EU refugee relocation scheme unlikely to complete as planned

The European Union (EU) looks unlikely to be able to complete its plan to relocate 160,000 refugees from Greece and Italy by September 2017, as figures released on Wednesday show that only 5,651 refugees have been relocated by far.

Merkel: EU cannot close doors to Muslim refugees

Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed Tuesday that EU member states should provide shelter for refugees fleeing terror and civil war, irrespective of their religion or faith.

21 refugees in Slovakia return to Iraq. The reason for their return wasn't unhappiness with their treatment in Slovakia, but homesickness.

A total of 21 of the 149 Assyrian Christian refugees who came to Slovakia in December have decided to return to Iraq, confirmed the Slovak Interior Ministry on Tuesday.

Hungary appeals EU mandatory quota system

Hungary on Thursday submitted to the European Court its appeal against the EU mandatory quota system to distribute migrants across the bloc, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced.

Slovak PM Fico: Security more important than migrants’ rights

The recent terrorist attacks in Paris that claimed the lives of more than 120 people and injured more than 300 prompted politicians, analysts but also members of the Islamic Foundation to react.

2,700 refugees enter Slovenia from Croatia on Saturday

Around 2,700 refugees entered Slovenia from Croatia on Saturday, the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) reported.

Austria builds refugee camp on Slovak border

A new camp for immigrants designed for Syrian refugees is being set up on the Austrian side of the border with Slovakia, local news agency TASR reported on Tuesday.

Council of Europe Urges Slovakia to Stop Discriminating Refugees

Slovakia should change its outrageous stance on accepting refugees based on their religion, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said Thursday.

About 90% of Slovak Town Residents Against Hosting Refugees in Locality (local referendum)

More than 96 percent of residents of the town Gabchikovo in southwestern Slovakia voted against the deployment of the undocumented migrants in their town on the local referendum, local media reported Sunday.