Quotas won't prevent migrant deaths: Slovak minister2015-09-12
Mandatory quotas to distribute migrants across European Union member states won't prevent deaths, Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak said Friday at a session of Parliament's European affairs committee.

Refugee issues should not blind threat from IS: Spanish interior minister2015-09-11
Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz insisted on Friday that Spain must not allow humanitarian issues with refugees from Syria and Iraq to blind them to the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS).

EC shouldn't be given the authority to decide on migration issue: Slovak PM, FM2015-09-10
The mechanism for refugee redistribution based on quotas, presented at the European Parliament on Wednesday by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

Romania prefers voluntary migrant quotas to mandatory one: FM2015-09-09
Romania prefers voluntary immigrant quotas instead of mandatory ones, Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu declared Wednesday.

Germany should lead the way on refugee issue: Merkel2015-09-09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that Germany should lead the way on the refugee issue to help find common European solutions to the current refugee crisis.

Migrant numbers significant but not insurmountable: PACE president2015-09-08
In a statement made on Monday, Anne Brasseur, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe(PACE), said Europe should be able to manage high numbers of migrants.

Interview: West's policy failures, people smugglers trigger refugee flood2015-09-08
Rescued migrants sit on a rubber boat after being rescued by Libyan coast guard in Garabulli, Libya, on Sept.7, 2015.

Danish PM calls for European solution to refugee crisis2015-09-08
Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen on Monday called for a European solution to the escalating refugee crisis.

Portugal should accept more refugees than quota: official2015-09-08
Portugal should accept more than the 1500 refugees included in its European Union quota, Lisbon mayor Fernando Medina, told foreign journalists on Monday at a press conference.

Austrian chancellor criticizes EU countries opposed to refugee intake quotas2015-08-26
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann on Tuesday criticized European Union member states that are opposed to mandatory refugee intake quotas within the union.

UN migrant expert urges EU to increase mobility in border control2015-08-25
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Francois Crepeau, on Tuesday urged the Europeans to start focusing on regaining control of their external border from the smugglers by increasing mobility solutions available to most migrants.

Number of asylum seekers in Switzerland on the rise: report2015-08-14
The Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) reported on Thursday that the number of asylum seekers looking for refuge in Switzerland increased by 2 .0 percent compared to June this year.

Lithuania to provide fair living conditions for immigrants: minister2015-08-12
Immigrant asylum seekers who have been agreed to be accepted in Lithuania will be guaranteed"fair enough"living conditions, Saulius Skvernelis, Minister of the Interior of Lithuania, said on Tuesday.

Immigration is European issue, says Spanish civil guard chief2014-07-29
Arsenio Fernandez de Mesa, the general director of the Spanish Civil Guard, on Monday said the problems of illegal immigration to Europe was not just an issue for Spain but for the entire European Union(EU).