EU migration crisis

Europe has been on high alert for most of 2016, with bloody militant attacks striking Paris and Brussels

DPA news agency said that the man behind the wheel was an asylum seeker from Afghanistan or Pakistan

The man was detained in the Brussels commune of Schaerbeek on Monday

Up to 300,000 asylum seekers are expected to arrive Europe this year, says Federal Office for Migrants and Refugees

'dozens of people crammed into storage rooms without space to lie down.' : UN staff

The practice of religious asylum had been largely forgotten until last year

Hungary is part of EU's Schengen zone but police carry out regular identity checks on motorway to Austrian border

'Criminal network was dismantled for illegally transferring migrants from Greece to western Europe on small aircraft'

Austria has already come under fire from European Commission and human rights groups for capping its refugee intake

Bavarian district chief calls the incident "act of desperation"

Cologne police say they have recorded 379 cases of violence with illegal migrants making up majority of suspects

With migrants now arriving daily in Europe interest in refugee issue and demand for tours has grown

Spate of detentions in South and Central America show region has become route for Syrians fleeing war in homeland

United Nations urges countries to treat refugees with "compassion and empathy"

Official says barbed wire will be stored in containers ready to be rolled out along border if situation escalates

Nearly 500 people have died trying to cross Aegean Sea from neighbouring Turkey this year

New sinking adds to string of migrant boat tragedies since Monday off Greek islands of Lesbos, Kalymnos and Rhodes

Endless procession has overwhelmed nations along migrant trail through Balkans prompting Hungary to seal its borders

US Secretary of State cited that mass migration would significantly worsen if global warming persists

Holocaust survivor Hungarian Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz says Muslims are flooding, occupying and destroying Europe

Jaroslaw Kaczynski's comments have attracted wide criticism in media and among ruling centrists

Police say several people were wounded and several others arrested

Group was aiming to reach Germany and had come from Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon's south

Such disturbances have been rare, considering that Germany has taken in around half million asylum-seekers this year

Study says proportion and cause of civilian deaths differed in government-held and rebel areas

"We have a big heart. However, there is a limit to what we can do," says President Joachim Gauck

EU leaders agree to boost aid for Syria's neighbours — home to millions of refugees — to stop them coming to Europe

UNHCR says there is no way to resolve crisis of this dimension if each country acts alone based on its own interests

State news agency says there were children among those missing

Interior minister expresses regret at Schmidt's decision, saying did excellent job in the post he had held since 2010

Germany's fresh border controls have slowed a rush of people over its border, relieving pressure on its officials

Politicians sound alarm over risk of bloodthirsty radicals making their way to Europe undetected in flood of migrants

Pressure is building for special EU summit to come up with solutions to the crisis

Schrei nach Liebe (Cry for Love) was first released in 1993 by punk band Die Aerzte

Mayor of nearby Mineo town says the centre becomes a town in itself, which doesn't help integration

PM Tony Abbott says all of us were shocked as a nation at the disaster that we saw on our television screens

About 60 countries meet in Paris to cement measures aimed at easing the return of refugees

Erkki Liikanen says he will participate in fund-raising by Finnish Red Cross with his monthly net salary

In Munich, refugee families holding their children and few belongings smiled as they were greeted with cheers

Naguib Sawiris says he would approach governments of Greece and Italy about his plan

UNHCR says preliminary estimate would indicate potential need to increase relocation opportunities

Italy, France & Germany sign document calling for review of current EU rules on asylum & fair distribution of migrants