The German Criminal Police Office warns other serious acts of violence given the strong influx of refugees in Germany, German local media reported on Wednesday.
With refugee numbers rising, the German government is coming under increasing pressure. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has probably never been criticized for her decidedly positive attitude in the immigration debate to such an extent as she currently is.
Top officials of the Obama administration on Thursday cautioned that "gaps" remain in their ability to screen Syrian refugees whom the White House had pledged to accept.
Unlike their brothers who rush towards Mecca on the day of Eid al-Adha, Islam's most important feast, refugees from Middle East and Africa keep moving towards European countries in endless rows.
As Muslims are preparing to celebrate the traditional festival Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, thousands of Syrian refugees gathered in Turkey's western border city of Edirne, shouting desperately again and again "We want to cross the border!"
The Brazilian government announced Monday it would renew its special visas for Syrian refugees in the South American country.
Refugees continued to arrive in Croatia although it closed all but one of its border crossings with Serbia.
Amid the refugee crisis, the president of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) Manfred Schmidt asked to resign "due to personal reasons," a statement by German Interior Ministry said Thursday.
The living condition of millions of refugees in the Horn of Africa region has deteriorated rapidly due to funding shortfalls, eruption of new conflicts and negative impacts of climate change, Kenyan officials said on Tuesday.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, on Wednesday reiterated his call for the Hungarian authorities to ensure unimpeded access for people in need of protection in line with its legal and moral obligations.
Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said Croatia could not handle tens of thousands migrants after the arrival of more than 1,000 migrants on Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama has asked his administration to open the door to at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year, the White House said Thursday.
At least four countries in Latin America, including Chile, Brazil, Venezuela and Paraguay, have expressed their willingness to take in more refugees from the Middle East.
The German government on Monday unveiled its first overall plan to deal with the growing influx of refugees entering Germany.
Brazil is ready to welcome more refugees "with open arms," President Dilma Rousseff said Monday.ith open arms," President Dilma Rousseff said Monday.
Confronted with the biggest refugee crisis since World War II (WWII), governments across Europe have adopted different stances amid rising calls for more actions on the issue.
Well over 10,000 refugees crossed over from Hungary to Austria and Germany, the Internet portal Index.hu reported on Sunday, while wire service MTI said 1,459 people had crossed into the country from outside the EU and been apprehended since Sunday midnight.
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