
Asked at a campaign rally on Saturday how she was preparing for Sunday's results, Merkel said: "I'm crossing my fingers...


Concerns are all the higher as Turkey is not a full signatory to the Geneva Convention on refugees.

Of the four bodies found at sea, one was that of a six-month-old baby, rescuers said

"The days of irregular migration to Europe are over," European Council President Donald Tusk said


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The budge is based on an assessment of needs drawn up with member states and U.N. agencies,t, EU...

Athens had previously warned that it could be stuck with up to 70,000 people trapped on its territory.


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More than 110,000 people, many fleeing poverty and war in Africa and the Middle East, have arrived in Greece...