EU, Turkey refugee plan only a draft, says Ankara

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday the European Union had woken up too late to Turkey’s importance in stemming the flow of refugees from Syria and accused it of insincerity in talks on Turkish membership despite recent overtures.

UN backs EU military action against migrant smugglers

The UN Security Council on Friday gave its approval to a European military operation to seize and dispose of boats run by migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean off Libya's coast.

Nach Kritik aus Europa: USA nehmen 10.000 Syrien-Flüchtlinge auf.

US-Präsident Obama will in Zukunft deutlich mehr Flüchtlinge aus Syrien aufnehmen: 10.000 Syrern solle in den kommenden zwölf Monaten die Einreise ermöglicht werden. Zuletzt hatten die USA nur 1500 Flüchtlinge aus Syrien aufgenommen.

Refugees start arriving in Germany after Hungary ordeal (video Al Jazeera)

The first of thousands of exhausted refugees expected to arrive in Germany within days have started to arrive in the German city of Munich after boarding special trains from Austria's Vienna.

France and Germany call for permanent EU response to migrant crisis

France and Germany agreed on Thursday to propose a permanent and mandatory system to take in refugees and asylum seekers, especially Syrians, in the European Union, President Francois Hollande said.

Austrian Police Save 3 Ailing Children in New Migrant Truck Incident

Austrian police said Saturday that they rescued three children suffering from severe dehydration who were close to death in a van in Austria, along with 23 other migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

FYROM allows ‘limited number’ of migrants to cross border from Greece. (Assurances that the border will not be closed in the future)

FYROM*** on Friday allowed a limited number of "vulnerable" migrants to enter the country a day after sealing its border with Greece and leaving thousands of refugees stuck in no-man's land.