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Syria

Watch: What have these child refugees 80 years apart got in common?

They were born on different continents more than three quarters of a century apart but are united by one common thread – escaping war.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. European integration: Will the EU remain a beacon of openness and liberal democracy?

USA

Passengers take advantage of suspended Trump travel ban to fly to US

The uncertainty caused by the legal tussle over the Trump administration’s travel ban has opened a window for travellers from the seven affected countries to enter the United…

USA

Legal tug-of-war brews over Trump administration immigration ban

The government faces a Monday evening deadline to provide the US appeals court with information to justify the ban after a federal judge in Seattle blocked it on Friday.

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Libya

Scores of migrants rescued off Libya

It comes after at least 1,131 were intercepted near the western Libyan city of Sabratha over the last week. On Friday, EU leaders offered Libya money and other assistance to try to curb the record mig

Europe News

EU leaders back new steps to stem immigration from Africa

EU leaders have backed new steps to stem immigration from Africa, including financing migrant camps in Libya run by the UN-backed government.

World News

Rohingya island plan could trigger a human rights catastrophe - activists

Rights campaigners are warning that the Bangladeshi government's plan to relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote, low-lying island could trigger a humanitarian catastrophe.

Greece

Migrant deaths prompt work at Greek camp

Greek media say three men were poisoned by fumes from stoves lit inside the tents to combat the bitter winter temperatures. However, the authorities would neither confirm nor deny this.

France

French church shows solidarity with refugees

The Basilica d’Ainay in Lyon transformed itself into a giant screen last night to show solidarity with refugees trapped in a foreign land.

Italy

Italy-Libya sign agreement to curb flow of migrants to Europe

Italy’s prime minister has signed a memorandum of understanding with Libya to curb the flow of migrants to Europe.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Migrant measures for Libya to dominate EU summit

This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the top stories from Europe’s de-facto political capital.

World News

Australia extends comfort at arms length for refugees

Australia does a lot for the boatloads of refugees trying to land on its shores, but mostly abroad in neighbouring countries, where controversial camps have become dead ends for their inmates, plucked

USA

How Donald Trump justifies his controversial travel ban

‘It’s about keeping the USA safe’ Donald Trump, announcing the halting of refugee admissions and the temporary barring of people from seven Muslim-majority countries, cited the terrorist attacks in 20

USA

The personal stories around Trump's travel ban

Here is a small selection of the people affected by Donald Trump’s travel ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Iran

Iran's FM Zarif blasts Trump's travel ban

Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif has blasted Donald Trump’s travel ban on nationals from seven majority Muslim countries.

USA

New York judge rules against Trump's Muslim travel ban

Trump's travel ban on 134 million people in tatters

Greece

Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn march against migrants in Athens

Anti-migrant Golden Dawn march in Athens

USA

Trump sued by Iraqis detained at JFK under anti-Muslim travel ban

Trump faces legal challenge to ant-Muslim travel ban

World News

Trump's refugee and travel suspension met wıth global outcry

With a stroke of a pen, Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday suspending all new refugee arrivals to the US for four months.

Italy

1000 refugees plucked from the Mediterranean

An Italian coast guard ship, the Spanish humanitarian group Proactiva Open Arms and a Caribbean-registered supply vessel went to the aid of six rubber dinghies and three wooden vessels.