Migrants

Syrian refugee count in Turkey has jumped by more than 200,000 since June

EU interior ministers set to meet in Brussels over distribution of 160,000 refugees within the 28-member bloc

Regardless of the religion of migrants, Europe has to realise it is world’s faith in humanity that has to come first

Germany has been a magnet for many people fleeing war, poverty in Syria and other parts of the Middle East and Africa

Organisers claim the demonstration drew 10,000 people but police refused to confirm the figure

German proposals for compulsory quotas within the Europe Union were rebuffed by nations in the east

Camerawoman gets fired from the right-wing news station after videos of her actions spread in media and on internet

None of the six Gulf Cooperation Council states has signed the UN convention on refugees

160,000 new arrivals are in need of being divided around the EU bloc

Merkel says they should draw on the lessons of the 60s and make it an absolute priority to integrate the new arrivals

The number reflects a "significant scaling up" of the US commitment to accept refugees from the war-torn country

Prosecutors say they will investigate Petra Laszlo for "breach of peace"

Germany pushes Europe to go further; US says it will accept more Syrians

At what point did we decide that death and loss are just parts of a routine that we must follow

Britain is exempt from EU asylum and migration policy

Japan accepted only 11 of a record 5,000 asylum seekers in 2014

Dr Maleeha Lodhi says half of the world’s refugees are children

The prediction for this year was close to being fulfilled, with 366,000 having already made the voyage

At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year and next

The woman, later named as Petra Laszlo, can be seen tripping a man sprinting with a child in his arms

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said they must take in all those who are persecuted regardless of religion

Refugees who do not have a spot in asylum centres can avail the offer

Donald Tusk says they have to focus on rescuing people's lives, fight against human traffickers and smugglers

Hints at the need for an international conference where every country is held up to the spotlight

More than 4,500 others were on the Greek island of Kos alone

Migrants typically pay 700 euros for the sea crossing to Europe, a fee that buys them space on a packed boat

The refugee crisis is having the unintended consequence of triggering a debate about the viability of the Schengen

Maritime agency's search and rescue director says dead were mostly men, with one toddler on board

Mehmet Ciplak recounted how he prayed the little boy was still alive as he walked towards him

Pope Francis says the Vatican's two parishes will take in a family of refugees each in the coming days

In a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu says Israel is 'not indifferent to the human tragedy' of refugees from Syria

Cameron says he was "deeply moved" by images of three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi

Finnish government said it expected to receive 30,000 asylum applications this year

Germany expects a record influx of up to 800,000 refugees and migrants this year, four times last year's level

New measures include 3-year jail terms for people climbing over a wire fence, "transit zones" to hold asylum seekers

The man had escaped a police cordon at a train station, but stumbled and hit his head on the tracks

France was the least searched migrant destination on Google among G-8 countries by Pakistanis

Christening will increase their chance of staying in the stable European country

Police chief says migrants had likely died from suffocation on Hungarian territory shortly after entering the truck

Rich countries need to step up aid to conflict zones, or refugees, migrants will continue to seek safety in Europe

The four, all Syrian nationals, are accused of 'causing the death of more than one person' and 'trafficking...

Britain has taken in 216 people under a UN-backed relocation scheme for vulnerable Syrians

The EU is riven by frictions between transit nations where the migrants arrive by sea or land

Hungary insists that EU rules prevent them from letting visa-less migrants travel onwards to the west

Austrian police spokesman says we are still in process of verifying how many of them are actually asylum-seekers

At least 2,500 have died at sea this year, and Germany alone is expecting 800,000 asylum seekers in 2015

Marine ministry says incident occurred off Symi when yacht carrying 70 migrants tried to illegally enter Greek waters

Those arrested were likely low-ranking members of a Bulgarian-Hungarian human-trafficking gang

Officials searching for survivors with fishing boats and inflatables

At least 76 people to die when their boat went down Thursday off the western Libyan port of Zuwara