RRDP: Women fear violence and rape in refugee camps

Study casts light on conditions women endure in refugee camps as they attempt to reach northern Europe.

Refugee winter crisis: Serbia accused of illegal mass deportations

Rights groups say government is complicit in 'pushbacks' of refugees to Macedonia and Bulgaria, including families dumped in forests

A Look Back at 2016 with Refugees International President Michel Gabaudan

As 2016 drew to a close, the number of refugees and displaced people in the world reached historic levels. The year ahead seems to promise more of the same with conflicts and crises continuing in Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, Somalia, and beyond.

NO EXCUSE: FREEZING CONDITIONS IN GREECE

As 2017 begins, the list of humanitarian crises around the world is long, starting with the crises in Syria and Iraq and including South Sudan, Somalia, and many more. Greece and the EU have no place on that list.

'Pushback' policy: Refugees in Serbia fear deportation

Hundreds of refugees living in terrible conditions in the Serbian capital are refusing to go into official camps, fearing it will lead to their deportation. Thousands of Afghans and Pakistanis have been deported en masse from countries in Europe. In Serbia, hundreds were rounded up and moved...

Afghan asylum seekers resort to sex work in Athens

In the rundown Pedion Areos Park, older men walk slowly by young asylum seekers before agreeing on a price for sex.

Refugees stranded on Serbia-Hungary border amid winter

More than 6,400 refugees and migrants are stuck in Serbia due to European Union's closed borders.

Refugee crisis: More than 100 asylum seekers drown as boat sinks in the Mediterranean Sea

Disaster comes day after more than 550 migrants rescued between Libya and Italy

Refugees and migrants face high risks in winter weather in Europe

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Hungarian camerawoman avoids jail after being filmed tripping up and kicking refugees

“I just want a better life,” he said. “I just want to live peacefully with my family and my friends.”

Migration: Thousands trapped in freezing temperatures in Greece and the Balkans

The overcrowding and severe lack of winter preparedness is creating health and safety risks for the people living in Greece. In recent months, the majority of people MSF psychologists have seen on Samos and Lesvos for mental health consultations cite poor living conditions as being either the...

Refugees in Bulgaria: 'Extortion, robbery, violence'

Refugees recall the violence and abuse endured at the hands of authorities during Bulgaria passage.

Aleppo - what's next

Evacuations from besieged Aleppo are in progress right now and thousands of wounded people, elderly civilians and children have already made it out with the help of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent. Many of us have been waiting for this moment and have campaigned for safe passage for civilians...

Bana Alabed is evacuated from Aleppo

Orphans among thousands evacuated from east Aleppo

Thousands of people, including dozens of orphans, leave Aleppo in ongoing evacuation effort from besieged Syrian city.