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Exclusive: Italian doctor laments Libya's 'concentration camps' for migrants

"We've seen signs of torture: gunshots, electric shocks, burns, lashes, skinning - brutal and unacceptable things," says doctor who for decades has cared for migrants arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Greece

Camp crisis on Lesvos as new refugee surge adds pressure on Greece

With Moria camp now at more than double capacity on Lesvos, plight of refugees worsens.

Italy

Migrants celebrate arrival in Italy

Hundreds of migrants sang, danced and cheered as they reached the port of Crotone in southern Italy on a NGO rescue ship.

Italy

Bodies of 23 migrants recovered from Mediterranean Sea

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Greece

The long goodbye: Greece closes refugee centres

The Greek government has decided to shut some refugee camps to move people to houses in Athens and other better facilities

Greece

Refugees go on hunger strike in Athens

14 refugees have gone on hunger strike in Athens, demanding that authorities respect the legal limit of six months for family reunification.

Greece

Triumph over Tragedy: Samy's story

This is the story of how one refugee made it across the Mediterranean Sea

Greece

Tensions grow on Greek island of Samos over overcrowded refugee camp

Tensions grow on the Greek island of Samos as more than 2,500 asylum-seekers share facilities for just 700.

Germany

Prostitution network discovered at Berlin refugee centre

Security guards at one Berlin refugee centre pimp out their wards for cash.

World News

EU to beef up border security

EU is to implement fingerprint checks on non-EU visiters

France

French MEPs shower while clothed to demonstrate plight of Calais migrants

Green politicians send message to French government from the bathroom.

Libya

Armed faction captures key Libyan port of Sabratha as concern for migrants grows

World News

UN urges governments to agree to 'legal' channels of migration

Italy

Suspected migrant traffickers detained in Sicily

Italian police have detained two suspected people smugglers after a boat carrying 230 migrants docked in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo.

Hungary

Hungary 'will not change immigration policies' - PM Orban

Hungary 'will not change immigration policies' - PM Orban

Italy

Amnesty warns against 'outsourcing' migrant crisis to Libya

Arrivals from North Africa fell by more than 80 percent in August after Italy boosted cooperation with Libyan authorities. Amnesty International warns that outsourcing the fight against traffickers to Libya exposes migrants and refugees to abuse.

Libya

Libya intercepts migrant boats

Nearly 500 migrants are rescued off the Tripoli coast

World News

EU and African leaders agree a new roadmap to tackle the flow of migrants into Europe

A new roadmap to tackle illegal trafficking and stem the flow of migrants and refugees into Europe from Africa has been agreed in Paris.

France

Leaders meet to tackle migrant crisis

European and African leaders met in Paris on Monday to seek an action plan to tackle the migrant crisis in the Meditteranean

Germany

German Election 360°: Profile of a migrant

In the first of nine profiles in the run up to Germany's election in September, we talked with an Afghan migrant.