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BBC: Migrants ‘torch tents’ in Slovenia camp
Tents have been torched at a transit camp in Slovenia, allegedly by migrants angry at how they are being treated, according to the BBC. They torched the tents at the camp in Brezice to protest at the slow process of registering them and moving them to the Austrian border, witnesses said. They have also complained of a lack of...
‘Dehydrated & scared’: Illegal migrants rescued from sweltering truck in Texas (VIDEO)
No fresh air inside, a truck full of half-naked bodies and a sweltering atmosphere: a police body camera captures the moment Texas officers found dozens of illegal migrants, including women and children, inside a tractor trailer. The incident took place in Frio County, Texas on September 18, but the video has only just been...
1 in 3 ‘Syrian’ refugees have fake IDs, German authorities admit
Practically a third of asylum seekers coming to Europe have forged Syrian passports and IDs to make naturalization easier, the German government admits as it deploys troops to handle the refugee crisis. Some 527,000 migrants have arrived in Germany this year. About 30 percent of these pretending to be Syrians come from...
Migrant crisis: EU splits exposed as summit looms
Splits within the EU on the relocation of 120,000 migrants have been further exposed as leaders gather for an emergency meeting in Brussels. Slovakia is launching a legal challenge to mandatory quotas that were passed in a majority vote on Tuesday. Hungary's PM defended its "democratic rights" and proposed a...
Greek Coast Guard Searches for 26 Missing Migrants
Greece's coast guard was searching Sunday for 26 migrants missing off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos after the boat they were traveling in sank. The coast guard says a Lithuanian helicopter from the European border patrol agency Frontex spotted people in the sea off the southeastern coast of Lesbos in the...
Migrant crisis: Thirteen die in ferry collision off Turkey
At least 13 migrants, including children, have died after their dinghy and a ferry collided off Turkey, the coastguard there says. The accident happened close to the port of Canakkale. The boat was on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos. In a second incident, Greece's coastguard said 26 people were feared missing from a...
Migrants break through Croatia police lines at Tovarnik
Crowds of migrants have scuffled with Croatian police in at least two places along the border with Serbia as they seek to enter the European Union. They briefly broke through police lines at Tovarnik and Bezdan after hours waiting in full sun. At least 8,900 migrants entered Croatia on Thursday, officials said, after...
In photos: Migrants clash with Hungarian police
A man runs from Hungarian police spraying water on migrants at a border crossing into Hungary near Horgos, Serbia, on Wednesday. After Hungary shut down its border with Serbia on Tuesday, frustrations have erupted into clashes between Hungarian police and those trying to cross the border. A few hundred migrants tore down the...