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Watch: Yoko Ono refugee boat installation goes on display

Visitors are invited to paint their thoughts and feelings about immigration on and around the boat.

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Yoko Ono refugee boat installation goes on display in New York

Visitors are invited to paint their thoughts and feelings about immigration on and around the boat.

World

70 million people have been forced from their homes around the world

More 70 million people have been forcibly displaced around the world because of war, conflict, and persecution, according to a new report by the UN Refugee Agency. The findings suggest that more people are displaced globally than currently live in all of France.

World News

'Europe has got to catch up' on refugee policy: IRC president

Euronews spoke to International Rescue Committee president David Miliband in Brussels.

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France

Huge painting unveiled near Eiffel Tower to support migrant rescuers

French street artist Saype hand-sprayed a series of clasped hands across the 15,000 square metres of the Champs de Mars.

Greece

Seven drown off the Greek island of Lesbos after boat overturns

Seven people have drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos after their boat overturned, said the Greek coast guard.

Greece

Exclusive: Police clash with refugee camp residents on Samos, Greece

Police fired warning shots and used tear gas, they "beat up" some of those demonstrating, an NGO told Euronews.

Greece

Watch: Diving club volunteers saving migrants off Greece

"When we go to help refugees and find dead children, in their eyes we see the souls and eyes of our own children,” said diver Stelios Hatziandreou.

Greece

Inside the migrants' jungle in Samos

A former political science lecturer and civil rights activist, Sarah fled Uganda where her security was at risk. She has been surviving in the so-called migrants "jungle" on the greek island of Samos for 8 months. She takes us on a tour of what she calls hell on earth.

Tunisia

'They went under one after one': Survivor recounts migrant boat horror

A survivor of a migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean has told how he watched fellow passengers slip away and sink to their deaths.

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Migrants and Greeks in Samos share anger and despair

Samos is less than two kilometres away from the Turkish coast and it's one of several so-called "hotspots" for asylum seekers on the Greek islands of the north Aegean Sea.

World

Road Trip Europe Day 30: Greek voters focused on local issues

The team concluded that the Greek voters they spoke to feel the European Union is too remote, especially in the wake of the financial crisis that they have endured.

World

Refugees in Jordan are buying groceries with eye scans

Across Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, blockchain technology is helping the United Nations cut costs and combat corruption.

Europe News

Meet the Spanish firefighter facing jail over migrant rescue mission

This is Miguel Roldan. He is a Spanish firefighter who says he helped save thousands of lives from drowning in the Mediterranean. But Italy is accusing him of aiding illegal immigration and working with human traffickers. He faces up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted.

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Venezuelans wade across border river in exodus to Colombia

Thousands of Venezuelans are taking to the border river with Colombia to escape shortages, crime and a flailing economy back home.

World

Refugees to be forced out of UN-funded accommodation in Greece

The government says this is a necessary step to integrate refugees into Greek society, but it has some refugees worried for their future.

Syria

Euroviews. Children shouldn't be cast out because of their IS parents ǀ View

Families from Islamic State are surrendering in refugee camps in Syria and Iraq. These families are not wanted by the world; many are not even seen as human. But should innocent children pay the price for their parents actions?

Europe News

The Netherlands tougher on migration after granting asylum to Armenian family

As European election approach, the government led by Mark Rutte is tightening up asylum regulations

Europe News

Germany's SPD wants to extend freeze on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia

Despite pushback from the UK and France, Germany's Social Democrat Party wishes to extend the halt on arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Denmark

Danish parliament passes bill to tighten laws on refugees

The new bill maintains that resident permits for refugees are temporary, which must be "withdrawn or exempted when possible..."