UN human rights chief attacks Europe's 'chilling indifference' to refugees as 2017 sees record deaths

More than 5,000 asylum seekers have died at sea over the past year

Where the world’s refugees live

Hungarian parliament approves law allowing all asylum seekers to be detained

Prime Minister claims country ‘under siege’ from refugees and must be protected

A migrant from Pakistan passed away after being attacked near the highway Skopje-Kumanovo

SKOPJE (AA) – I.A.S from Pakistan passed away, who illegally entered Macedonia, and was attacked on 16.2.2017, on the highway Skopje – Kumanovo (near the Bunarxhik village), transmits Anadolu Agency (AA).

White Helmets Oscar

We are honored that 'The White Helmets' film has received an Oscar. This film has helped show the world what is happening in Syria. It will give great courage to our volunteers across the country.

Stranded in snowy Serbia, Cuban migrants dream of a new life in Spain

168 Cubans living in Serbian reception centres, stranded after below-freezing temperatures and closed borders halted their journeys

Penniless and alone, migrant children in Serbia sell sex to survive

"They sleep hungry for nights here. It is cold, they have nothing, no money and they feel they have to do it"

Deported from the west, Afghans seek asylum in freezing Croatia

"I only want peace and to live away from the Taliban - it's not important where I go. I want to stay here in Croatia. I'm tired of travelling"

New detention centres at the external EU borders

Greece is building pre-removal detention facilities on the Aegean islands with the aim of accelerating the implementation of the EU-Turkey statement. These will be separate from the Reception and Identification Centres on the hotspots where newly arrived refugees and migrants are initially detained.

Balkan Migration Route: Ongoing Story

BELGRADE - Countries in the Western Balkans have been since May 2015 on the forefront of international migrant crisis. At this part of colloquially named “Balkan migration route”, displaced persons have mostly arrived from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, fleeing war or political prosecution....

More than 70 refugees wash up dead on Libyan beach after boat disaster attempting to cross Mediterranean Sea

Possibility migrants may have been ‘murdered’ after bodies found inside dinghy

Paris authorities order volunteers to stop distributing food to refugees

Volunteers told food distribution is 'banned' in the area outside Porte de La Chapelle reception centre days after Mayor's Office places boulders preventing refugees sleeping under nearby bridge

Huge pro-refugee protest in Barcelona

Spain has only taken in eleven hundred refugees, despite promising to accept seventeen thousand as Syria’s vicious civil war and other violent conflicts rage on. On Saturday around 160,000 people took to the streets of Barcelona in protest.

While Others Saw Refugees, This German Professor Saw Human Potential

It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the size of the refugee problem confronting the world today. According to the U.N. Refugee Agency, more than 30,000 people are forced to flee their homes every day because of conflict or persecution. But one energetic university professor in Germany decided that...

Greek bands raise money for refugee squats

Around a dozen squats provide housing for refugees and migrants in the Exarchia neighbourhood of Athens.