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Anadolu said the refugees would be returned to the provinces where they registered.

The Hungarian government posted ads in Lebanese and Jordanian newspapers on Monday, threatening to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally.

Czech personalities linked to the November 1989 overthrow of the communist regime have called on the government, in a letter released to CTK, to meet its European commitments and reassess its “negativist” approach to the redistribution of refugees among EU members....

One suggestion is for Greece, which has comprehensively failed to secure its borders, to hand over their border-control responsibilities to other more capable nations – a role for which Hungary has volunteered itself, reports N-TV.de. “When a government loses control...

Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary – the last of which has been strongly chided for its treatment of incoming refugees – all voted against the proposal.

Their nationalities were not immediately known.

It also urged the government to ensure the provision of monetary funds and a legal framework for the country to defend its border, using all possible means.

A diplomatic row escalated in Europe on Sunday as governments clashed over how to handle migrants making their way across the continent.

The Ministers were in agreement that complex and comprehensive solutions must be further explored to tackle the root causes of migration, which includes an effective return and readmission policy, the disruption of human smuggling networks and setting up multifunctional refugee...

At least 13 refugees have been killed after a boat on its way to Greece collided with a ferry off the coast of Turkey, reports say.

Several hundred asylum-seekers are camping out at the Turkish border with Greece, hoping that a meeting in Brussels will produce an agreement to let them into the European Union.

Terence Pike, with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Croatia, told CNN that Croatian authorities had been prepared to handle only an influx of 500 migrants and refugees a day.

UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said: “This may be the last opportunity for a coherent European response to manage a crisis that is increasing suffering and exploitation of refugees and migrants and tension between countries”.

Ms Fleming said it is “essential” that the 120,000 additional places are approved this week for any relocation programme to be considered “credible” but claimed that any scheme can not be effectively implemented without the creation of “adequate...

European interior ministers return to the table in Brussels on Tuesday afternoon for another round of talks on the deeply divisive issue of migration quotas. After last week’s meeting, Luxembourg’s Jean Asselborn, who is minister for immigration and asylum as well as...