The Hungarian government announced Thursday it had completed its construction of a fence alongside its southern border with Croatia, to stem the massive daily influx of migrants. "We are ready to close the border. The security closure has been completed on the Hungary-Croatia border, the...

Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has dropped to 38 percent, its lowest level since June 2014, as a dispute in her bloc over how to deal with a record inflow of refugees takes its toll, a poll showed on Wednesday. Merkel and Horst Seehofer, the leader of her...

EU border agency Frontex said on Tuesday that 710,000 migrants entered the European Union in the first nine months of this year, compared to only 282,000 in all of 2014. The Warsaw-based agency released the latest figures a day after the UN refugee agency said the EU's new relocation...

The U.N. refugee agency chief questioned on Monday the European Union's strategy of building more camps in Turkey to stem the flow of refugees into Europe, saying it would be more effective if host countries allowed refugees to work. The EU has pledged at least 1 billion euros...

Eleven would-be migrants from Syria and Africa drowned when a boat bound for Europe capsized off the Egyptian port of Baltim, security and medical officials said Sunday. The coastguard took into custody 15 survivors identified as Syrians, Egyptian and people of other African nationalities after...

The southern German state of Bavaria on Friday threatened to take unilateral measures to halt the flow of refugees to its towns. Calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to limit refugee numbers, Bavarian Premier Horst Seehofer challenged the open-door policy of Merkel’s government and said Bavaria...

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said Friday up to 150,000 people could seek asylum this year in the Scandinavian country, which is struggling to find housing for the new arrivals. "In the past seven days, 8,899 people arrived here. If things continue at this rate, more than 150,000 people...

European Union governments are set to agree on Thursday to step up deportations of illegal immigrants among the hundreds of thousands who have failed to win asylum as they try to cope with a surge in refugees from war-torn Syria. Diplomats say interior ministers meeting in...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned fellow leaders of European Union countries on Wednesday against succumbing to nationalism in tackling the bloc's migrant crisis. In a speech to the European Parliament, she also backed a new EU system to share the burden of accommodating...

Germany's police union and women's rights groups accused the authorities on Tuesday of playing down reports of harassment, sexual assault and even rape at refugee shelters because they feared a backlash against asylum seekers. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere called on...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Syrian Turkmen refugees in Lebanon accuse Turkey of ignoring their suffering, there are almost 5,000 families of them in Lebanon. Ibrahim, a-13-year old boy from the village of "Zara" in the countryside of Homs, looks for empty cans, worn-out shoes and plastic...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has praised German Chancellor Angela Merkel for opening her country's doors to asylum seekers, but criticized several other European leaders for denying solidarity with refugees. “Both Europe and Turkey are facing a test in these days,” Davutoglu said...

Germany on Saturday celebrated 25 years since its joyful reunification, with its leaders urging the nation to muster the same strength and solidarity to face a record refugee influx. The silver anniversary of the day communist East Germany and the capitalist West reunited as one country comes...

A Syrian Christian family targeted by a September bomb attack in Damascus flew into Paris on Friday to start a new life, roughly a year after they requested entry visas from the French authorities. Amid cackles of joy and relief, 15 family members embraced each other and the...

Glasgow will become the first British city to accept Syrian refugees since the current crisis began with dozens set to arrive before Christmas. The city council has made an agreement with the Home Office to identify 63 people from refugee camps in Lebanon and Iraq. Families are expected to...

 U.N. refugee agency UNHCR expects 1.4 million refugees to flee to Europe via the Mediterranean this year and next, it said in a revised appeal seen by Reuters Thursday, a sharp rise from initial estimates of 850,000. "UNHCR is planning for up to 700,000 people seeking safety and...

World trade will grow by 2.8 percent this year and could fall back further by a U.S. interest rate rise, China’s economic slowdown or Europe’s refugee crisis, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. The forecast, revised down from a 3.3 percent forecast made in April, means 2015 will be the...

 A migrant woman and a child drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos after their boat sank, police said Wednesday, adding 45 other passengers had been rescued. The Greek harbor police did not give the victims’ ages or nationalities and it was not clear if the two were related. According to...

Japan, which accepted just 11 asylum seekers last year out of a record 5,000 applicants, will provide about $810 million in aid in response to refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was expected to announce the new...

The number of attacks and other criminal offences committed against refugee shelters in Germany has more than doubled this year compared to 2014, police said on Monday. Germany expects a record-breaking number of 800,000 new arrivals this year. The unprecedented influx of foreigners has...