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EU referendum: Unite chief Len McCluskey backs 'difficult' remain vote
General secretary says UK workers will be worse off if Britain breaks away from Brussels.
International Women's Day 2016: Syrian women plead for border opening at Idomeni refugee camp
Over 12,000 stranded in Idomeni refugee camp on the Greece-Macedonia border.
Refugee crisis: Razor wire border fences spell end of free travel within Fortress Europe
Tight border patrols and tough new Hungarian laws punishing illegal entry and border fence vandalism slowed down the amount of refugees allowed through the borders.
UK to deploy Royal Navy ship to Aegean Sea to help Nato stop migrant smugglers
British patrol boats will try to target people smugglers as EU leaders meet for urgent talks to discuss crisis.
Migrant crisis: Turkey says 18 drowned as boat capsizes one day before EU refugee summit
Turkish coastguard rescued 15 migrants but says more could be missing
Migrant crisis: Governor calls for state of emergency on Greece-Macedonia border
Governor of Greece's Central Macedonia region, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, said there are 13,000 people at the border
Refugee crisis: Doctors warn of hypothermia risk in squalid camp on Greece-Macedonia border
Volunteer doctors say they have seen an increase in ill children in the Idomeni camp.
Migrant crisis: Royal Navy ship sent to join Nato vessel in Aegean Sea tackling people smugglers
Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Mounts Bay will act as a patrol boat and deterrent in the deadly waters.
Refugee Crisis: 12,000 migrants bogged down in swamp like conditions on Greece-Macedonia border
Tents have flooded and fields have become waterlogged at the makeshift camp at Idomeni.
Drowned Alan Kurdi: Two Syrian men jailed for refugee smuggling
Turkish court in Bodrum sentences Muwafaka Alabash and Asem Alfrhad to four years in prison.
PMQs: David Cameron attacks Labour and Yanis Varoufakis with 'Acropolis Now' jibe
Prime minister delivered the line while debating free childcare with Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs.
Tories mock Labour over links with former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis
Greg Hands says the relationship tells you 'all you need to know' about Labour's economic plans.
Greece: Refugees transferred to relocation camp after Austria tightens its border controls
There are now approximately 20,000 refugees stranded in Greece, in what Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras described as a 'warehouse of souls'.
Hundreds of Afghan migrants stranded after Macedonia closes border with Greece
The move was apparently triggered by a similar decision from Serbian authorities.
Refugee crisis: Dozens of Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans buried in makeshift Lesbos cemetery
Land on Lesbos donated as a makeshift cemetery for the unnamed dead following 2015 Aegean Sea boat tragedy
Left-wingers launch 'positive' campaign for EU amid hipsters and street food of east London
Another Europe is Possible are against the 'project fear' tactics of Prime Minister David Cameron.
Refugee crisis: Thousands stranded at Macedonia border after tougher crossing rules introduced
New crossing rules require each refugee to undergo a 30-minute interview.
Venezuela, Argentina, South Africa, Greece and Ukraine are the world's top 5 miserable economies
The United States ranked 51st and the UK ranked 54th on Bloomberg's 2016 misery index.
Greece: Police fire tear gas as 50,000 march over pensions
Greeks marched on parliament in central Athens, demanding an end to austerity.
Greece strike: Protesters march in Athens, throwing petrol bombs and demanding end to austerity
The leftist-led government's pension reform plan has slashed workers' salaries to meet targets set by the country's foreign creditors.
Refugee crisis: Dramatic video shows migrant rescue in Greek waters
Coastguard divers can be seen jumping into the sea and helping them into the rescue boat.
Greek football players stage sit-down protest to highlight migrant deaths
Just after kick off, all 22 players plus coaches and substitutes sat in silence for two minutes.
Refugee Mediterranean crossing numbers top 55,000 for January 2016
35x as many people attempt the crossing as in January 2015, leading to 244 deaths at sea.
Refugee boat sinks off Turkish coast with at least 33 drowned
Five children drowned as more migrants attempt the perilous Mediterranean Sea crossing.
Migrant crisis: EU proposes shutting borders of Greece from Europe and suspending Schengen zone
Athens has reacted with fury to extreme plans by European Commission to tackle migrant crisis.
Refugee crisis: Greek islanders to be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by world's leading academics
More than 300,000 people have now signed a petition supporting the campaign.
Greece: Thousands protest in Athens over pensions and welfare cuts
Thousands protested outside of the Greek parliament over the latest cuts to welfare.
Refugee crisis: Hundreds stranded in freezing weather as Macedonia shuts border with Greece
Around 750 people have been stranded in Greece after Macedonia shut its border on 22 January.
Refugee crisis: 42 drown in Mediterranean on route that claimed life of young Alan Kurdi
The Greek coastguard said a wooden vessel carrying 48 sank in the early hours off Farmakonisi.
British woman says she was forced to have sex 110 times in a day
Megan, who is now 25 years old, was just 14 when she was forced to work in a brothel.