Greece begins a process of returning migrants to Turkey under an EU deal, despite fears over lack of preparation and criticism from campaigners.

Greek authorities are gearing up to send hundreds of failed asylum-seekers back to Turkey, which is racing to set up reception centres under a controversial EU deal.

Macedonia has said it will no longer let any migrants through its border with Greece, effectively blocking the Balkan route north.

The European Union is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of euros on humanitarian aid, as Greece struggles to cope with an influx of migrants.

More than 7,000 migrants have been stuck in worsening conditions on the Greece-Macedonia border at a camp designed to support just 1,500 people.

Nato ships are being deployed to the Aegean sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says.

At least 24 migrants have died off the Turkish coast trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkish media say.

At least 39 migrants, including several children, have drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, coastguards say.

A team of rescue workers watched as at least 31 refugees drowned in the Aegean Sea fearing being charged with people smuggling.

Devin Graham and his rotating cast of daredevils go for an insane 600-foot-long rope swing that will make your palms sweat as you watch the video.

The Bulgarian authorities are accused of brutality towards migrants in a new report sponsored by the British charity Oxfam.

Sweden announces the introduction of temporary border checks to control the flow of migrants into the country.

The Colossus of Rhodes, a 98-foot-high iron and bronze statue of the Greek god Helios sat near the harbor of Rhodes, Greece, for 54 years until an earthquake knocked it down in 226 BCE.

Greece was hit by a huge new surge in migrants as the United Nations approved a European seize-and-destroy military operation against people smugglers in the Mediterranean.

The badly decomposed bodies of two children were found washed up on the Greek island of Kos on Sunday, the latest victims of a crisis that has seen 630,000 people enter the EU illegally this year.

European Union leaders will gather for an emergency summit on the migration crisis, a day after ministers forced through a controversial deal to relocate 120,000 refugees in a major blow to unity within the bloc.

Voting has begun in Greece's general election, with opinion polls indicating a tight race between the left-wing incumbent Syriza party and the conservative New Democracy.

Austria saw the arrival of at least 10,000 migrants, amid bitter rows among EU nations on how to handle the growing crisis.

Croatia closes seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls on the European Union to give Syria's neighbours €3bn (£2.2bn; $3.4bn) in financial aid to help those displaced by the civil war.