A new march by migrants trying to reach Europe overland from Turkey was blocked by police outside Istanbul Monday. Around 700 mostly Syrian men, women and children from a group that had been blocked for the past week at Istanbul's main bus station set out overnight on foot for the...
Among the tens of thousands fleeing war and despair in the Middle East, one group feels a special relief in reaching Europe: those who have escaped areas ruled by Islamic State extremists and the harsh scrutiny of their religious police. These refugees tell of how a Western-style...
At least 13 migrants died off the coast of Turkey Sunday after the inflatable dinghy carrying them to Greece collided with a ferry, Turkish media reported. Four children were among the victims of the accident involving a vessel carrying 46 migrants from the northwestern Turkish port of...
Austria says 11,000 migrants crossed into the country from Hungary in the 24-hour period that ended on midnight Saturday. The country's interior ministry says that another 7,000 are expected Sunday at the main Nickelsdorf crossing, east of Vienna. Ministry officials are meeting with...