Hungarian riot police fire tear gas at migrants
Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on Wednesday at migrants demanding to be let through Hungary`s newly shut EU frontier, while refugees at other Balkan frontiers clambered through cornfields in search of new routes.
Sep 17, 2015, 00:30 AM IST
Britain to accept refugees in coming days: Home secretary
The first wave of Syrian refugees will arrive in Britain in the coming days, British Home Secretary Theresa May said on Wednesday.
Sep 16, 2015, 23:56 PM IST
Bundesliga stars back support for refugees in Germany
Bayern Munich`s Pep Guardiola says Germany is setting an example of how other European countries should treat refugees as the Bundesliga`s stars help welcome migrants amid the ongoing crisis.
Sep 16, 2015, 21:40 PM IST
Hungary police fire tear gas at migrants at Serbia border
Hungarian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday at several hundred migrants protesting at being unable to cross the border from Serbia, AFP reporters said.
Sep 16, 2015, 21:12 PM IST
EU no longer safe following migrant `onslaught` Slovak PM
Slovakia`s leftist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Wednesday that the European Union was no longer a safe place following the "onslaught" of hundreds of thousands of mostly economic migrants.
Sep 16, 2015, 20:02 PM IST
Half of refugees traumatised: German psychotherapists
At least half of the refugees who have come to Germany have mental health problems because of trauma suffered in war or during their dangerous escapes, said the chamber of psychotherapists Wednesday.
Sep 16, 2015, 19:59 PM IST
Croatia to allow free passage of migrants: PM
Croatia will allow free passage of migrants across its territory, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said Wednesday as a first group entered the EU member state from Serbia since Hungary sealed its borders.
Sep 16, 2015, 19:50 PM IST
Migrants leave Salzburg on foot as Germany stops trains
Hundreds of migrants who had massed at the main train station in the Austrian city of Salzburg left on foot today in the hope of reaching Germany, a city spokesman said.
Sep 16, 2015, 18:59 PM IST
Land degradation can create 50 million migrants in a decade: Study
An estimated 50 million people may be forced to seek new homes and livelihoods within 10 years due to land degradation, a study has estimated.
Sep 16, 2015, 16:52 PM IST
First migrants enter Croatia after Hungary seals border: Police
About 20 migrants entered Croatia from Serbia early Wednesday, the first to enter the EU country after Hungary sealed its borders, police said.
Sep 16, 2015, 13:00 PM IST
Refugees seek new routes as Hungary seals border
As Hungary threw up the barriers to stop thousands of refugees trekking over its border from Serbia and into the European Union, undeterred migrants on the roads simply began to think of other routes to take.
Sep 16, 2015, 04:18 AM IST
Migrant crisis has worsened, requires cooperation: Barack Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the migrant crisis had worsened and required cooperation from European nations and the United States to address.
Sep 16, 2015, 04:11 AM IST
Gulf states urge world to do more to help refugees
Gulf monarchies on Tuesday called for the international community to take greater responsibility in aiding Syrian refugees after the oil-flush states faced questions over the number of people they have accepted.
Sep 16, 2015, 02:35 AM IST
Anger as Hungary seals borders, Germany`s Angela Merkel demands refugee summit
Hundreds of desperate migrants were Tuesday trapped behind a razor-wire fence erected by Hungary, as Germany`s Angela Merkel called for an EU summit on the refugee crisis.
Sep 16, 2015, 02:15 AM IST
Global aid charity Save the Children urges Spain to let in Syrians via Morocco
Global aid charity Save the Children urged Madrid on Tuesday to help hundreds of Syrian refugee children reach Spanish territory in north Africa.
Sep 16, 2015, 01:06 AM IST
Migrant buses in Serbia rerouted to Croatian border: Reports
Buses that would normally carry migrants from Serbia`s southern border with Macedonia north to Hungary have been rerouted towards Croatia after Hungary on Tuesday sealed off entry to migrants, Serbia`s Radio B92 and Blic newspaper reported.
Sep 16, 2015, 00:53 AM IST
Kerry to visit London to discuss refugee crisis, Syria: State Dept
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit London this weekend for talks with his British counterpart on Europe`s migrant crisis and the war in Syria, the State Department said on Tuesday.
Sep 16, 2015, 00:20 AM IST
Anger as Hungary seals borders, Merkel demands refugee summit
Serbia urged Hungary on Tuesday to reopen its razor-wire border fence erected to stop a record wave of migrants, as Germany`s Angela Merkel called for an EU summit on the refugee crisis.
Sep 15, 2015, 23:48 PM IST
Slovak PM says will never support mandatory quotas for migrants
Slovakia will never support mandatory quotas as part of the European Union`s response to its migrant crisis, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday, underlining a tough stance that has put the country at odds with other EU members.
Sep 15, 2015, 19:10 PM IST
Turkish security forces stop hundreds of migrants near Greek border
Turkish security forces stopped hundreds of people, mainly Syrians, from marching towards western Turkey`s border with Greece on Tuesday in a bid to reach Europe, potentially opening up a new front in the escalating migrant crisis.
Sep 15, 2015, 17:18 PM IST
