Humanitarian crises

'Staggering' increase in number of lone child refugees

UN says 300,000 unaccompanied child refugees is 'just the tip of the iceberg', as many countries do not track total.

UNICEF: Number of unaccompanied refugee children soars

Humanitarian crises

Italy rescues 484 people from the Mediterranean

Seven bodies also recovered on Saturday as refugees and migrants were trying to cross into Europe on four rubber boats.

Italy rescues 484 people from the Mediterranean

Refugees

French police evict refugees from Paris camp

About 1,000 refugees and migrants, mostly Afghans and Africans, expelled from the Porte de la Chapelle area.

Police evict refugees from makeshift Paris camp

Refugees

Nearly 200 asylum seekers feared dead off Libya coast

Eleven have died and 200 are missing after two boats heading for Europe sink off the Libyan coast.

Nearly 200 asylum seekers feared dead off Libya coast

Refugees

Why some refugees in Greece are being driven to suicide

'This is like a zoo and we're like animals,' says one refugee as others say a 'mental war' is being waged on them.

Why some refugees in Greece are being driven to suicide

Refugees

Italy says 3,000 rescued in Mediterranean Sea

Italian coastguard says about 3,000 refugees were saved from boats in the Mediterranean Sea in a single day.

Italian coastguard: 3,000 rescued in Mediterranean Sea

Human Rights

'All you are is a number': Inside a Greek refugee camp

More than 62,000 refugees and migrants have been stuck in Greece since borders closed across the Balkans in March 2016.

Life in Greece's Elliniko refugee camp

Opinion

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Europe

Calais living conditions now 'far worse' for refugees

Authorities keen to make French port city migrant-free after 'Jungle' closure are hostile to refugees, charity claims.

Calais living conditions now 'far worse' for refugees

Europe

Refugee boat sinks between Greece and Turkey, 16 drown

Search operation continues after two people are rescued and 16 bodies are recovered off Greece's Lesbos island.

Refugee boat sinks between Greece and Turkey, 16 drown

War & Conflict

Refugees free UN staff held hostage in DRC camp

Unarmed South Sudanese refugees demanding to be moved to a third country had captured 16 MONUSCO staff.

Refugees free UN staff held hostage in DRC camp

War & Conflict

S Sudan refugees 'hold 13 UN staff hostage' in DRC camp

UN official says negotiations ongoing with 100 unarmed refugees at camp in eastern DRC after MONUSCO staff held.

S Sudan refugees 'hold 13 UN staff hostage' in DRC camp

Refugees

Egypt's Rashid tragedy survivors: 'Justice is done'

The 'Rashid tragedy' last September claimed the lives of more than 200 people seeking to cross the Mediterranean.

Remembering the victims of Egypt's Rashid tragedy

Humanitarian crises

Thousands rescued in the Mediterranean over Easter

At least eight, including pregnant woman and child, died trying to cross the Mediterranean over Easter weekend.