Division stokes migrant crisis
Cyprus has been caught in migrant crossfire by lack of a solution and Greek-Turkish geopolitical storm By Nick Theodoulou The continued division of the island...
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Islam doesn’t belong to Germany, new interior minister says
New Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Islam did not belong to Germany, in an interview published on Friday, setting him on a collision course with...
Ninety migrants, mostly Pakistanis, feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and...
In new EU sea mission, ships not obliged to bring migrants to Italy
The European Union’s border agency Frontex launched a new Mediterranean operation called Themis on Thursday, removing the obligation of the previous mission to bring rescued...
EU considers new plan to ease disputes over migrants
EU governments will study a new proposal aimed at overcoming the deep splits over sharing responsibility for asylum-seekers that has soured relations in the bloc...
German mayor known for liberal migrant policy stabbed
The conservative mayor of a small town in western Germany who is known for his liberal migrant policy was stabbed in the neck at a snack stand...
Germany’s far-right AfD calls for repatriation of Syrian refugees
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party called on Thursday for the repatriation of half a million Syrian refugees living in Germany, saying the war...
Turkey and Italy most anti-immigration, Britain positive
The frontline states of Europe’s migrant crisis, Turkey and Italy, are most worried about immigration, a global survey said on Thursday, while Britain has become...
EU tells easterners to take in refugees
Eastern European Union states must drop their resistance and accept their share of refugees who arrived in the bloc, officials and diplomats said on Tuesday...
Austria’s Freedom Party criticises ECJ ruling on migrant quotas
The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) on Thursday criticised the European Union’s top court for upholding Brussels’ right to force member states to...
Clashes in Rome as police evict refugee squatters from square
Police using water cannon and batons clashed on Thursday with refugees who had occupied a small Rome square in defiance of an order to leave...
French farmer gets suspended jail term for aiding migrants
A French farmer who helped hundreds of illegal African migrants was handed a four-month suspended jail sentence on Tuesday, but he said he would challenge...
Turkey calls for end to Nato’s migrant mission in Aegean
Turkey is seeking an end to Nato’s counter-migration mission in the Aegean Sea, telling the US-led alliance that the sharp drop in refugees trying to...
Police find travel agency for traffickers, drug hauls in European raids
Police detained more than 300 suspects and seized tonnes of cocaine during a week-long operation against drugs, people-smuggling and cyber crime networks across Europe and...
On Greece’s Lesbos, migrants remain in limbo in squalid camps
The flow of new arrivals has slowed to a trickle, but thousands of migrants remain in limbo on Greece’s islands, in grim camps they liken...
German right-wing leader compares migrants to compost
Politicians across Germany’s political spectrum condemned the the leader of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after she was reported comparing societies including migrants...
Some 4,650 migrants saved, 28 die trying to reach Italy
More than 4,650 migrants were saved on Tuesday and 28 bodies recovered in more than 30 rescue missions off the Libyan coast, Italy’s coast guard...
More than 6,000 migrants plucked from sea in a single day, 22 dead
About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest numbers in a...
Orban says to amend constitution so EU can’t impose migrants on Hungary
Under fire from opposition parties, Viktor Orban said on Monday he would amend the constitution to ensure the European Union cannot settle migrants in Hungary...
EU executive says emergency border checks still valid though migrant influx has eased
The European Union’s executive said on Wednesday that emergency border checks introduced within Europe’s passport-free travel zone by countries including Germany and Sweden to stem...