Dublin

A rally voicing solidarity with migrants seeking asylum in Europe is due this Saturday, September 12, in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, its organizers have said.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Sept. 8 the EU executive would offer better protection for refugees but also improve its frontier defences and deport more illegal migrants.

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Ministers Rumyana Bachvarova, Meglena Kuneva and Ivaylo Kalfin and Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov presented on Tuesday the country's stance on the unprecedented refugee crisis facing Europe.

Earlier on Tuesday, the four ministers had discussed the issue with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, daily Dnevnik informs.

London and Dublin will hold further talks with Northern Ireland's political parties to try to avert a crisis over an IRA-linked murder that has led to calls to suspend Belfast's parliament, the British government said on Aug.1.

A total of 3,650 migrants reached Vienna by train on Aug.31, this year's biggest daily number, Austrian police said, after Hungarian authorities allowed people stuck in makeshift refugee camps to leave Budapest despite many not having EU visas.

Germany on Aug. 25 said it had eased asylum rules for Syrians in a move expected to relieve pressure on southern European nations as thousands more migrants pour into the bloc.

Dara Doyle

Konstantinos Drakakis sips an espresso next to his hedge-fund office in Dublin and says any deal to keep aid flowing to his Greek homeland will make little difference.

 Commissioner says Dublin II, which burdens Greece, could be amended

European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos on Friday hailed a European plan aimed at distributing immigrants and refugees across EU member-states in a way that spreads the burden while tackling a humanitarian problem.

Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Sunday threatened to switch to a 'Plan B' to cope with the influx of migrants - an option that "would hurt Europe" - if Italy is not given greater help with the crisis.

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi threatened June 14 to go to a Plan B to deal with migrants which "would hurt Europe" if Italy is not given greater help with the crisis.