Libyan coastguard stops NGO boat from rescuing migrants after alert from Italy: witness

The Libyan coastguard on Sunday prevented a rescue ship belonging to two NGOs from approaching a boat in distress carrying migrants, an AFP photographer witnessed.

Migrant deportations often hit the wrong people, Merkel ally warns

Europe migrants: Austria to seize migrants' phones in asylum clampdown

Austria's government surged to power late last year with a promise to stop illegal migration and crack down on refugees, and its latest move is to target their phones

Macedonia adopt a new Law on International and temporary protection

Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA) would like to inform you that as of April 19th, 2018, the Law on International and Temporary Protection will enter into force, and as from that moment, the current Law on Asylum and Temporary Protection will cease to be valid.

New refugees in Greece can move freely, says court

New refugee and migrant arrivals in Greece will soon be able to move around the country freely without being restricted to the islands of the eastern Aegean where they arrive from neighboring Turkey, according to a Council of State ruling that emerged on Tuesday and upends a 2016 decision by the...

Myanmar's first Rohingya repatriation 'staged', rights groups say

Rohingya rights groups sceptical as Myanmar announces repatriation of first family of Rohingya refugees.

Vima: A new refugee crisis in the Aegean Sea

Increased tensions in Greek-Turkish relations, alongside the escalation of the war in Syria, have led to a surge in the number of refugees arriving to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, the Athens-based newspaper Vima warns.

Belgrade, Serbia: A Case Study of Refugees in Towns

Before 2015, the prevailing representation of irregular migration to the European Union concerned the Mediterranean migration routes, but in the summer of 2015, the focus shifted to the Balkan Route (Beznec et al. 2016, p.4).

UNHCR Desperate Journeys report provides snapshot of changing refugee movements to Europe

Syria-The world is silent

The social media and news agencies are full of pictures, videos, news on the brutal chemical attacks in Syria. Doctors and volunteers taking wounded people to hospitals “full to bursting”.

Refugees in Lebanon might not get life-saving medical treatment due to budget cuts

UNHCR has said that, due to lack of funding, dozens of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, risk not getting the medical treatment they need to survive. Among them is Abdel Razzaq, a teen suffering from kidney failure.

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On the edge of the EU, refugee flows flood the Evros River

A clampdown on Europe's eastern borders and the Aegean Sea has forced migrants to seek different — and more dangerous — routes to the continent. Hunters and fishermen find their bodies, reports Anthee Carassava.

Can Pope Francis keep the door open for refugees?

Vatican City (CNN)Nour Essa landed on Lesbos in a refugee boat and left on the jumbo jet of a Pope. One minute, this microbiologist was holding her toddler amid squalor in one of the most miserable refugee camps in Europe.

Migration in Europe: EU must act together and do more to support local authorities

The European Union needs to increase support for cities and regions and border countries that are on the front line of managing migration, the European Committee of the Regions said on 22 March. The EU's assembly for local and regional politicians expressed particular concern about the...