Page 5 - Migrant Crisis

Protesting migrants ask EU leaders why borders are closed

Hundreds of migrants already are staying in makeshift camps along the border with almost no facilitie

41 migrant bodies wash up on Libya beach

More than 10,000 migrants bound for Europe have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean since 2014

4,500 migrants rescued in Med: Italy coastguard

Coastguard spokesman said it appeared many people had left the Libyan coast trying to make the perilous voyage across the sea to Europe

Global migrant tide swells to record 65 million: UN

Europe's migrant crisis is just one part of a growing tide of human misery led by Palestinians, Syrians and Afghans

Hundreds missing: Migrant boats capsizes near a Greece island and a Libyan town

It was the second migrant vessel found in that area of the southern Aegean Sea since last week

Greece: 3 dead, 302 people rescued from migrant boat

Roughly 25 meter vessel, which resembled a large fishing boat, had been carrying an undetermined number of people

Boat packed with migrants capsizes near the Greece Island

A passing ship spotted the sinking vessel about 75 nautical miles south of Crete, Greece's largest island, in the southern Aegean Sea

Migrant deal off if no visa-free travel, Turkey warns EU

There have been growing concerns that Turkish nationals will not be given visa-free travel by the end of June, the target date

EU-Turkey migrant deal is 'botched job', says Spain

Said it was unhappy with leaving the solution to the crisis in the hands of a country outside the EU

EU-Turkey migrant deal is 'botched job', says Spain

In April, acting Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faced heavy criticism from lawmakers over the fact that Spain had taken in only 16 asylum-seekers under an EU relocation plan, out of a promised 16,000

Migrant crisis: Angela Merkel visits Turkey-Syria border

The visit comes amid questions over the legality of the EU-Turkey pact, which deports back to Turkey migrants who do not qualify for asylum in Greece

500 migrants may have died in sinking of boat in Mediterranean, UN says

It would be the worst humanitarian calamity in Europe's migrant crisis since more than 800 people died last April near Libyan shores

Migrants arrive in Greek island ports for expulsion to Turkey

Two Turkish leisure vessels on Lesbos and another one on Chios are waiting to pick up the migrants

Greece says EU migrant sharing is 'absolute emergency'

Greece is at the heart of Europe's greatest migration crisis since World War II

EU looks to refugee-laden Turkey to ease its migrant burden

The leaders will also try to persuade Turkey's prime minister to slow the flow of migrants travelling to Europe

Greece says up to 70,000 migrants may be 'trapped' next month

The bottleneck is expected to get worse after EU members Slovenia and Croatia, as well as Serbia and Macedonia, imposed a limit of 580 migrants entering their borders each day

Greece recalls Austria, Brussels envoy as migrant crisis nears breaking point

Greece, the main landing point for most migrants arriving in Europe, faces huge pressure to stop 'waving through' migrants to the rest of the EU

Europe has 'completely failed' in migrant crisis

UN High Commissioner also warned against European countries closing their borders which would de-facto block many refugees