EU migrant crisis
Greece starts to move Idomeni migrants
Greece begins evacuating thousands of stranded migrants from the makeshift Idomeni camp on its northern border with Macedonia.
10,000 child migrants 'missing'
More than 10,000 migrant children may have disappeared after arriving in Europe over the past two years, the EU's police intelligence unit says.
Migrant hostel attacks soar in Germany
Five times more attacks were carried out on migrant hostels in Germany last year than in 2014, German police say.
Merkel proposes tougher migrant laws
German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposes changes to make it easier to deport asylum-seekers who commit crimes, after the New Year's Eve sex attacks on women in Cologne.
EU agrees to tighten borders after Paris attacks
EU ministers agrees to get tough on border security after the devastating Paris attacks, as prosecutors said a third body had been found following a police raid on the ringleader's hideout.
Australia rejects Middle East refugee ban
Australia's immigration minister rejects a call by an MP to close its borders to refugees from the Middle East, in the wake of the Paris attacks
Bulgaria accused of migrant abuse
The Bulgarian authorities are accused of brutality towards migrants in a new report sponsored by the British charity Oxfam.
Australia migrant center standoff ends
A stand-off between detainees and police at a migrant detention centre on Christmas Island has ended, Australian immigration authorities say.
Migrant crisis: 22 drown off Greek islands
At least 22 migrants - many of them children - drown trying to reach Kalymnos and Rhodes from Turkey, in the second major boat tragedy off Greek islands this week.
Migrant crisis: Slovenia eases border restrictions
Slovenia says it has allowed most of the 5,000 people who were stranded in wet and muddy conditions on its border with Croatia in the country.
Migrant crisis: Thousands stranded at Balkan borders
Thousands of migrants are stranded at borders in the Balkans, in cold and wet conditions, as their path to western Europe is blocked.