Hungary has declared a ‘state of emergency’ along its border with Serbia in an attempt to prevent refugees crossing into the country.
We need more Europe in our asylum policy. We need more Union in our refugee policy,” says the Commission president.
Germany could take up to 500,000 asylum-seekers a year for the next few years, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has said.
Thousands of migrants and refugees have arrived in mainland Greece, as European leaders squabble over how to defuse growing crisis.
More than 12,000 Icelanders have offered to open their homes or provide other assistance to Syrian refugees after their government said they would only take in 50 people form the war-torn country.