refugee crisis

Irish citizens are taking to the streets and to Twitter to protest the housing projects funded by the government to aid Ukrainian refugees.

Shamima Begum, who left the UK to join the ISIS, lost another appeal against the UK government's decision to strip her of her British citizenship.

Recent data exposes the new Home Office policies for increasing the number of homeless refugees in UK cities by more than 80 per cent.

Asylum seekers are speaking out against the Bibby Stockholm Barge after a series of suicides, revealing that "the boat is like a prison".

New Home Office data shows that housing migrants in hotels across the UK cost the taxpayer around £8 million a day, and the government announced a new crackdown on asylum seekers.

A man who had his phone seized after driving a small boat that carried 50 migrants to the UK has been jailed under the Adapted Illegal Migration Act.

The Home Office continue to target migrant workers, asylum seekers and refugees by implementing increased penalties and fighting for the Rwanda bill.

The UK government partners with tech companies to "clamp down" on refugee-related smuggling content on social media.

UNHCR reveal that refugees are returning to Ukraine, bomb shelters have been developed into classrooms, and houses are being repaired in the run-up to winter.

The authorities in France, Canada, Greece and the US have been criticised for their lack of efforts toward the migrant fishing-boat rescue mission. The cost of the OceanGate rescue mission is expected to surpass $6.5 million.

In honour of Refugee Week, Refugee Action has collaborated with Lush to make all refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced people feel welcome in the UK.

Tony Garnett, 29, left his long-time partner and the mother of his two children for his Ukrainian refugee girlfriend who he had met just ten days before they decided to elope.

UN refugees chief Filippo Grandi said the new laws could break both the letter and spirit of global refugee conventions to which Britain is a signatory.

The onslaught has created a huge refugee crisis for European countries that have taken in Ukrainians fleeing the conflict

Majeda Khouri is a Syrian refugee living in the UK and sharing her fascinating story one spoonful at a time.

By the middle of this century, experts estimate that climate change is likely to displace between 150 and 300 million people.

Scotland houses 2,000 Syrian refugees three years ahead of schedule through the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is showcasing a new film, Human Flow, about 21st century refugees

Italian bishop condemns nativity scene in Castenaso portraying Jesus sitting in migrant dinghy to symbolise plight of refugees and migrants crossing Mediterranean.

Mayor of Altena Andreas Hollstein was allegedly targeted by a man wielding a 15-inch knife possibly because of his 'very liberal views on refugees', said German media.

Rohingya live in segregated conditions in the Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are regarded as stateless people and unwelcome migrants from Bangladesh.

Police urged asylum seekers to leave as their stay in the closed down centre, in an area used by the Papua New Guinea navy, was illegal.

Libya is one of the main transit routes for migrants trying to reach Europe, but thousands remain trapped in the violence-ridden country amid fears they are being tortured and sold off as slaves.

Rabia Nasimi fled Afghanistan, along with her family, when she was five. In the UK, her new home, she was able to thrive and fight her way to Cambridge.

Haitian rapper and philanthropist talks to IBTimes UK on migration, racism and life in America under the Donald Trump administration.

The German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has proposed that the nation introduces public holidays during Muslim festivals. His comments were rounded on by the AfD.

Deaths come as UN calls for end to military operations in Myanmar.

"The wall was in a very bad state" explained the owner of the building in the French town.

Johnson visited the country to discuss solutions to conflict, terrorism and human trafficking.

Tensions running high in Rome as hundreds of refugees evicted from houses encamp in streets as 'they have nowhere to go'