Europe migrant crisis
Refugee conditions in Greece 'deteriorating': Angelina Jolie
Hollywood star and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie visits a makeshift camp in Greece and says the refugees were stuck in a "deteriorating humanitarian situation" and needed help.
Migrant crisis: Razor wire fence failing in Hungary
Police in Hungary say increasing numbers of migrants are breaching a razor wire fence built to stop them crossing the border from Serbia.
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.
Sweden 'to expel up to 80,000 migrants'
Sweden expects to expel up to 80,000 asylum-seekers whose applications have been rejected, its interior minister was quoted as saying.
Rescuers let 31 refugees drown in Aegean Sea
A team of rescue workers watched as at least 31 refugees drowned in the Aegean Sea fearing being charged with people smuggling.
New Banksy artwork criticises migrant crisis in France
A new artwork by artist Banksy appears in London outside the French embassy, in reaction to the alleged use of teargas on refugees waiting to cross to England in the French city of Calais.
'IS bomber' kills tourists in Istanbul
A suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) group kills 10 people, at least nine of them German tourists, in a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish city of Istanbul, officials say.
Angela Merkel most influential figure of the year
AFP journalists choose Angela Merkel as the most influential figure of 2015 after the German chancellor stamped her mark on the European migrant and Greek financial crises.
Migrant crisis: EU to launch new border force plan
Controversial plans for an EU Border and Coast Guard force are to be set out as part of an EU drive to curb the record influx of migrants.
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