Two evangelical pastors in Szeged share their views after borders are closed to refugees. The country “will need the church to help integrate and accept the refugees who stay”.
European Council President Donald Tusk, has asked EU members to admit 100,000 refugees.
14,000 Icelanders say they are ready to offer shelter and aid to Syrian refugees. A Christian MP in Germany hosts two Eritrean refugees at home. “Net of shelter cities” emerges in Spain.
Migration issues have dominated a summit in Vienna, amid the worst refugee crisis in Europe since WWII. At least 20 migrants have been found dead in a lorry in Austria.
Around 430 people have been rescued in the same boat by the Swedish ship Poseidon, Italy’s coastguard said.
Despite government efforts to quickly build a 4-meter high fence on the Serbian border to stop them.
“We don't have any mosques in Slovakia so how can Muslims be integrated if they are not going to like it here?” Interior ministry spokesman Ivan Metik said.
Thousands of people wait in the border between Greece and Macedonia. Families of refugees arriving from Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan board trains bringing them to Serbia. They hope to find a final destination in Germany or Sweden.
Christian faith “instructs us not to fear the stranger, but to love our neighbour. We view the situation with growing alarm and anger.”
Italy will receive the most aid - nearly 560 million euros, while Greece is to receive 473 million.
It is thought up to 600 migrants were on the boat. About 400 have been rescued and at least 25 bodies recovered. The European Comission has made a statement.
According to International Organization for Migration´s data published today, the Central Mediterranean route is the deadliest route for migrants.
Bishop Trevor Willmott calls on Prime Minister to “soften” rhetoric towards the migrants, and deal with the problem in a "non-hostile way".
One person died and 1,500 were intercepted only last night. African and Asian refugees and migrants wait in Calais for an opportunity to reach the UK.
The anti-inmigration fence that Hungary started to construct on Monday will be four metres high and 175 kilometres long.
“Refugees are desperate and try to go to countries where they believe Human Rights are respected”, said UNHRC spokesperson María Jesús Vega in a interview. Summer will be a very critical season.
A UNHCR report explained how Europe is living through a maritime refugee crisis of historic proportions.
Anti-Inmigration Danish People's Party comes second and centre-right coalition will be able to form a new government.
UN gives the numbers of 2014, an alerts that we are “witnessing a paradigm change” in which reality “is now clearly dwarfing anything seen before.”
The Comission introduces a country-by-country quota system to respond to the Mediterranean crisis. Evangelicals had asked for real solutions in recent weeks.
About 7,000 people were rescued last weekend, but 46 might have drowned.
You can sink the boats on the African shores. And then what? A serious reflection on citizenship in the global world is needed.
The majority of migrants arriving to Europe's coasts are seeking refuge from terrorists, violence, war and persecution. They are the threatened ones.
Christel Lamère, representative of the European Evangelical Alliance in Brussels, asks for “binding agreements and tangible objectives.”
About 800 people are feared dead in the worst humanitarian tragedy happened in the sea which separates Africa and Europe. European Union's representatives discuss how to respond. An illustration by cartoonist Ricardo (El Mundo newspaper).
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