migrant crisis

Angela Merkel says migrant crisis could preoccupy Europe much more than Greece and the stability of the euro.

Migrants and Syrian refugees have started registering on a passenger ship on the Greek island of Kos.

At least 40 migrants suffocated to death on ship in the Mediterranean.

It is estimated that at least 225,000 refugees have arrived in Europe by sea in 2015.

Greece bolstered security at the holiday island struggling to cope with an influx of refugees.

Migrant Offshore Aid Station founder Christopher Catrambone works to help migrants in the Mediterranean crisis.

Italian navy rescues 54 migrants off Libya coast while over 60 more feared missing.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond sought to justify his use of the word 'marauding' to describe African migrants.

The Lib Dem leader urges David Cameron to visit Calais to see how migrants are forced to live.

Britain's foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, said that the crisis in Calais was under control

Lines have to be drawn at the wholesale admission of economic migrants who are not fleeing persecution.

French police push back on migrants near English Channel entrance who chanted slogans 'we are not animals'.

David Cameron under fire from Refugee Council charity for remarks he made about migrant crisis in Calais.

Kent police and social services are asking for support to deal with migrants and traffic problems.

A makeshift migrant camp in Calais is the home to some 3,000 people hoping to reach Britain.

EXCLUSIVE: Blunt says the French authorities have 'dumped' the problem on the UK.

Home Secretary Theresa May pledges £7m to improve security at Eurotunnel in Calais.

The body is believed to be that of a migrant who was trying to reach the UK from Calais.

Migrant activity has had a knock-on effect on Eurotunnel services with cancellations possible.

Europe's treatment of migrants is shameful and betrays its founding philosophy, says Inna Shevchenko

The theme for United Nations World Population Day on 11 July 2015 is Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies

The UNHCR said on 10 July that Greece urgently needs help to cope with 1,000 migrants arriving each day.

Services through the Channel Tunnel were delayed after more than 100 migrants tried to board freight trains.

France and Britain agreed to discourage migrants from Africa and the Middle East from coming to Europe.

Hundreds of mainly Syrian and Eritrean migrants remained blocked at Milan's central train station.

One fifth of people living in northern Iraq's population are now refugees.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi lashes out at Paris as hundreds of would-be-refugees are stranded in Ventimiglia.

Romanian worker stabbed outside carabinieri police station in Italian capital.

More than 4,200 people attempting the perilous journey were rescued over a 24-hour period.

Italy's navy said its ship Fenice made the rescue.