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Calais jungle: Refugees sew mouths shut to protest over their treatment during evictions
Seven men, mostly from Iran, demonstrated in front of French police.
Europe faces humanitarian crisis with thousands of refugees stuck at Greek-Macedonian border
Around 10,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees are stuck in a muddy camp at the Greek-Macedonian border in deteriorating conditions.
Migrant crisis: UNHCR warns Europe on brink of 'self-inflicted' humanitarian crisis
Build-up of migrants on Greece/Macedonia border fuelling tensions and violence says UNCHR.
Calais Jungle: Video shows pregnant woman forcibly evicted from roof of home by police
Footage shows Kurdish-Iranian couple forcibly removed from the roof of their home in Calais migrant camp.
Refugee crisis: Palestinian artist to sell artwork as 'thank you' to Angela Merkel
Palestinian artist Alaa Minawi's artwork highlights the plight of refugees and is on display in London.
Calais migrant crisis: France begins demolishing shelters at Jungle refugee camp
French authorities have begun dismantling the sprawling camp after a court ruling.
Refugee crisis: Police fire tear gas at migrant families attempt to cross Greece-Macedonia border
Hundreds of refugees and migrants stormed the border gates at a railway line.
Calais Jungle: Police fire tear gas as clearing of migrant camp descends into chaos
Demolition teams are due to return to the site with further clashes expected.
Mark Zuckerberg in Germany: No place for migrant hate speech on Facebook
Facebook forbids bullying, harassment and threatening language, but critics say it does not enforce them properly.
Calais: French authorities given court go-ahead to clear Jungle migrant camp
The French government has been gradually clearing portions of the camp in recent weeks.
Refugee crisis: Nato launches mission to rescue migrants from human smugglers
Ships from Germany, Canada, Greece and Turkey take part in Aegean Sea operation as EU infight rages.
EU referendum: There are no facts about what a Brexit means, so how can we vote 'leave'?
Vague promises from David Cameron and Boris Johnson don't mean anything to average UK worker.
Signs of hope and desperation: Refugees and migrants in Calais and Dunkirk refuse to abandon dreams of England
Those hoping to reach the UK are drawn by relatives as well as better job prospects and living conditions.
Refugee crisis: Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls for EU migrant quota referendum
Hungary will hold a referendum on the EU migrant quota proposals.
Refugee crisis: Greece condemns neighbours for closing borders and creating bottleneck
Thousands of refugees stranded in Greece after Macedonia and Austria imposed border controls. Yet still they come.
Refugee crisis: Jude Law visits Calais jungle camp and takes part in Letters Live
The performance was part of show called Letters Live to promote the cause of those staying in the camp.
MWC 2016: Vodafone device aimed at refugees can charge 66 smartphones at a time
Device has been designed specifically to support UNHCR work on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos.
Migrant crisis: Anti-refugee mob cheers as German migrant shelter burns in possible case of arson
Investigators found traces of fire accelerant at the scene, which indicate that the fire may have been planned.
Belgium: Afghan migrant, 16, 'rapes worker at asylum centre'
The alleged incident occured two weeks after the teenager attended a course on how to treat women.
Idris Elba, Gillian Anderson and Simon Pegg ask David Cameron to open doors to child refugees
Celebrities signed an open letter to the prime minister in support of refugees in Calais jungle.
Europe is divided into two gangs of fools - the racist right and the regressive left
There is a middle ground on the migrant crisis - you can criticise religion without being racist.
Migrant crisis: Refugee heroin gang held in Italy
Police in Trento detain 11 refugees over drug trafficking and money laundering.
Eurotunnel demands £22.6m over Calais refugee crisis
Paris attacks in November 2015 led to a €4.8m Eurotunnel revenue loss.
Experts say more immigration could create a 'decrease' in terrorist attacks
Migrants stimulate economic growth and bring a decrease in extremism, a new report has revealed.
Underwater migrant sculptures 'drowned' in Atlantic Ocean to show human cost of refugee crisis
A haunting underwater sculpture of a dinghy carrying migrants was installed off the Spanish island of Lanzarote.
Finland: Thousands of Iraqi migrants return home voluntarily after struggling to adapt to new life
Many Iraqi migrants are being repatriated after becoming disllusioned with life in the Nordic country.
Jersey refugee ban: Syrian migrant debate divides Channel Island tax haven
Chief minister of the offshore financial centre had initially proposed housing six families.
Jersey refugee ban: How the Channel Islanders turned their backs on Syrian families
The prospect of housing refugee families provoked heated debate among residents in the Channel tax haven.
Museo Atlantico: British artist Jason deCaires Taylor creates underwater sculpture museum off Lanzarote
Around 300 submerged life-sized figures on issues of climate change, conservation and migration.
Refugee crisis: Dramatic rescues and tragic deaths in the cold, rough waters of the Mediterranean
The number of refugee arrivals in the first six weeks of 2016 is nearly 10 times as many as the same period last year.