after the German anti-migrant group Pegida held its first gathering in Dresden, four counter-demonstrations have been held against…

European Union ministers have discussed migration as Greece has again become the main gateway to Europe with the United Nations…

Eight members of a suspected neo-Nazi gang from Chemnitz (pictured), which witnessed anti-migrant violence last year, have gone on trial…

A total of 82 immigrants have disembarked in Italy, marking the end of hardline measures pushed by the former far-right…

Italian prosecutors have decided to push ahead with libel charges against the far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for comments he…

The two parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition maintained a slim lead in two eastern regions yesterday (Sunday). …

Italy’s 78-year-old president, Sergio Mattarella, will meet political leaders today (Thursday) in an effort to form a governing administration after…

Thirty years ago this week Hungarian border guards allowed hundreds of East German citizens to cross into Austria in the…