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Greece sees a large increase in migrants fleeing war and poverty

Some 2000 refugees, mostly from Syria, arrived in the Greek port of Piraeus near Athens on Sunday morning. They arrived on a government-supplied

My Europe Series

Refugee or migrant: what's the difference?

“What is the difference between migrants and refugees?”, asks Panos in Athens. “Are all the European countries applying the same procedures to deal

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Thousands of Syrian refugees flee into Turkey

Iraq

Iraqi people caught in the crossfire of terrorists

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Turkey

Turkey's refugees weigh on border voters' minds and wallets

Refugees have become an election concern in Turkey. Our correspondent Bora Bayraktar reported: “Reyhanlı, at Turkey’s with Syria, is one of the towns

Europe News

EU calls for 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy, Greece to be relocated

EU member states should take in some 40,000 asylum seekers, mainly from Syria and Eritrea, who land in Italy and Greece over the next two years, the

Iraq

Exodus from Ramadi to Baghdad continues after bridge re-opened

Thousands of people forced to flee Ramadi and the surrounding area because of the ISIL takeover have been continuing to cross the Euphrates River via

World News

UN refugee chief: 15 million displaced from Syria and Iraq

The United Nations refugee chief said on Saturday the growing humanitarian crises in Syria and Iraq were leaving aid agencies struggling to deliver

Burundi

Burundi opposition leader 'shot dead' in Bujumbura

Reports from Burundi say the leader of a small opposition party has been assassinated along with his bodyguard in Bujumbura. According to AFP, Zedi

Iraq

Thousands of Ramadi residents flee towards Baghdad, after ISIL takeover

Thousands more civilians have flooded out of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, now in the hands of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Crowds of people are

World

Greek island of Samos feels strain of migrant influx

Searching for a better life, many migrants increasingly find death in the Mediterranean. Italy’s prime minister has threatened to raise a migrant

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Thailand calls May 29 summit on Rohingya 'boat people' crisis

More than 400 migrants adrift at sea, mostly Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar and Bangladesh, have been brought ashore to safety by fisherman off the

World News

EU refusal to accept migrant quotas 'unacceptable'

The debate over European Union migrant quotas has become more heated with the Commission deputy chief saying it is ‘unacceptable’ for EU states to

Turkey

Turkey world's top host for refugees; many want to stay

Turkey has broken the dire record of the country hosting the largest number of refugees in the world, now an estimated two million, mostly Syrian

Iraq

Refugees pour out of Ramadi as battle for city rages

Refugees are fleeing in their thousands from the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province, Ramadi. Fighting continues to rage on the approaches, outskirts

World News

UN urges South East Asian countries to do more for migrants at sea

Hundreds of boatpeople have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after being stranded at sea for more than 40 days. Myanmar is said to have

My Europe Series

Djibouti refugees: a confluence of the desperate

Djibouti has long been a transit point for migrants on the move from Africa to the Arabian Peninsula and beyond. Since the intensification of

World News

Data raises questions over EU's attitude towards asylum seekers

New data has shed fresh doubt over the EU’s attitude to asylum seekers after a weekend in which more than 700 migrants drowned trying to reach the

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Bangladeshi and Rohingy refugees rescued in Indonesia

Nigeria

Warnings over difficulties facing Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram

The displaced are starting to return to their homes in the northeast of Nigeria after the army mounted a massive operation to drive away Boko Haram