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Migrant crisis will help UK with EU immigration reform says Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond
Philip Hammond says that thousands of refugees has "focused" the minds of European leaders.
Migrant crisis: Dutch entrepreneurs launch free Airbnb-style site for refugees
Refugee Hero site connects individuals and organisations offering free housing space with refugees.
Home Office: First of 20,000 Syrian refugees arrive in the UK
20,000 refugees will be resettled in the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme.
Refugee crisis: 3,000 migrants to be housed in a Dutch forest
Forest in one of the Netherlands' oldest cities will be used to temporarily shelter 3,000 asylum applicants.
Syrian refugees in Egypt despair at dire conditions and see Europe as their only hope
Syrian refugees say they are charged sky-high rents and discriminated against by Egyptians.
Migrant crisis: Norway steps up border controls as EU ministers meet in Brussels
German train operator Deutsche Bahn suspends Budapest to Munich line over refugee influx.
Crossing No More Edirne: Five foreigners arrested by Turkish police for helping Syrian refugees
French and German activists among those detained during march from Istanbul.
Isis: German police raid Berlin mosque in anti-terror investigation
Police search Tempelhof-Schöneberg mosque offices in investigation into Islamic State recruiting cell.
Migrant crisis: Why Syrian passports are so coveted
Fake passports are being smuggled to non-Syrians who want to gain entry into EU states.
Migrant crisis: EU ministers gather to discuss relocation of 120,000 asylum seekers
Central European states led by Hungary continue to resist accepting migrants.
Crossing No More: Thousands of Greece-bound Syrian refugees blocked in Istanbul and Edirne
March of hundreds of refugees from Istanbul to Edirne prevented by police
Migrant crisis: Hungary takes out an advert to scare off refugees amid fresh drownings
PM Orban's government places ad in Lebanese daily An-Nahar to warn migrants of tough new anti-immigration laws.
US to take in more refugees amid migrant crisis
The refugee quota has been bumped up to 85,000 for 2016, an increase of 15,000 from the current 70,000 cap.
Migrant crisis: Syrian refugee in Germany reportedly tells other migrants that he killed for Isis
The refugee was allegedly recorded claiming he fought for the terrorist group.
Migrant Crisis: 26 migrants, including unknown number of children, feared drowned off island of Lesbos
Helicopters and coastguard join search after second major drowning tragedy in area in 2 days.
Migrant Crisis: Influx of Syrian and Iraqi refugees hits Calais
Wave of refugees from the Middle East are arriving at Calais as winter approaches.
Migrant crisis: Girl, 5, among dead as boat from Turkey sinks en route to Greece
Greek coastguard rescues 11 and searches for other survivors north of Lesbos.
Migrant crisis: Hungary calls on army reservists to deal with influx of refugees
Hungary has called up its volunteer soldiers to defend its borders from migrants and refugees.
Migrants seek new routes to Germany, Sweden as neighbouring countries shut borders
EU laws mandate that migrants register as refugees in the first country they enter.
Migrant crisis: Apple CEO Tim Cook pledges help for fleeing Syrians
Apple joins Google, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and SAP to help refugees.
Vatican houses first Syrian family after Pope Francis' refugee appeal
Pontiff called for each Catholic parish to accommodate one family fleeing the war.
Migrant crisis: Croatia shuts borders and puts army on alert as it struggles to cope with refugees
One of Croatia's eight border crossings with Serbia remained open overnight after 11,000 arrived there.
Migrant crisis: Syrian refugee tripped by Hungarian camerawoman offered coaching job in Spain
Osama Abdul Mohsen was offered a football coaching position and accommodations in Madrid.
Migrant crisis: British volunteers reach Calais in their hundreds
The explosion of interest from British volunteers and donors is unprecedented.
Syrian refugees flee to Palestinian Gaza: 'World's largest open air prison' unlikely sanctuary for Syria's dispossessed
EXCLUSIVE: Syrian refugees have crossed into Gaza from Egypt because of maltreatment in other Arab states.
Migrant crisis: Hungarian Police claim arrest of 'terrorist' during violent crackdown on refugees
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was shocked by scenes from the Hungarian border.
Migrant crisis: Google pledges to match donations made for refugees
Google joins Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, SAP, Uber and Audi to help refugees.
Atlantropa: the colossal 1920s plan to dam the Mediterranean and create a supercontinent
Atlantropa was the brainchild of the German architect Herman Sörgel
Migrant crisis: Are Isis terrorists infiltrating refugee boats to Europe?
IBTimes UK investigates claims that Islamic terrorists are mingling with the thousands of Syrian refugees clamouring to enter Europe.
Bashar al-Assad: Europe to blame for refugee crisis
Assad said more needed to be done to combat terrorism in Syria and neighbouring countries.