14 migrants die as boat sinks off Turkish coast

“We hope that land will be allocated and that the Greek authorities will be given funds necessary in order to set up proper reception sites”, she said, speaking from Athens after spending a week on Lesbos.

“We have to try to save people at sea… and we can’t allow people to die of cold in the Balkans”, said Asselborn, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency.

UNHCR Europe Representative, Diane Goodman, said in Geneva that many people, including women with newborn babies, were forced to sleep in the open and had to warm themselves around fires.

In recent months, tens of thousands of migrants have made the perilous journey from Turkey to Europe, many of them running away from conflicts in the Middle East while others came from Africa. Amid criticism, he shelved the idea hours later.

The number of migrants and refugees crossing from Greece to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) also reached 26,840 between 6.00 am Monday November 2 and 6.00 am Monday November 9.

“The boat probably sank after hitting rocks”. People not eligible for protection would be returned to their country of origin.

The government fears that if neighboring Austria restricts their flow further along their route, the people stranded in Slovenia would be too many to handle.

Officials estimate that Norway, a nation of 5 million, will see up to 25,000 refugees, mainly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, this year.

European Union interior ministers yesterday faced renewed pressure to deliver on their promises for tackling the migration crisis as they met to prepare the ground for a crucial summit with African leaders.

Germany saw 758,000 asylum-seekers arrive between January and October.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff is downplaying a short-lived initiative by the interior minister to give many Syrians restricted asylum, insisting that the matter is settled and procedures remain unchanged.