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Gardaí said the refugees are being processed by immigration

Refugees are discovered at Rosslare Port

A number of refugees have been discovered at Rosslare Port in Co Wexford.

Refugees tried to break through the border fence

Teargas fired as refugees cross Greek border

Macedonian police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of migrants and refugees who stormed the border from Greece as a deeply divided Europe traded barbs over the biggest humanitarian crisis in decades.

News • 29 Feb 16

Migrants arrive at Syria's border with Turkey

EU-Turkey migrant deal an illusion, says Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has said the European Union's promise of money and other concessions for Turkey in return for preventing more people leaving its shores for Europe is an "illusion".

News • 25 Feb 16

An estimated 4,000 migrants and refugees are currently based within the sprawling Jungle

Migrants ordered to leave Calais Jungle camp

Hundreds of migrants and refugees based at the Jungle camp in Calais have been ordered to leave next week or face eviction, according to local aid workers

World • 20 Feb 16

RTÉ News went to Tipperary today to see the lay of the land

Videos: Poll slips and a trip to Tipp

Today's key campaign clips involved polls, migrant calls for Dáil represenation, and a look at the Tipperary constituency, among others.

Election 2016 • 10 Feb 16

More than 360 people died in the Mediterranean in January

Nine migrants drown off Turkish coast

Nine people, including two babies, were found drowned off the coast of western Turkey today after a boat carrying people to Greece partly capsized, the coast guard said.

News • 02 Feb 16

The body of Anthony McErlain was found at a house in the Broombeg View area of Ballycastle on Thursday night

News in Brief

A round-up of other domestic and international stories.

News • 02 Feb 16

Rescued migrants arrive in Canakkale's Kucukkuyu district in Turkey

At least 37 dead after migrant boat sinks

Turkish coastguard officials recovered bodies washed up on a beach after yet another migrant boat trying to reach Europe sank, leaving up to 37 dead, according to local media.

News • 30 Jan 16

French riot police officers walk in front of a fence near the site of the Eurotunnel

France vows to maintain 'order' in Calais

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve vowed today to maintain "order" in northern Calais, a day after dozens of migrants boarded a ferry triggering the temporary closure of the key port.

News • 24 Jan 16

Several children were taken to hospital for treatment

20 children among 44 dead as migrant boats sink

At least 44 people, including 20 children, have died after their boats sank on their way from Turkey to Greece today, with dozens of other migrants reported missing, coastguard officials in Greece and Turkey said.

News • 22 Jan 16

Angela Merkel popularity has dropped since sexual assaults in Cologne on New Year's Eve were blamed on migrants

Merkel under pressure from allies over refugees

A prominent ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has threatened to take her government to court over its "open doors" refugee policy as political pressure grows for the chancellor to reduce the number of new arrivals.

News • 18 Jan 16

The bill looks set to pass in parliament on 26 January

Criticism of plan to seize refugees' valuables

A controversial Danish plan to seize refugees' valuables has been criticised by members of the ruling Venstre party ahead of the first debate in parliament on the bill.

News • 13 Jan 16

A water cannon sprays water at right-wing demonstrators next to police officers in Cologne, Germany

Anti-migrant protest turns violent in Germany

German riot police broke up far-right protesters in Cologne as they marched against Germany's open-door migration policy.

News • 09 Jan 16

President Donald Tusk said there had been 'significant progress' in negotiations

EU open to 'compromise' over British demands

EU leaders have agreed to look for a compromise on British Prime Minister David Cameron's controversial reform demands the bloc's president Donald Tusk said.

News • 18 Dec 15

Minster Fitzgerald with German Interior minister Thomas de Maiziere in Brussels

Refugees will not arrive in Ireland 'until 2016'

Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has said that between 20 to 30 refugees that were due to be the first to be relocated to Ireland from either Greece or Italy before Christmas will not now arrive until the new year.

News • 04 Dec 15

Turkey is the main launching point for migrants coming to Europe

Migrant numbers crossing the Mediterranean falls

The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe fell by more than a third last month, due to poor weather and a Turkish crackdown on traffickers, the UN has said.

News • 02 Dec 15

A Macedonian army soldier finishes the razor-wired fence along the border with Greece

Macedonia finishes fence at Greek border

Macedonia has finished building a fence on its frontier with Greece becoming the latest country in Europe to build a border barrier aimed at checking the flow of migrants and refugees.

News • 30 Nov 15

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he is 'grateful to European leaders for this new beginning'

EU agrees €3bn aid deal with Turkey on migrants

Turkey will help stem the flow of migrants to Europe in return for cash, visas and renewed talks on joining the EU in a deal that Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called a "new beginning" for the uneasy neighbours.

World • 30 Nov 15

A refugee looks at riot police during the protest on the Greek border with Macedonia

Clashes on Macedonia border as fence erected

Police in Macedonia fired tear gas and stun grenades at desperate migrants stranded for days at the Greek border, as soldiers began erecting a metal fence to keep them out.

World • 28 Nov 15

Serbia and Macedonia have begun limiting migrant passage to Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis only

Number of Balkans states limit migrant passage

Slovenia has said it will begin turning back "economic migrants" arriving through neighbouring Croatia.

News • 19 Nov 15

Ms Fitzgerald said legislation would be introduced to the Dáil in the next few weeks

International Protection bill set for Cabinet

Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has said she will bring the new International Protection bill to Cabinet tomorrow.

News • 09 Nov 15

A group of people cross from Austria into Germany

One 'stateless' child born every ten minutes

A stateless child is born every ten minutes, the United Nations has said, warning that the problem has intensified as the conflict in Syria has sparked a global migrant and refugee crisis.

News • 03 Nov 15

More than 744,000 people have made the journey across the Med so far this year

Record 218,000 migrants crossed Med in October

More than 218,000 migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in October, a monthly record and more than during the whole of 2014, the United Nations said today.

News • 02 Nov 15

Dozens of refugees have died trying to reach Greece in recent days

Four babies among 11 dead as boat sinks off Greece

Eleven people, including four babies and two children, drowned this morning in a new tragedy off the Greek island of Samos.

News • 01 Nov 15

Federica Mogherini has warned of potential risks facing the bloc

'EU risks disintegration over migrant crisis'

The European Union risks disintegrating if it fails to respond to its worst migration crisis since World War II collectively, its top foreign policy chief warned today.

World • 29 Oct 15