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Mohammed Alhajali, 23, is the first named victim of the deadly fire.

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Australia pays millions in compensation to refugees

Campaigners have hailed the payout to detainees at Manus Island as a victory for human rights

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EU opens legal case against three countries over migration quotas

The EU has launched a legal case against Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland over their tough stance on taking in asylum seekers.

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Migrants rescue off Libya coast

German NGO Sea-Watch recorded the rescue operation

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Mosul displaced hit by food poisoning

Hundreds of people are being treated by health workers after an outbreak of suspected food poisoning in a camp for displaced people in Iraq.

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Bangladesh: Rohingya migrant crisis

As the UN investigate possible 'crimes against humanity' perpetrated against Myanmar's Rohingya population, Euronews visits those who have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh to hear their stories.

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As Czechs slam door on migrants, Brussels warns of sanctions

The European Commission warned on Tuesday it could sanction member states that don’t follow EU quota rules for asylum seekers by opening infringement proceedings against them as early as next…

Greece

Greek police smash migrant smuggling ring

Israel

Ai Weiwei's ''Maybe, Maybe Not'' exhibition opens

Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Rohingya crisis

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Charity highlights plight of migrants at G7

While G-7 leaders were working on their final joint communique on Saturday (27 May), the British charity Oxfam staged a protest to draw attention to migrants, displaced people and…

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Dozens of toddlers feared dead after boat capsizes

Thirty-one migrants, many of them toddlers, drowned after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya.

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UNICEF report reveals five-fold increase of unaccompanied child migrants

A new UNICEF report reveals the number of refugee and migrant children travelling alone has reached a record high.

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EU threat of legal action over slow relocation of refugees

EU countries opposed to migrant resettlement quotas have been issued with a warning.

Belgium

Belgian school language book for migrants causes offence

A Brussels school has revised a French language book designed to help asylum seekers integrate, after some phrases linked migrants to extremism.

Italy

Italian police arrest suspects after migrant murdered at sea

Three Nigerians and two Libyans suspected of people trafficking, torture and murder have been arrested by Italian police after the shooting of a migrant at sea.

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The Brief from Brussels: Hungary leading dispute over EU's refugee quotas

A round up of the latest European developments from our team in Brussels

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Hungary and Slovakia challenge EU's refugee quotas

Serious divisions emerge as Hungary and Slovakia tell the EU's top court that sharing out asylum-seekers in a quota system is unlawful.