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Take it from a Berlin tour guide – Europe risks repeating mistakes that led to the Third Reich
As a Third Reich tour guide I'm now having to make comparisons to how the world is treating migrants.
Palestinian ex-refugee teacher Hanan Al Hroub: 'I help children overcome trauma with play'
Hanan Al Hroub, winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2016, talks to IBTimes about life in West Bank.
Angela Merkel: Will Germany oust the Iron Chancellor over her 'open door' for refugees?
Germany's Christian Democratic Union is losing ground to right-wing parties amid Europe's migrants crisis.
German Pegida founder to stand trial accused of calling immigrants 'scum' and 'cattle'
Lutz Bachmann insults an attack on refugees' dignity, claim German authorities.
Five years of war in Syria: Parents of children born in refugee camps fear they may never know home
The Al Zaatari refugee camp has seen nearly 80 newborns a week since its establishment in 2012.
Merkel's CDU refuses to back down after anti-immigration party makes gains
Anti-immigration AfD makes gains In regional elections.
Syria: Soldiers as young as seven fight in conflict while 2.4 million child refugees flee war
The conflict has affected more than 80 percent of Syria's children, including 7 million who now live in poverty
Refugee crisis: Torrential rain heaps more misery on migrants stranded on Greece-Macedonia border
Thousands stranded on Greek-Macedonia border face weather misery as fields become huge puddles.
Angela Merkel prepares to lose to Germany's far-right in regional elections
German chancellor's stance on the refugee crisis is being tested this weekend.
Meet Kapoush, the refugee cat on a journey with his family
Kapoush the cat is one of the inhabitants in a makeshift migrant camp in Idomeni, Greece.
Kremlin using refugee crisis to destabilise Germany, claim intelligence chiefs
Russia whipping up anti-refugee feelings in Germany's Russian diaspora, they tell politicians.
Unmarked graves and lifejackets, grim reminders of the human toll of the refugee crisis
Hundreds have drowned trying to make it across the narrow stretch of the Aegean separating the island from Turkey.
Germany: Iraqi refugees pull plane crash victims from burning wreckage
Iraqi vetenarian was taking shower when he heard the plane crash and rushed to help.
Migrant crisis: Ai Weiwei hits out at European human rights abuse in Greek border camps
Ai walked around the makeshift camp, seeing for himself the appalling conditions they have to brave.
Refugee crisis: Italy fears Albanian migrants will use discarded smugglers' route to enter country
Closure of Balkans route might result in opening of new pathways to northern Europe.
Swiss police officer demanded sexual favours from asylum seeker
Ex Swiss policeman allegedly promised to influence Iraqi man's asylum bid in return for sex.
Syrian refugees taking swimming lessons in Jordan as they try to reach Europe
Sports and leisure centre managers in Jordan have reported a surge in demand for lessons.
Syrian refugees greeted with furry culture shock at VancouFur convention in Canada
Syrian refugees in Canada find themselves at the same hotel as VancouFur furry convention.
EU referendum: Nigel Farage set to accuse Turkey of 'blackmailing' EU over migrant crisis
Ukip leader will make the claims in the European Parliament during a speech on 9 March.
Refugee crisis: Migrants stranded in Greece vow to keep trying to get to western Europe
EU-Turkey migrant deal won't deter 13,000 refugees stranded on the Greece-Macedonia border.
Refugee crisis: List by country of asylum seeker numbers in EU as applicants exceed 1.2 million
Nearly a third of the first-time asylum seekers to arrive in the 28 member states came from Syria.
International Women's Day 2016: Syrian women plead for border opening at Idomeni refugee camp
Over 12,000 stranded in Idomeni refugee camp on the Greece-Macedonia border.
Frauke Petry: The 'nice' face of Germany's resurgent far right
Petry's anti-immigrant AfD party now Germany's third most powerful.
Refugee crisis: Aerial view reveals sprawling camp at Greece-Macedonia border
Drone footage showed rows and rows of tents dotted for kilometres among the vast fields at the border.
Refugee crisis: Razor wire border fences spell end of free travel within Fortress Europe
Tight border patrols and tough new Hungarian laws punishing illegal entry and border fence vandalism slowed down the amount of refugees allowed through the borders.
International Women's Day 2016: Best events around the world to celebrate women's rights
Events, conferences, debates and festivals around the world to mark International Women's Day on 8 March 2016.
Migrant crisis: Turkey says 18 drowned as boat capsizes one day before EU refugee summit
Turkish coastguard rescued 15 migrants but says more could be missing
Vladimir Putin 'exploiting' refugee crisis to topple Angela Merkel says Nato director
Russia's president is funding extreme parties in Europe says Nato official.
Refugee crisis: Doctors warn of hypothermia risk in squalid camp on Greece-Macedonia border
Volunteer doctors say they have seen an increase in ill children in the Idomeni camp.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival preview: Censorship in China and the refugee crisis take centre stage
The themes cover migration, the environment, artists as agitators as well as LGBT, children and women's rights.