Migrant crisis
Mother, wife of drowned Salvadoran migrants awaits their repatriation
Days after she lost her small daughter and husband to the treacherous currents of the Rio Grande, Tania Vanessa Avalos, 23, arrives back in El Salvador to await her family's return -- in coffins.
Dozens feared dead in migrant shipwreck
Up to 30 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast while some 50 have been rescued by EU vessels from the sea.
Bangladeshi asylum seeker dies on Manus Island
A Bangladeshi refugee dies of heart failure on Nauru, the second death in as many weeks on the tiny South Pacific island where detainees have been hurting themselves in protests, Australian...
Pope takes Syrian migrants to Vatican
Pope Francis has taken 12 Syrian migrants back with him to the Vatican after visiting a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
‘Many issues’ in way of EU migrant deal
EU leaders are to meet to finalise a deal with Turkey to help ease the migrant crisis.
Macedonia shuts border to migrants
Macedonia has said it will no longer let any migrants through its border with Greece, effectively blocking the Balkan route north.
Slovenia, Croatia ban transit of migrants as crisis spirals
Slovenia and neighbouring Croatia will refuse the transit of most migrants through their territory in a bid to seal off the Balkan route used by hundreds of thousands of people seeking a new life...
EU chief sees first consensus on migrant crisis
EU president Donald Tusk strikes an unusually upbeat note on the migrant crisis as Turkey raised the possibility of taking back non-Syrian asylum seekers.
'Do not come to Europe' - EU's Tusk
European Council President Donald Tusk has warned illegal economic migrants against coming to Europe, during a new push to solve the EU migrant crisis.
Migrant crisis: EU to unveil emergency aid plan
The European Union is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of euros on humanitarian aid, as Greece struggles to cope with an influx of migrants.
Over 131,000 migrants reached Europe by sea in 2016: UN
More than 131,000 migrants and refugees reach Europe via the Mediterranean this year, more than the total number in the first half of 2015, the United Nations says.