Refugees

By Madeline ChambersBERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin will take in 80 to 100 children from Greek refugee camps, an official in the German capital said on Tuesday, as concern mounts about migrants amassing on the Turkish-Greek border.European politicians are struggling to agree what to do about the tens of thousands of…

ATHENS/ANKARA (Reuters) - Greeks and Turks are waging a proxy war on social media with photos, video and commentary purporting to show the other side behaving badly in a migrant crisis that has seriously strained already tense relations between Athens and Ankara. Greek soldiers patrol at a train station near…

This video appears to show a Greek coastguard vessel crossing the bow of an overcrowded rubber dinghy full of refugees and migrants, who can be heard screaming as the wake hits them.  On the same day, a child was reported to have died after a boat capsized off the coast…

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - In December, Saw Kaw Lar received an unexpected call. "Your case for going to America was withdrawn," the refugee from Myanmar’s Karen minority recalled hearing. "If there are other countries for you, we will tell you." In an instant, his 10-year journey towards resettlement in the…

For most close observers, it has long seemed only a matter of time before the long, bloody proxy war between Turkey and Russia for regional predominance in the Middle East would break out into full-scale direct hostilities. That came closer to happening last week, when Russian-backed Syrian forces attacked a…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to hold talks with senior European Union officials in Brussels over a refugee crisis unfolding at the Turkish-Greek border, as Germany said the bloc was considering taking in 1,500 child refugees. Tens of thousands of asylum-seekers have been trying to break through the land border…

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(EDIRNE, Turkey) — A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek authorities responded, firing volleys of tear gas at the youths. At least two migrants were injured…

Volunteer organisations supporting refugees and migrants on the Greek islands say they have come under verbal and physical attack from locals. Tensions are especially high after Turkey opened its borders with Europe. Al Jazeera's John Psaropoulos reports from the Greek island of Lesbos. Read More

Some 3.6 million Syrian refugees live in Turkey, having fled their homeland’s civil war in search of safety. Over the years, Turkey has mostly welcomed them with government-financed programs and a degree of freedom typically unavailable to refugees, many of whom are consigned to camps. As a result, Syrians can…