Macedonian police firing tear gas and stun grenades drove back crowds of migrants and refugees trying to enter from Greece on Friday, sealing the frontier to thousands of Syrians, Afghans and others trying to reach western Europe. The Balkan country declared a state of emergency on...

Nearly 110,000 migrants were tracked entering the EU in July by irregular means, official data showed on Tuesday, setting a record as the influx continues, notably of Syrians reaching Greek islands from Turkey. The European Union's border control agency Frontex said that it had detected some...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A child girl died and many fainted in Derik camp for Syrian refugees near Turkish Mardin city on Monday as a result of using tear gas, rubber bullets and water to suppress a protest for Syrians inside the camp. Zaman al-Wasl source said many Syrian youths...

At least 40 migrants have died after apparently getting trapped and suffocating in the water-logged hold of a boat in the Mediterranean, the Italian navy said on Saturday. The victims are thought to have suffocated after inhaling fumes from fuel after the boat took on water in the hold, the...