Suella Braverman, Indian-origin UK Home Minister calls migrant crisis 'invasion', faces heat
Indian-origin UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Monday said that migrants have launched an "invasion on our southern coast". "Let`s stop pretending that they are all refugees in distress.
Nov 01, 2022, 18:07 PM IST
Europe's migrant crisis dominates Pope Francis' Cyprus-Greece trip
Cyprus has seen such a spike in migrant arrivals this year "a 38 per cent increase in the first 10 months compared to all of last year" that it has formally asked the European Commission to let it stop processing asylum claims altogether.
Dec 02, 2021, 14:17 PM IST
Italy PM Matteo Renzi threatens EU budget veto over migrants
Asked if he was ready to use Italy`s veto to torpedo the EU`s budget, he said: "Yes, absolutely."
Oct 26, 2016, 04:25 AM IST
Boat with 1,100 migrants, 17 corpses reaches Sicily
As the boat docked at Palermo on Monday, workers from the Red Cross, Catholic charity Caritas and the local health authority were waiting to assist the migrants, who included many minors, Italian officials said.
Oct 25, 2016, 07:51 AM IST
1,000 migrants rescued, 9 drown, off Libya
The Italian interior ministry said Friday that more than 146,500 migrants had landed in Italy so far this year.
Oct 23, 2016, 02:15 AM IST
UN chief slams `increasingly restrictive` EU refugee policies
UN chief Ban Ki-moon hit out Thursday at what he called "increasingly restrictive" refugee policies in Europe as the continent faces its worst migrant crisis in decades.
Apr 28, 2016, 14:44 PM IST
700 migrants held in Macedonia after crossing Greek border
Some 700 refugees and migrants were being held in Macedonia on Tuesday after they managed to slip across the border from Greece, a frontier that has been shut for a week.
Mar 15, 2016, 15:36 PM IST
EU agrees to work for Turkish deal on migrants: Luxembourg PM
European Union agrees to work for a deal with Turkey on migrant crisis.
Mar 08, 2016, 07:55 AM IST
EU, Turkey to hold `special meeting` on migration early March: Tusk
The EU and Turkey will hold a "special meeting" in early March to push forward an aid-for-cooperation deal to curb migrant flows to Europe, European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday.
Feb 19, 2016, 08:22 AM IST
EU migrant crisis: Sweden plans to expel up to 80,000 asylum-seekers
Sweden, a country of 9.8 million, took in more than 160,000 asylum seekers in 2015.
Jan 28, 2016, 11:08 AM IST
EU states 'failed to deliver' on migrants: Juncker
So far just 272 refugees have been moved to other countries out of the 160,000 that European Union nations agreed to relocate.
Jan 15, 2016, 16:56 PM IST
Events that shaped the world in 2015
Europe's herculean efforts to address the migrant issue, as a mammoth sea of humanity fleeing from persecution in their native lands, continued to knock on its door to Myanmar's historic elections that saw pro-democracy crusader Aun San Suu Kyi ascending to power for the first time.
Dec 19, 2015, 15:14 PM IST
Slovenia to tighten border, fears unmanageable migrant wave
Slovenian government has said it would take urgent measures to strengthen control of its Schengen border with Croatia, fearing an expected new wave of migrants would be scarcely manageable.
Nov 10, 2015, 06:49 AM IST
EU states pledge to move faster on migrant crisis
European Union interior ministers have agreed to deliver more quickly on their promises for tackling the migration crisis as their host called for averting a humanitarian catastrophe with winter approaching.
Nov 10, 2015, 05:17 AM IST
Refugee flow unabated as EU leaders hold summit on crisis
As thousands of Syrians, Afghans and others kept up their relentless march through the Balkans, European leaders held an emergency summit today to find ways of easing the plight of those caught up in the continent's greatest immigration crisis in decades.
Oct 25, 2015, 23:48 PM IST
Hungary re-introduces controls on border with Slovenia
Hungary is temporarily re-introducing controls on its border with Slovenia, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
Oct 18, 2015, 07:53 AM IST
North Korea blames `evil` US for Europe`s migrant crisis
North Korea on Thursday offered its verdict on the migrant emergency facing Europe, blaming the "evil empire" United States for triggering the continent`s worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Sep 24, 2015, 16:16 PM IST
Thousands more pour into Austria as EU migrant crisis deepens
Crowded aboard buses and trains, thousands more migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday from countries unable or unwilling to cope with a desperate human tide escaping war and poverty for a better life in western Europe.
Sep 20, 2015, 20:25 PM IST
Munich buckles under strain of refugee influx as rival protests rage
Authorities in Munich have said they are overwhelmed by the influx of migrants streaming into the Bavarian capital, as Europe-wide protests saw tens of thousands take to the streets in both support of and opposition to refugees.
Sep 13, 2015, 11:34 AM IST
British new Labour leader calls to help refugees
Jeremy Corbyn, new leader of British Labour Party joined thousands of people in London for a rally in support of refugees, just hours after he won the election.
Sep 13, 2015, 10:36 AM IST
