migrant crisis

Critics have accused NGOs that rescue people in the Mediterranean of acting as a "ferry service" that encourages smugglers.

Investigators say identifying the victim will be hard as he was burned beyond recognition.

Selling migrants from West Africa is becoming a trend among smugglers in Libya.

More than 5,000 migrants rescued but Italian coastguard reports at least 20 deaths from drowning.

More than half of the Grande-Synthe migrant camp near Dunkirk in northern France has been destroyed by a huge fire following violent clashes.

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Diaby, who is just 17, made the 4,000 km journey to France from Guinea dodging war and bandits.

No board of directors with an iota of humanity would be complicit in Australia's 'island of despair'.

The streets of this 13th century city have seen fierce battles between Le Pen supporters and anti-fascists over the arrival of refugees from Calais.

Rescue comes months after gang was found charging €10,000 to illegally smuggle migrants into UK.

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More than half of the Syrian population has been displaced at some point during the conflict.

French interior minister Bruno Le Roux cites 'unacceptable behaviour' by some migrants

More than 20,000 Iraqis claimed asylum in Finland in 2015.

Girls as young as 13 expect to raped by people traffickers on journey to Europe.

More than a million people in search of sanctuary have travelled through Greece since 2015.

The men are cold, hungry and speak of police beatings - but are in search of a better life in Europe.

Amnesty claims that once or twice a week between 20 and 50 people are hanged at Sednaya.

Greece and Turkey almost went to war over disputed islets in 1996.

German chancellor rebuked the US president-elect during a press conference with the New Zealand prime minister.

Petra László was widely condemned for kicking a fleeing near the Serbian border in 2015

Conditions remain bleak on the Greek mainland, where government-run camps hold 34,000 refugees.

As many as 200 refugees are currently stranded on the Hungarian border in dire conditions.

As it is 14 metres under the surface of the water, the museum is accessible only to scuba divers and snorkelers.

Anti-immigration fears boost support for far-right political parties in Austria.

Thousands of Africans regularly attempt to cross into Spanish autonomous city next to Morocco.

50 Moroccan and 5 Spanish officers injured as they clashed with armed men at the fence.

Lawyers for the teenagers say their applications were mishandled.

Christie and wife Sue, 68, travelling back from a concert in Bonn, Germany, on 10 December.

The baby boy may be entitled to Gibraltar citizenship after being rescued on the Mediterranean Sea.