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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said more should have been done to tackle the "root causes" of the worst refugee and migrant crisis since World War II.

• 20 октября 2015, 11:30

Slovenian authorities said they had refused to let in more than 1,000 migrants arriving from Croatia after a daily quota had been reached.

• 19 октября 2015, 15:26

British Prime Minister David Cameron will launch a new strategy aimed at countering jihadist ideology and stopping young Britons travelling to Syria.

• 19 октября 2015, 15:04

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu praised a "better approach" from the European Union in sharing the burden of the refugee crisis.

• 19 октября 2015, 10:37

US Secretary of State John Kerry rebuked those opposed to welcoming Syrian refugees, insisting that immigrants built and defined America as a nation.

• 10 октября 2015, 13:48

The UN Security Council will vote on Friday on a draft resolution authorizing European military action against migrant smugglers in the high seas off Libya's coast.

• 09 октября 2015, 15:20

Dubbed "the princess of migrants", a Nigerian baby born on the Italian ship that rescued her mother in the Mediterranean has become a symbol of hope for those braving the perilous crossing in search of a new life.

• 08 октября 2015, 16:05

Traffic through the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France was suspended after around 100 migrants entered the French side of the tunnel complex, the company operating it said in a statement.

• 03 октября 2015, 18:13

The huge influx of migrants into Europe is being used by some foreign leaders to weaken the European Union politically, EU president Donald Tusk said Friday in Poland.

• 03 октября 2015, 17:57

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned at the United Nations that Europe will be "destabilized" if the mass flows of migrants and refugees continue unabated.

• 01 октября 2015, 17:19

Kazakhstan is ready to accept refugees from Middle Eastern countries.

• 25 сентября 2015, 19:55

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the European Union's decision to inject $1 billion to help countries overwhelmed by Syrian refugees.

• 25 сентября 2015, 14:58

Australia's new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull admitted he had concerns about asylum seekers being held in Pacific island camps.

• 23 сентября 2015, 15:05

Slovakia's leftist Prime Minister Robert Fico said he would rather risk infringing EU rules than implement mandatory refugee quotas adopted by the bloc.

• 23 сентября 2015, 12:02

Four eastern EU states opposed to fixed migrant quotas across the bloc said they were "absolutely dedicated" to reaching an agreement with western partners on solving Europe's worst migrant crisis.

• 22 сентября 2015, 10:21

No European country can get out of taking in refugees who have the right to asylum, French President Francois Hollande said Sunday.

• 21 сентября 2015, 16:26

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that EU members reluctant to accept migrant quotas may have to be outvoted and overruled in the 28-member bloc.

• 18 сентября 2015, 16:46

Hungary plans to build a fence to keep migrants out along part of its border with Romania in addition to the barrier being erected along the frontier with Serbia.

• 16 сентября 2015, 10:31

Hungary's populist prime minister called for a massive aid package to be given to countries around war-wracked Syria to help stem the flow of migrants to Europe.

• 15 сентября 2015, 21:18

EU ministers failed to reach agreement on a quota plan to share the burden of a flood of refugees.

• 15 сентября 2015, 15:40