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Dramatic photos show EU migrant crisis scenes in the Balkans in 2015 and 2016
Compare and contrast scenes of the Balkan migrant crisis over the past two years.
Migrant crisis: Irish navy ship recovers 17 bodies from upturned boat off Libyan coast
Since 2014, some 400,000 migrants have braved the dangerous crossing between Libya and southern Italy.
20 migrants feared dead as boat sinks on deadly sea crossing from Africa to Italy
2,400 migrants known to have drowned in Mediterranean in first 6 months of 2016.
Turkey coup: What happened, why it happened, and why it matters for the West
Turkey coup: Erdogan may use failed coup as excuse to restrict freedoms even more.
Migrant crisis: Asylum seekers severely beaten up at Hungary border, Human Rights Watch claims
HRW accuses Hungary of not complying with international standards on human rights.
Migrants unable to pay for journeys to Europe harvested for their organs, smuggler claims
Trafficker turned police informant says desperate migrants are being sold for $15,000 a time.
Migrant crisis: Prosecutions over smuggling illegal migrants into UK rise sharply
There has also been a significant rise in penalties imposed on employers for hiring illegal immigrants.
Migrant crisis: Italian coastguard rescues over 200 from sinking boats as 10 women drown
More than 64,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean to Italy in 2016, according to the UN.
Italy recovering migrant shipwreck expected to hold 800 corpses
Ship sank 135km north of Libya in 2015 with considerable loss of life.
France: Police evict 500 migrants from Halle Pajol camp in Paris
This is the 25th such operation in the past 12 months and more than 11,300 migrants have been affected.
Satirical website posts hilarious fake news story about Brits fleeting to Ireland after Brexit
The comedy website Waterford Whispers news issued a warning from the Irish coast guard.
Migrant crisis: Italian navy and humanitarian organisation ships rescue 4,500 people
At least 40 migrant vessels were headed to Europe from Africa.
Sudanese man who walked through Channel Tunnel set free despite 9-month sentence
Abdul Rahman Haroun walked 30 miles through Channel Tunnel risking death in search of a new life.
Germans protest nude swimming ban ahead of refugee centre opening
Nudists claim ban undermines their way of life, known as Freikorperkultur, or Free Body Culture.
Apple pulls Grey Singapore's Cannes-winning migrant-saving app after people slammed it as a scam
Several people found serious holes in the app's claims, particularly its 'live' satellite imagery feature.
World Refugee Day: UN warns conditions for Syrian refugees in Lebanon are 'getting worse'
Over one million Syrians have fled into the neighbouring country over the past six years.
World Refugee Day 2016: 60 powerful photos of desperate families trying to reach safety
Every day, thousands of families are forced to flee war and violence, leaving everything behind – except their hopes and dreams for a safer future.
250-vehicle aid convoy bound for Calais refused entry to France
Organisers accuse Kent Police of colluding with France to block aid destined for infamous Jungle camp.
Border Force rescues 'three Iranian men' from small boat in the English Channel
The trio were rescued by the Border Force cutter HMC Seeker at around 9.30am on 11 June.
Under fire German mayor insists burkini ban is issue of hygiene not religion
Opinion split in Germany after mayor of small town imposes 'anti-Muslim' swimming pool rule.
Migrant crisis: Austrian Far Right politician posts video showing migrants how not to treat women
Austrian Freedom Party politician Armin Sippel took down the video after receiving 'aggressive personal attacks'.
Migrant crisis: Border Force officials intercept dinghy carrying 3 migrants attempting to reach Britain
It comes amid warnings of Mediterranean-style drownings could occur off the UK coast.
Isis-threatened gay Syrian asylum seeker becomes first refugee to appeal to European Court after EU-Turkey deal
The European Court of Human Rights has been asked to halt the man's deportation from Greece to Turkey.
Migrant crisis: 85 decomposing bodies wash ashore in Libya
Bodies washed ashore off Libyan city of Zuwara include those of two children.
One thousand people died at sea this week, but here are the things we talked about
What's more important − families drowning after fleeing war, or the death of one gorilla?
Refugee crisis: More than 1,000 drown in Mediterranean's deadliest week
Hundreds have lost their lives in a series of shipwrecks over the past few days.
EU referendum: 'Remain' campaigners dismiss claims on refugee influx into UK
Remain campaigners, Britain Stronger in Europe, argue the report is based on "false and bogus" assumptions.
Britain's coastline not routinely policed 'at all' as fears rise over people smugglers targeting entry
'This is the worst we have ever seen it,' said Immigration Services Union general secretary Lucy Moreton.
'Sufficient resources' needed to patrol UK borders after Albanian refugees rescued from Channel
Border Force officials confirmed they were questioning 18 Albanians rescued from English Channel.
Migrant crisis: 900 feared drowned in just one week in Mediterranean
13,000 migrants were rescued, but hundreds are dead or missing as migrant crisis worsens.