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Migrants storm re-opened Budapest train station Several hundred migrants stormed into Budapest's main international train station early Thursday after police re-opened it following a two-day standoff

03 September 2015

'We love Germany!', cry relieved refugees at Munich station "We love Germany," several young migrants yelled happily as they stumbled out of a train in Munich -- the last stop, they hope, of their long and perilous journey from war.

02 September 2015

Migrants using fake Syrian passports to enter EU: Frontex A market in fake Syrian passports has sprung up, particularly in Turkey, to help migrants and refugees enter the EU, the head of Europe's border agency Frontex said.

01 September 2015

20,000 march in Austria after migrant truck tragedy Around 20,000 people took to the streets of Vienna on Monday to demonstrate against ill-treatment of migrants.

01 September 2015

Migrants fleeing war, persecution must be let in: French PM People fleeing war and persecution must be welcomed into France, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said as Europe faces a mounting migrant crisis.

31 August 2015

EU ministers to meet September 14 for urgent migrant talks European Union home affairs ministers will hold emergency talks on September 14 in Brussels on the continent's escalating migration crisis.

31 August 2015

Australian PM rules out random visa checks Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott distanced himself from a police operation in Melbourne which was cancelled amid public outrage about possible spot checks on people's visas.

29 August 2015

UN chief urges stronger response to migration tragedies UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to governments to step up their response to Europe's migrant crisis.

29 August 2015

Glastonbury sends abandoned rubber boots to Calais migrants Hundreds of pairs of rubber boots left behind by music fans who attended Britain's Glastonbury music festival have been donated to migrants in Calais.

29 August 2015

Berlin pledges police backup to refugee flashpoint town Berlin pledged to send police reinforcements to the eastern German town hit by violent anti-migrant protests.

29 August 2015

More than 70 dead in Austrian migrant truck tragedy: government The bodies of more than 70 dead migrants have been recovered from an abandoned truck found on an Austrian motorway, more than the initial estimate of between 20 and 50.

28 August 2015

Merkel vows no tolerance for migrant hate as 55 die in Mediterranean German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced down far-right hecklers vowing zero tolerance for "vile" anti-migrant violence as rescuers found 55 corpses on stricken boats in the Mediterranean.

27 August 2015

Hungary migrant crisis escalates as police fire tear gas Hungary's migrant crisis escalated as police fired tear gas at the EU country's main processing centre.

27 August 2015

Migrants crossing into Hungary hit record levels Record numbers of migrants streaming into EU member state Hungary from Serbia continue to climb, police said.

26 August 2015

Merkel to visit refugee centre hit by violence in EU migrants crisis German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit a refugee centre hit by violent far-right protests, a day after Berlin said it had eased some asylum rules.

26 August 2015

Exhausted migrants reach Serbia, dreaming of Western Europe In a dusty field on Serbia's border with Macedonia, thousands of migrants hoping to reach a better future in western Europe are offered some respite from their perilous journeys.

26 August 2015

Migrant wave enters EU member Hungary after Macedonia hold-up More than 1,000 migrants and refugees arrived in EU member Hungary late Monday, the first of around 7,000.

25 August 2015

Merkel, Hollande urge 'unified' response to EU refugee crisis German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called for a "unified" response to the worst refugee crisis to hit the EU since World War II.

25 August 2015

Thousands of migrants cross Macedonia, Serbia heading for EU Thousands of migrants, mostly Syrian refugees, travelled through Macedonia and Serbia towards western Europe, as Italy's foreign minister said the escalating crisis threatened the bloc's "soul".

24 August 2015

Macedonia allows 'vulnerable' migrants to cross border Macedonia said it would allow a limited number of "vulnerable" migrants to enter the country after sealing its border with Greece to them, leaving thousands of refugees stuck in no-man's land.

22 August 2015

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