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.

Aleppo deal stalls again after evacuation buses attacked and burned

The population swaps were not part of the original terms of the Aleppo evacuation deal, which were brokered between Russia and Turkey. However, soon after the deal was announced early last week, Iran made a series of its own demands.

Croatia: 42 Migrants Hospitalized After Found Packed in Van

Forty-two migrants were hospitalized after police in Croatia found a van crammed with 67 people, including children, traveling through the country, authorities said Sunday.

Yesterday’s deal to evacuate the remaining civilians trapped in East Aleppo has collapsed.

Civilians stayed up all night awaiting evacuation but buses stood and idle and returned empty on Wednesday morning. Iran-backed militias reportedly prevented civilians and opposition fighters from leaving the besieged city. Shelling and airstrikes by pro-regime militias and Russia have resumed.

Everyone should know, the people here love life, and we want to live

This is a video message from Dr. Salm, posted at 9am this morning from besieged Aleppo.

Message from Aleppo: 'Tomorrow will be too late for us'

Journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem describes a "desperate situation" and calls for the creation of a humanitarian corridor.

Syria: All Sides Must Spare Civilians Trapped in Aleppo

BARCELONA/NEW YORK, DECEMBER 13, 2016 — At this critical juncture in the conflict in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today expressed outrage over the unremitting violence directed against...

Asylum seekers in Europe will be sent back to Greece starting March 2017

The European Commission on Thursday (8 December) said that EU countries could resume returning asylum seekers to Greece in March 2017, after such transfers were suspended for five years because of poor conditions there.

Stranded in Serbia - refugees in limbo

The Balkan route no longer dominates the headlines, but it still exists. Refugees undertaking the journey have been left stranded, with doubts over their future growing by the day. Many have gathered in Belgrade.