EU needs Turkey for keeping Balkan migration route closure

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Friday that EU needs Turkey to help maintain the shutdown of the Balkans migration route.

Migrants: le G20 appelle les Etats à "partager les charges" et "renforcer l'aide"

Le G20 a appelé lundi l'ensemble des pays à "renforcer leur aide" et à mieux "coordonner les efforts" internationaux pour s'attaquer à la crise des réfugiés et "partager les charges correspondantes", selon le communiqué final du sommet de Hangzhou (Chine).

Políticas de EEUU y UE son causa principal de la crisis de refugiados

¿Qué es lo que ha generado la crisis de refugiados en Europa? A esta interrogante, líderes mundiales han respondido desde diferentes perspectivas, pero todo parece indicar que la intervención de los Estados Unidos tiene mucho que ver en los distrubios en Medio Oriente y en los países del norte de África, regiones de donde ha salido el mayor número de inmigrantes y refugiados, que han llegado en los últimos meses a Europa.

EU confident Turkey to get 3 bn euro refugee aid despite delay

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Monday expressed confidence Turkey would soon receive a package of three billion euros ($3.2 billion) for mainly Syrian refugees, despite a delay of almost two months since the funds were agreed.

EU commissioners visit Turkey to discuss ‘sticky’ issues, notably refugee crisis

Two top executives of the European Union are scheduled to hold talks with Turkish leaders in the capital city of Ankara, as European governments are feeling overwhelmed with the numbers of Europe-bound migrants escaping war and poverty in Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Merkel insists on European solution for refugee crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed on Wednesday that a European solution was needed to resolve the current refugee crisis despite calls for capping refugee influx from her own conservatives.

Bulgarian Orthodox Church tells government: Don’t admit more refugees

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, has called on the country’s government not to admit more refugees, while saying it has compassion and solidarity for those already in the country.

Merkel: Assad must be included in Syria peace talks. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has made similar comments.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that President Bashar al-Assad should be involved in any Syrian peace talks amid pressure from the rising number of refugees from Syria.

EU to focus military actions in the Mediterranean on arresting traffickers

The military operation being carried out by the European Union (EU) in the Mediterranean will focus on arresting traffickers and disabling smugglers vessels, a senior military official has told the European Parliament.

EU border agency wants more help in migrant crisis

The head of EU border protection agency Frontex on Sept. 21 urged more support from member states, warning that "the speed and dynamics of the refugee influx continues to be exceptionally high."

Hungarian PM says migration crisis in Europe rooted in EU short-sighted policy

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned about the dangers of the current migrant crisis for entire Europe. Migrants are not merely knocking on our doors, they are breaking through them, he said before parliament on Monday.

US calls for renewed diplomacy on Syria

The US Secretary of State has called for a solution to the Syrian conflict which is causing millions to flee the country.

At talks in London today John Kerry said that it is essential that countries work together in seeking Syrian President Assad to step down.