Border closures and a deal to tackle migrant crisis leave tens of thousands facing crippling uncertainty.
The UN refugee agency called the movement a 'milestone' as both Thai and Myanmar governments have approved it.
Some 8,143 residents from Calais' Jungle refugee camp will be resettled in 450 French reception centres.
Many refugees believed to be forced into hiding across northern France after camp's closure.
The authorities are carrying out a complex operation, unprecedented in Europe, to shut down the makeshift camp.
The evacuation of thousands of refugees is expected to take about a week.
The 17-year-old boy sat on the window sill for more than an hour before jumping from fifth floor.
The arrivals come as demolition teams will move into the camp on Monday and clear an estimated 6,500 people.
20,000 people joined a rally in an attempt to encourage the government to take a compassionate approach in accepting refugees.
Men, who may have stolen the coastguard vessel, attacked the dinghy causing it to deflate.
Row erupted when presenter criticised 'hideously racist' treatment of refugees in UK tabloids.
Former Home Secretary warned public faith in UK's asylum system could be undermined.
David Davies MP had called for mandatory teeth checks to reassure the public that migrants were children.
Italian and Irish navies and humanitarian groups trying to save migrant lives off coast of Africa.
IBTImes UK speaks to Doctors of the World UK ahead of the imminent demolition.
Home Office operations in the Calais camp to identify child refugees criticised by Care4Calais founder Clare Moseley.
Border police in Calais and Dover both failed to notice migrant later found dead in lorry – reports.
Immigration minister says government is 'closely monitoring global migration developments'.
The Home Office has transferred a first group of unaccompanied children to be reunited with their families.
Originally from Afghanistan, the victim had worked in the camp for a few months with a journalist
Senior Labour MP has endorsements from Ed Miliband, Anna Soubry and Andrew Mitchell.
311,083 have fled Burundi's violence, which has left up to 2,000 people dead since April 2015.
Freeing what is known as the crown jewel in the Islamic caliphate can end Isis' stronghold in northern Iraq.
Chancellor accused of 'arguing like an accountant' by seeing risk rather than opportunity.
Sting said he is "saddened and distressed" by the news and blamed an independent company working on the land.
Relocation of unaccompanied children comes just weeks before the so-called 'Jungle' camp is dismantled.
Authorities in the region say that the volunteers 'posed a threat to public order'.
Refugees have flooded into Djibouti as Saudi Arabia's war rages Yemen.
'Reception and orientation centres' where refugees can apply for aslum will open but charities forecast they will try to get to the UK instead.
Child refugees, some as young as eight, are easy prey for traffickers and criminals.