Migrants

Turkey is the main launching point for migrants making the dangerous crossing over the Aegean Sea to the Greek islands

The nationality of the migrants was not immediately known

At least two dozen asylum shelters centres were reduced to ashes or damaged by fire last year

The humanitarian crisis is particularly acute at the Idomeni crossing where around 12,000 people are stranded

They have given up on his dreams of a better life in Europe

Some 6,500 people were stuck at the Idomeni camp on Greece's northern border with Macedonia on Sunday

The mob violence inflamed tensions in Germany, which took in nearly 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015

With EU attempts so far failing to halt the influx, countries have begun unilaterally to impose border restrictions

The state wants to eventually reduce the population of the Jungle to 2,000 people

Germany, the EU's largest and most dynamic economy, took in 1.1 million migrants last year

Vienna announced Tuesday it would step up controls at existing checkpoints along its southern borders with Italy

The body of the boy, identified as Afghan by aid groups, was found in a boat that landed on the island of Chios

The announcement is a new blow to German Chancellor Angela Merkel who wants to promote a deal with Turkey

What to do with illegal immigrants has become an issue within an issue

Separately, 11 migrants died and three were rescued when another boat sank further south off the coast

Two people were rescued swimming to the shore, says Turkish coast guard

13-year-old Lisa told her parents she had been attacked by men of Middle Eastern or North African origin

Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon has been nominated for raising awareness about the migrant crisis

More than one million refugees and migrants arrived in European Union last year and some 3,600 died or went missing

The assaults in Stockholm occurred overnight amid rising tension over immigration

German police last week rejected the teenager's account but nevertheless passed the case to the prosecutor's office

The two Nordic countries are struggling to cope with an influx of refugees & migrants fleeing misery in Middle East

Police will be able to search migrants' luggage and seize cash exceeding 10,000 kroner

The Greek coastguard said they had rescued 74 people after two boats ran into trouble

The coastguard say a helicopter and three boats were still searching for others

IMF said bringing refugees into the workforce can lessen the chance that they will become a burden on states

Roughly 90,000 people applied for asylum last year, more than 1 per cent of the population

There's an increasing risk of hypothermia, pneumonia, and other life-threatening illnesses

The incident has been likened to initial police silence over a spate of sex assaults during New Year's festivities

The migrants have been offered places in new refitted containers, equipped with heating and sockets for electricity

The amended bill would allow Danish authorities to seize migrants' cash exceeding 10,000 kroner

The body of a woman in her 30s was recovered while search was underway for five others

Questions are also being raised about how to integrate men from patriarchal societies into Europe

Protesters took to the streets against a rash of sexual assaults blamed on migrants during New Year's festivities

The UN said there were 40,000 people, half of them children, who needed immediate lifesaving assistance

The event will see a group of asylum seekers and migrants listen to Pope Francis address in St Peter's Square

Butt says he left Pakistan in September because he was convinced that "Europe had opened up its borders"

Tragedies come as EU seeks to push Turkey to halt flow of migrants across its borders in exchange for financial help

The migrant made global headlines in August when he walked 50 km (31 miles) from France to England

The toddler's body was pulled out of the water by fishermen, according to the coastguard

The UN refugee agency says more than one million migrants and refugees reached Europe this year, most of them by sea

A vast majority of people, 821,008, landed in Greece, while 3,692 migrants died or disappeared crossing the sea

Slovakia said last month it would complain against EU quota plan to distribute 160,000 migrants across the bloc

Boat carrying migrants from Pakistan, Iraq and Syria capsized about 3.5 km off the coast

Figures were based on estimates from people working on the ground

Artwork in Calais, France shows Apple founder carrying a bin bag of possessions and an original Apple computer

The persecution and scapegoating of Afghans living in Pakistan on pretext of fighting terrorism is not the way forward

Thirty out of 49 allegedly illegal immigrants, who had been deported from Europe, were refused entry by Pakistan

Austria said in October it would begin building a fence on either side of its busiest border crossing with Slovenia

All 30 individuals including the flight crew were initially not allowed to exit the plane