Four in ten German economists believe the record number of migrants coming to the country are a drag on the economy, while only 23 percent view them as beneficial, a poll to be published on Thursday showed. The other 37 percent were undecided, according to the poll of 220...

The German government expects 500,000 refugees to come to Germany this year, German newspaper Rheinische Post cited sources from the Federal Labor Office as saying. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told Frank-Juergen Weise, head of both the Federal Office for...

Bulgarian prosecutors have charged three Syrians with attempting to join Islamic State militant group after border patrols arrested them as they tried to enter Turkey from Bulgaria, the interior ministry said on Monday. The three Syrians, who had refugee status from Germany, had...

 Austria announced Monday it will place six nations including Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia on its list of "safe countries of origin", as it seeks to curb the number of economic migrants. The decision, which will also see Georgia, Ghana and Mongolia added to the list, was taken after the...