Migrants

The term ‘refugee’ has come to be associated with criminality, a drain on local resources and most recently, terrorism

Chaudhry Nisar made it explicit that deportees would be accepted if there was clear and solid evidence against them

Nonagenarian says he wants to see his family one last time before he dies

Measures by Macedonia, Slovenia and other states are creating tension at border crossings leaving families stranded

Canberra has introduced hardline policies to stem the influx of asylum-seekers reaching its shores

They are the latest of nearly 3,500 deaths at sea among people making desperate bids to flee war and reach Europe

'This is not about deterrence but about getting people to think it through,' said a foreign ministry spokesman

Czech authorities detained 7,201 migrants in the first nine months of this year, usually for up to 90 days

Prime Minister Cerar said these obstacles 'will have the objective of directing migrants towards the border crossings'

One of the children's bodies had been recovered, but the search for a six-year-old boy, was still under way

Hungarian police arrested the five people - four Bulgarians and an Afghani - days after the people were found dead

Four people were rescued, the coastguard said in a statement

The district government informed Sumte’s mayor by email that his village of 102 would take in 1,000 asylum seekers

The latest tragedies came after a string of migrant deaths off the tourist islands of Lesbos and Samos

I lost touch with a life of barbecues and hiking in the foothills and swimming in Lake Lagunita, says Mohsin Hamid

The only certainty is that migration in a world of unprecedented border controls remains shrouded in myth

Migrants interviewed on Austria-Slovenia border share pictures of people and possessions they left behind

The Red Crescent expects to recover several more bodies, the news agency cited Misrati as saying

Seven people were still missing but the rest managed to reach land safely, a coastguard spokeswoman said

More than 100,000 asylum seekers have already arrived in Sweden this year

Sceptical voices are being raised about the potential costs of the huge influx to Europe's biggest economy

Brussels has offered Turkey financial help and an acceleration of its drive for EU membership among other sweeteners

With Hungary closing its border with Croatia to migrants at midnight on Friday, the flow has been diverted to Slovenia

The country's public human rights officer said conditions some refugees were kept in, were worse than in prisons

Merkel condemned the attack, which comes as Germany struggles to cope with a huge influx of asylum seekers

Thousands of refugees, from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, make daily attempts to cross the Aegean Sea fromTurkey

Another 11 people were rescued and crews were searching for a missing child

The killing is thought to be the first of its kind in Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II

The scheme follows months of tensions over the more than 600,000 people who have flooded into Europe this year

Police says gang forged documents for migrants trying to reach central Europe

The creation of Pakistan in 1947 led nearly 14 million people to move, including Muslims in India who fled to Pakistan

75 bodies were found around Tripoli and another 10 in Sabratah, 70 kms to the west, Red Crescent official says

Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel admitted that many towns are "already overwhelmed" by the task of housing migrant

Sweden has one of the highest differences in employment levels between natives and immigrants in the OECD

More than four million people have been driven from the homes in the four-year war in Syria

Between 30 and 40 demonstrators waved the Finnish flag and shouted abuse at a migrant bus

The official says the migrant was probably from Eritrea or Sudan

The 28-nation EU has established a whole series of rules governing the handling of asylum seekers in Europe

The remarks came just hours after police raided eight properties in Berlin, including a mosque association

Turkey has taken in over two million Syrians since 2011, of whom around 260,000 live in refugee camps

Attack on a planned accommodation for migrants is the latest sign of tension as migrants flow to the country

The 21 operations took place between 30 and 40 nautical miles off the Libyan coast

The free app will allow migrants to fill in personal data, education and work experience while still on the road

EU commissioner said that barriers are temporary solutions that only divert flows of refugees to other countries

Up to 5,000 people arrived at the tiny train station overnight; police sat nervously along the track

I hate you, Hungary, shouts an Iraqi migrant, Hussan, clutching a stone, rushing to attack the Hungarian police

Is Europe right to shut its doors on refugees whose displacement has been caused by policies of Western leaders?

Turn back 200 migrants from Bulgaria border after tip-off

Mostly Syrian or Afghan men, women and children crossed the border - which was marked by nothing more than a stone

Hungarian prime minister says he is acting to save Europe's 'Christian values'