The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have announced that they plan to spend around €35m to beef up European Union borders as they come under pressure for refusing to accept refugee quotas.

Europe has called for a unique solution for the Irish border in the wake of Brexit.

Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz says his country is ready to "protect" its border with Italy.

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The EU’s economics commissioner Pierre Moscovici has said Brussels will “do everything to preserve” the North’s peace agreement and its “special” position once Brexit negotiations begin with Britain.

A ‘hard border’ between Northern Ireland and the Republic following Brexit would place the police “in the terrorist firing line”, officers have warned.

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam who is better known by her stage name M.I.A. is no stranger to hardship.

Hundreds of Moroccans, Algerians, and Pakistanis tried to storm the border between Greece and Macedonia, tearing down part of the barbed wire fence at the crossing and demanding to be allowed to carry on into northern Europe.

The European Union lashed out at member countries for failing to come up with funds to help cope with the refugee emergency.

EU leaders concentrated on how to seal Europe’s borders as they were warned to expect many millions of refugees over the coming months and years.

Europe will have to wait at least five years before banks begin to consolidate across borders, as they wrestle with low interest rates, regulatory reforms and the need to overhaul technology, bank executives said yesterday.

Austria says it is tightening controls on its borders, after 71 migrants were found dead in a lorry last week.

Up to 3,000 migrants are expected to cross into Macedonia every day in the coming months, most of them refugees fleeing war, particularly from Syria, the UN has said.

Call on all member states to support under-pressure countries.