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In addition, the two leaders “discussed how a big part of the answer to the refugee crisis must be a solution to the situation in Syria“, a spokesman for Cameron’s office said.

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.

The current draft would allow for further discussion about how and where to relocate refugees ahead of another ministerial meeting scheduled for Oct. 8. A majority of the bloc’s interior ministers already agreed in principle on Monday to the redistribution, but they could...

“The problem here won’t be solved if thousands of people move to Canada or other countries”, said Mohammed Darwish, a mechanical engineer who brought his family from Aleppo to Kilis earlier this year.

The 40-year-old was sacked by the right-wing N1TV online channel after video of her taken by other journalists went viral. He said he hopes to reunite with relatives in the Netherlands.

Washington expressed concern over the Russian military build-up in Syria and put pressure on countries nearby to deny their air space to Russian flights to the country.

Across Germany at the weekend, banners were hoisted at Bundesliga football matches that said simply “Welcome Refugees”. Cameron said specific details of the resettlement plan would be announced next week. Non-EU nations akin to Serbia and Macedonia have been shuttling...

Once across, the Hungarian police shepherd them toward a roadside meeting point beside the maize fields, where buses roll up to take them to a nearby registration centre, on the next short leg of their tortuous road north.

The French-based NGO Medicine Sans Frontieres (MSF) has criticised the lack of coordination and the conditions the migrants have to endure, as only a little food and water is being provided by Greek authorities in Kos.

Rescuers have saved about 3,000 refugees but found more than 50 dead on boats near the coast of Libya, according to the Italian coastguard.

For some the aim is to go further north through Macedonia and Serbia, to try to get to the border with Hungary. Police ran blood tests on them for alcohol levels.

After entering Serbia, the migrants, fleeing wars and poverty, are heading towards EU-member Hungary from where they want to continue further north to richer EU countries, such as Germany and Sweden.

They were part of a wave of around 7,000 refugees whose journey to the European Union had been blocked last week when Macedonia declared a state of emergency and closed its borders after being overwhelmed by the huge influx of people, amid Europe’s worst migration crisis...

It called on the European Union to “step up support for countries affected” by the movement of refugees and migrants in southeastern Europe. By about 7pm on Saturday, only a few hundred remained at Gevgelija rail station. But it is certain that these events...

Along with the 313 people rescued from the fishing boat and the 49 bodies, the Siem Pilot was also carrying 103 migrants from a separate rescue by a German ship, AFP reports.