Thousands leave 'Jungle' camp ahead of closure Thousands of refugees and migrants have packed their bags as the first day of the Calais Jungle mass exodus draws to a close, French officials believe. News • 25 Oct 16
Thousands leave 'Jungle' camp ahead of closure Thousands of refugees and migrants have packed their bags as the first day of the Calais Jungle mass exodus draws to a close, French officials believe. News • 25 Oct 16
Hungarian PM urged to resign after migrant vote Hungary's nationalist Jobbik party has called for Prime Minister Viktor Orban to resign because a referendum on rejecting European Union migrant quotas was rendered invalid by its low turnout. News • 03 Oct 16
Hungarian PM urged to resign after migrant vote Hungary's nationalist Jobbik party has called for Prime Minister Viktor Orban to resign because a referendum on rejecting European Union migrant quotas was rendered invalid by its low turnout. News • 03 Oct 16
Low turnout voids win in Hungary anti-migrant vote Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban suffered a blow in his referendum against the EU's migrant quota plan after he failed to rally enough votes to reach the required 50% turnout. News • 03 Oct 16
Low turnout voids win in Hungary anti-migrant vote Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban suffered a blow in his referendum against the EU's migrant quota plan after he failed to rally enough votes to reach the required 50% turnout. News • 03 Oct 16
Hollande wants 'Jungle' camp dismantled French President Francois Hollande has said on a visit to the port of Calais that the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp there must be "completely dismantled". News • 26 Sep 16
Hollande wants 'Jungle' camp dismantled French President Francois Hollande has said on a visit to the port of Calais that the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp there must be "completely dismantled". News • 26 Sep 16
133 bodies recovered from migrant boat off Egypt The death toll from a migrant boat capsize off Egypt's coast climbed to 133 as rescuers recovered more bodies from the Mediterranean. News • 23 Sep 16
133 bodies recovered from migrant boat off Egypt The death toll from a migrant boat capsize off Egypt's coast climbed to 133 as rescuers recovered more bodies from the Mediterranean. News • 23 Sep 16
Suspected traffickers held after boat capsizes Egyptian prosecutors have remanded four men in custody on suspicion of people trafficking after a migrant boat capsized with dozens feared to have drowned. News • 22 Sep 16
Suspected traffickers held after boat capsizes Egyptian prosecutors have remanded four men in custody on suspicion of people trafficking after a migrant boat capsized with dozens feared to have drowned. News • 22 Sep 16
42 dead after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt A boat carrying around 600 migrants and refugees capsized off Egypt's coast, killing at least 42, according to officials. News • 21 Sep 16
42 dead after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt A boat carrying around 600 migrants and refugees capsized off Egypt's coast, killing at least 42, according to officials. News • 21 Sep 16
Paris police dismantle migrant camp Police in Paris have begun evacuating a tent camp where some 1,500 migrants were living in unsanitary conditions, the latest operation to dismantle such camps sprouting up around the French capital. News • 16 Sep 16
Paris police dismantle migrant camp Police in Paris have begun evacuating a tent camp where some 1,500 migrants were living in unsanitary conditions, the latest operation to dismantle such camps sprouting up around the French capital. News • 16 Sep 16
More than 3,400 rescued off Libya this weekend The LÉ James Joyce has rescued another 108 migrants off the Libyan coast as the total number rescued this weekend passes 3,400. News • 12 Sep 16
More than 3,400 rescued off Libya this weekend The LÉ James Joyce has rescued another 108 migrants off the Libyan coast as the total number rescued this weekend passes 3,400. News • 12 Sep 16
MSF rejects all EU funding in protest Medical aid charity Médecins Sans Frontiéres said it will reject all funding from the European Union and EU member states in protest at a deal by the bloc to stem the flow of migrants and refugees via Turkey. News • 17 Jun 16
MSF rejects all EU funding in protest Medical aid charity Médecins Sans Frontiéres said it will reject all funding from the European Union and EU member states in protest at a deal by the bloc to stem the flow of migrants and refugees via Turkey. News • 17 Jun 16
20 children among 34 found dead in Niger desert The bodies of 34 people, including 20 children, who were abandoned by people smugglers while trying to reach neighbouring Algeria were found in the Niger desert last week. News • 16 Jun 16
20 children among 34 found dead in Niger desert The bodies of 34 people, including 20 children, who were abandoned by people smugglers while trying to reach neighbouring Algeria were found in the Niger desert last week. News • 16 Jun 16
100 may have drowned in shipwreck off Libya Survivors of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya yesterday have said that 100 people may have drowned, the International Organization of Migration said this evening. News • 26 May 16
100 may have drowned in shipwreck off Libya Survivors of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya yesterday have said that 100 people may have drowned, the International Organization of Migration said this evening. News • 26 May 16
Hundreds rescued after boat flips in Mediterranean The Italian navy has said a large wooden fishing boat overcrowded with migrants capsized off the coast of Libya this afternoon, with 550 people rescued and five found dead so far. World • 25 May 16
Hundreds rescued after boat flips in Mediterranean The Italian navy has said a large wooden fishing boat overcrowded with migrants capsized off the coast of Libya this afternoon, with 550 people rescued and five found dead so far. World • 25 May 16
Migrants missing after boat sinks off Libya Eighty-four migrants are missing after an inflatable craft sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors cited by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). News • 30 Apr 16
Migrants missing after boat sinks off Libya Eighty-four migrants are missing after an inflatable craft sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors cited by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). News • 30 Apr 16
Austria passes tough new asylum rules Austria has passed tough new asylum measures which could be activated if politicians believe public order is threatened. News • 28 Apr 16
Austria passes tough new asylum rules Austria has passed tough new asylum measures which could be activated if politicians believe public order is threatened. News • 28 Apr 16
Obama defends Merkel on migrant stance US President Barack Obama leapt to the defence of Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying the German leader, facing fire at home over a record refugee influx, is on the "right side of history". News • 24 Apr 16
Obama defends Merkel on migrant stance US President Barack Obama leapt to the defence of Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying the German leader, facing fire at home over a record refugee influx, is on the "right side of history". News • 24 Apr 16
Italian minister call on Libya to seal borders Italy said it hoped Libya's UN-backed unity government could restore control of the country's borders to limit migrant flows from north and south. News • 17 Apr 16
Italian minister call on Libya to seal borders Italy said it hoped Libya's UN-backed unity government could restore control of the country's borders to limit migrant flows from north and south. News • 17 Apr 16
Greece to begin ruling on asylum applications Greece said authorities would start ruling on asylum applications from hundreds of migrants and refugees in the next two weeks, in a major test of a new deal to try to control the flow of people desperate to reach Europe. News • 12 Apr 16
Greece to begin ruling on asylum applications Greece said authorities would start ruling on asylum applications from hundreds of migrants and refugees in the next two weeks, in a major test of a new deal to try to control the flow of people desperate to reach Europe. News • 12 Apr 16
Plan to overhaul Dublin Regulation considered The European Commission has presented far reaching proposals on changing Europe's migration and asylum policies in the light of the influx of more than one million refugees in the past year. News • 06 Apr 16
Plan to overhaul Dublin Regulation considered The European Commission has presented far reaching proposals on changing Europe's migration and asylum policies in the light of the influx of more than one million refugees in the past year. News • 06 Apr 16
Uncertainty prevails ahead of migrant returns There was little sign of preparation on either side of the Aegean less than 24 hours before Greece was due to begin returning migrants to Turkey. News • 03 Apr 16
Uncertainty prevails ahead of migrant returns There was little sign of preparation on either side of the Aegean less than 24 hours before Greece was due to begin returning migrants to Turkey. News • 03 Apr 16
Migrant numbers arriving in Germany plummet The number of migrants entering Germany from Austria fell more than seven times in March to below 5,000 due to the introduction of border controls by countries along the Balkans migrant route, an interior ministry official said today. News • 02 Apr 16
Migrant numbers arriving in Germany plummet The number of migrants entering Germany from Austria fell more than seven times in March to below 5,000 due to the introduction of border controls by countries along the Balkans migrant route, an interior ministry official said today. News • 02 Apr 16
Hundreds ford river to enter Macedonia Hundreds of people today marched out of a Greek transit camp, hiked for hours along muddy paths, and forded a rain-swollen river to get around a border fence and cross into Macedonia. News • 14 Mar 16
Hundreds ford river to enter Macedonia Hundreds of people today marched out of a Greek transit camp, hiked for hours along muddy paths, and forded a rain-swollen river to get around a border fence and cross into Macedonia. News • 14 Mar 16
Macedonia closes borders to illegal migrants Macedonia has closed its borders completely to illegal migrants after Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia announced tight new restrictions on migrant entry, a police official said. News • 09 Mar 16
Macedonia closes borders to illegal migrants Macedonia has closed its borders completely to illegal migrants after Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia announced tight new restrictions on migrant entry, a police official said. News • 09 Mar 16
Call for EU-wide migrant registration system Germany and Italy's interior ministers have written to the European Commission calling for an EU-wide system to register migrants, according to reports in a German newspaper. News • 05 Mar 16
Call for EU-wide migrant registration system Germany and Italy's interior ministers have written to the European Commission calling for an EU-wide system to register migrants, according to reports in a German newspaper. News • 05 Mar 16
Warning over potential humanitarian disaster The United Nations has warned that the rapid build-up of migrants at Greece's northern borders risks leading to a humanitarian disaster. News • 01 Mar 16
Warning over potential humanitarian disaster The United Nations has warned that the rapid build-up of migrants at Greece's northern borders risks leading to a humanitarian disaster. News • 01 Mar 16
