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The Greek island of Lesbos is “on the verge of explosion” with violence erupting as the more than 15,000 mainly Syrian refugees push local resources to the limit, the immigration minister said Monday.

Let {us| me} turn the outpouring of public support for refugees into a strong and coordinated effort to tackle the problem at source, with Muslim nations central to any anti-IS coalition. Given that so many of Syria’s 20 million people have been driven from their homes, who...

The biggest flop, according to the survey, was Angel Di Maria, who cost United £59.7m but who was sold after just one season to Paris St Germain for £44m. Serie A is also back in the top 2 with €579m spent on squad renovation. Manchester City spent the highest amount of the...

Some people ran from police as they plan to head for Sweden but Denmark said they must register as per the European Union’s Dublin agreement on asylum seekers.

Europe’s refugee crisis has taken a new dimension in Germany with the arrival of over 8,000 asylum-seekers in the southern state of Bavaria from Hungary in one single day. “We’re all human. No-one is illegal”.

“European countries, which turned the Mediterranean Sea – the cradle of ancient civilisations – into a migrant cemetery are party to the crime that takes place when each refugee loses their life”, he said in a speech.

“Basically we are acting according to the rules”, Pangl said.

US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Stanley Fischer joined the European Central Bank vice-president Vitor Constancio and Bank of England governor Mark Carney on Saturday on a panel at the Kansas City Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, dedicated to discussing...

The sell-off adds to what has been a hard few weeks for United States and worldwide markets.

On Friday, Fischer hinted that a rate hike was still a possibility in September despite widespread concerns about recent turmoil in stock markets.

About 3,700 refugees coming by train from Hungary via Austria have arrived at Munich central station by early Saturday evening, with another 3,000 still expected to come later in the night. So hundreds set off by foot, saying they would walk to the Austrian border, 170 km away,...

Numerous migrants enter the European Union through the Balkan Peninsula.

It has partnered with Citizens United Kingdom to launch a resettlement project which needs people to lobby local councils to increase numbers of refugees resettled in their area, as well as helping personally welcome them and host them.

In addition to Syrians, others who have fled wars or were uprooted – such as Palestinians, Lebanese, Kuwaitis and Yemenis – have made their home in the region, as Emirati commentator Sultan Sooud al-Qassemi noted in The worldwide Business Times. But to the Syrians,...

The shadow home secretary said that within 24 hours of her asking councils in England, Scotland and Wales asking if they would be prepared to help in providing places for refugees, more than 40 had written back offering support.