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EU, African leaders to tackle migration crisis Europe's leaders will offer Africa up to 3.6 billion euros ($3.8 billion) in aid at a summit in Malta in exchange for help tackling the migration crisis rocking Europe.

11 November 2015

EU's Tusk seeks 'strong signal' from Turkey EU president Donald Tusk urged Turkey to show its readiness to work with Brussels on issues such as the migrant crisis following a stunning election win by the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

04 November 2015

EU risks 'disintegration' over migrant crisis, warns EU's Mogherini The European Union risks disintegrating if it fails to respond to its worst migration crisis since World War II collectively.

29 October 2015

Bodies of 43 would-be migrants wash up on Libyan beaches The bodies of at least 43 people thought to be migrants washed up on Libyan beaches east of the capital Tripoli at the weekend.

26 October 2015

Pope calls for every European parish to take in refugee family Pope Francis called on every Catholic parish in Europe to take in a refugee family, saying the Vatican's two parishes would lead by example.

07 September 2015

Turkish PM slams refugee policy of 'Christian fortress Europe' Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu criticised the "ridiculously small" share of refugees the EU is accepting, labelling the continent the "Christian fortress Europe."

07 September 2015

EU faces 'unprecedented humanitarian, political crisis': Timmermans Europe is facing an "unprecedented humanitarian and political crisis" as it struggles with the huge influx of refugees and migrants, the European Commission's vice-president Frans Timmermans said.

04 September 2015

EU to step up action against Mediterranean people smugglers The EU is preparing to step up action against people smugglers in the Mediterranean, actively seizing the boats which carry thousands of hapless migrants to Europe.

02 September 2015

Jeb Bush: Asians abusing US birthright citizenship Republican White House hopeful Jeb Bush accused Asians of abusing rules allowing infants born in the United States to be American citizens.

25 August 2015

Hollande, Merkel 'to discuss EU migrant crisis on Monday' The French and German leaders will meet in Berlin on Monday to give a new push to European efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis in 50 years.

24 August 2015

Germany expects record 'up to 800,000' asylum-seekers this year Germany expects to receive up to 800,000 asylum-seekers in 2015, a new record, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

20 August 2015

Record 107,500 migrants at EU borders in July: Frontex EU border agency Frontex reported a record 107,500 migrants at the European Union's borders last month, as the 28-member bloc struggles to cope with a refugee crisis

19 August 2015

More than 1,000 more migrants rescued in Mediterranean More than 1,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean over the weekend, Italy's coastguard said, with further tragedies narrowly averted.

10 August 2015

Lithuania says can take in 250 refugees, migrants Lithuania said it has decided to resettle up to 250 Syrian refugees, migrants and asylum seekers transferred from Italy and Greece.

18 June 2015

France and Italy clash as migrant stand-off opens EU rift Italy and France engaged in a war of words as a standoff over hundreds of Africans offered a graphic illustration of Europe's migration crisis.

16 June 2015

Italy PM under fire as minister probed in mafia migrant scandal Italy's premier rebuffed opposition demands that he sack a junior minister who is being investigated in a burgeoning scandal.

07 June 2015

Europe must do more to help migrants: UN chief Europe must do more to help migrants crossing the Mediterranean, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said ahead of a visit to Brussels.

27 May 2015

UN chief voices growing concern over migrant crisis UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday he was increasingly concerned by the humanitarian crisis sparked by refugees stranded in boats in Southeast Asia.

18 May 2015

Ministry of National Economy observes high outflow of qualified work force from Kazakhstan Vice Minister of National Economy Madina Abylkassymova reported an increase of qualified work force outflow from Kazakhstan at the Migration Process Tendencies and Social Aspects roundtable meeting.

25 November 2014

Launch of Eurasian Economic Union may trigger growth of salaries in Kazakhstan Should the neighboring Kyrgyzstan access the Eurasian Economic Union, the issue of migrants may emerge (…) now we are working on suggestions on how to defend the national market: Minister of Healthcare and Social Development.

15 October 2014

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