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Boko Haram exporting terror violence

The UN Security Council has demanded that Nigeria’s terrorist group Boko Haram disarm and demobilise. The charity Oxfam says violence by the Islamist

My Europe Series

Shipwreck start-up: hope for African migrants building a new life in Germany

There were 350 people on my boat... I still think about those who fell into the water. I saw a child with his mother. We couldn't save them. A little baby, one year old. In that boat, you couldn't sav

World News

Syrian refugees now outnumber any others getting UNHCR care

Syrians now outnumber Afghan refuges. That is according to the official 2014 registry by the United Nations agency the UNHCR. In June, the Syrians

Lebanon

Under-strain Lebanon imposes visa restrictions on Syrian refugees

The Lebanese, struggling to cope with the more than a million and a half refugees from Syria they are currently looking after on their soil, are

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My Europe Series

Welcome to Germany? The social network response to Syrian refugee surge

The war in Syria and other conflicts have caused a surge in the number of people seeking asylum in the European Union. At around half a million, the

Europe News

Press freedom in Hungary "at risk" says Council of Europe

Media freedoms are at risk in Hungary. Thats the message coming from the Council of Europe after the publication of a new report raising significant

Niger

Niger PM asks for help to deal with Boko Haram refugee crisis

The prime minister of Niger has appealed for international help to confront a looming food crisis compounded by thousands of refugees who have

World News

Mediterranean deadlier than ever as migration surges in 2014

The world’s deadliest sea is the Mediterranean, the United Nations refugee agency tells us, reporting that more people than ever are embarking on

Syria

UN calls for countries to resettle 180,000 Syrian refugees

The UN is calling on countries to take on 180,000 Syrian refugees. The figure represents just five percent of the projected refugee population by the

Iraq

Euronews visits Christian and Yazidi refugees who fled ISIL militants

Euronews has visited Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. When the militant group that calls itself Islamic State (ISIL) attacked the

World News

Australian government accused of 'using children' to pass controversial refugee law

Australia has introduced a controversial immigration law giving refugees and asylum seekers only temporary visas which won’t allow them to make

Syria

As funds dry up UN cuts aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees

Funds dry up as UN aid cuts place Syrian refugees in danger of starvation

Syria

UN suspends aid to Syrian refugees as money runs out

Turkey

Pope Francis expected in Turkey

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Syrian refugees begin hunger strike at Greek parliament

Greece

Syrian refugees stage hunger strike at Greek parliament

World

The children getting an education in a war zone

Turkey

Amnesty report: Turkey struggling to provide for refugees

World

Christians flee ISIL menace to Kurdistan, perhaps permanent exiles

My Europe Series

What happens to Syrian refugees?