migrants
Hungary locks down EU border, taking crisis into its own hands
World
September 15, 2015
Hungary locks down EU border, taking crisis into its own hands
Hungary's right-wing government shut the main land route for migrants into the EU on Tuesday, taking matters into its own…
Border-free Europe unravels as migrant crisis hits record day
World
September 15, 2015
Border-free Europe unravels as migrant crisis hits record day
Two decades of frontier-free travel across Europe unravelled on Monday as countries re-established border controls in the face of an…
Germany re-imposes border controls to slow migrant arrivals
World
September 14, 2015
Germany re-imposes border controls to slow migrant arrivals
Germany re-imposed border controls on Sunday after Europe's most powerful nation acknowledged it could scarcely cope with thousands of asylum…
Munich buckles under strain of refugee influx amid rival protests in Europe
World
September 13, 2015
Munich buckles under strain of refugee influx amid rival protests in Europe
German authorities warned Sunday they were stretched to capacity to welcome refugees arriving en masse, as Europe scrambled to hold…
Thousands more migrants on their way into Austria: police
World
September 13, 2015
Thousands more migrants on their way into Austria: police
Austrian authorities said they were expecting another wave of migrants and refugees coming over the border from Hungary on Sunday,…
Hungary PM slams migrant ‘rebellion’, UN warns of millions more refugees
World
September 12, 2015
Hungary PM slams migrant ‘rebellion’, UN warns of millions more refugees
Hungary's prime minister angrily accused illegal migrants on Friday of "rebelling" against the rule of law in his country as…
Bulgaria jails driver who helped smuggle migrants across Turkish border
Middle East
September 11, 2015
Bulgaria jails driver who helped smuggle migrants across Turkish border
A Bulgarian court has sentenced a man to 11 months in jail for helping to bring more than 50 migrants,…
Video shows refugees fed ‘like animals in pen’ in Hungary camp
World
September 11, 2015
Video shows refugees fed ‘like animals in pen’ in Hungary camp
Disturbing footage emerged Friday of the way migrants are being treated inside Hungary's main refugee camp on the border with…
Australia to take 12,000 refugees, extend air strikes into Syria
Middle East
September 9, 2015
Australia to take 12,000 refugees, extend air strikes into Syria
Australia will accept 12,000 refugees from Syria on top of its current humanitarian intake quota, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said…
U.N. says 850,000 to cross sea to Europe this year and next
World
September 9, 2015
U.N. says 850,000 to cross sea to Europe this year and next
At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year and next, the United…