Seven migrants drown off Greece’s island of Lesbos

On Wednesday, divers recovered the bodies of a woman, a young girl and an infant from an overturned inflatable dinghy after an all-day search near Lesbos.

A Syrian woman carrying a baby disembarks from a ferry upon arrival… Most of the migrants rescued by Greek officials have been Syrian.

The nationalities of the migrants was not yet known.

FILE – This Friday, September 25, 2015 file photo is an aerial view of…

Coastguards saved 13 people who had been in the overcrowded vessel.

Tiny Slovenia has said it will only take in 2,500 people a day, significantly stalling the movement of people across the Balkans as they flee wars and poverty in countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. “Protection of our external borders is the main priority”, Tusk said.

With that route now sealed, too, Croatia said it had a plan in place to send them to Slovenia from midnight, in agreement with its fellow former Yugoslav republic.

Millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees are learning whether they will get a boost in benefits next year.

European leaders are holding talks in Brussels on Thursday over how to cope with the continent’s worst migration crisis since World War Two.

“The most important thing is how Turkey will cooperate with us to stem this wave of refugees, especially as we fear that the new wave can be bigger than now”. The European Union expects another mass exodus in the wake of Russia’s military actions in Syria. He adds that “all parties involved must be brought to the negotiating table”.

UNHCR staff returned to Moria this morning.

“The situation with the influx of Migrants from Serbia and their transport to Slovenia is slowly normalising”, Ostojic told Croatian media.

As many as 4,000 people meanwhile remained stranded near the landing spot on the north coast of the island, after bus transfers to the reception centre were halted due to the overcrowding there, Edwards said.

More than 132,000 people have for instance been registered in Macedonia since June, Unicef said.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc is pushing the idea.

European Union leaders will discuss a possible European Union border guard system and the future of the EU’s Dublin asylum regulations.