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Clock ticks and chaos looms for EU-Turkey migrant return plan
There was little sign of preparation on either side of the Aegean less than 24 hours before Greece was due to begin returning migrants to Turkey.
There was little sign of preparation on either side of the Aegean less than 24 hours before Greece was due to begin returning migrants to Turkey.
Rescues indicate the numbers of migrants leaving for Europe from African countries are rising as the weather warms up.
Scenes of chaos awaited thousands of EU staff due to start arriving on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios on Monday to begin processing asylum seekers under a controversial EU deal to deport them back to Turkey.
"We have different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and we want to live in peace," Pope says.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will announce a strategy on human trafficking and slavery at a regional summit on Wednesday.
By Sunday afternoon, about 875 migrants in rubber boats had reached the Greek islands since the 12.01am accord deadline.
It's less than a week old but already the European Union refugee deal with Turkey is a shambles.
Under deal, Syrian refugees who reach Greece will be sent back to Turkey and others will be sent from Turkish camps to Europe.
With buzz saws and heavy equipment, workers in hard hats finished dismantling part of one of Europe's most notorious migrant camps less than a month after a judge ruled that the operation could proceed.
German authorities banned a neo-Nazi group known as the White Wolves Terrorcrew after police conducted morning raids on Wednesday in 10 of the country's 16 states, confiscating weapons but making no arrests, the Interior Ministry said.
Taha al-Ahmad's family is sleeping in mud. His youngest daughter, aged 1, lies beneath wet blankets, coughing inside their soggy tent. It has rained for days. Portable toilets are overflowing. Men burn firewood to stay warm. A drone circles overhead. Television trucks beam images of misery to the world.
Syria's five-year-old conflict has created 2.4 million child refugees, killed many and led to the recruitment of children as fighters, some as young as seven, the UN children's fund UNICEF said on Monday.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has defended the level of support provided to a refugee sent to impoverished Cambodia from Nauru who fears he will die in the impoverished nation.
An Egyptian teenager, discovered hiding beneath a bench on a German night train, jumped out of a window and died after officials asked to see his papers, German police said.
Risking their lives and their money to reach Europe is not worthwhile, European leader says.
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two Syrians to four years in jail over the drowning of five people including toddler Alan Kurdi, the image of whose dead body sparked global sympathy last September over the fate of migrants, Dogan news agency said.
For the first time in its history, the European Union has on Wednesday announced plans for an emergency aid package to alleviate large-scale suffering inside its borders.
Terrorist group uses cash looted from banks in Mosul to speculate on international currency markets.
Islamic State is "spreading like a cancer" in the migrant flow, threatening European nations and the US, NATO official says.
Pressed against coils of razor wire and shouting "Help us!," refugees and migrants were pushed back by Macedonian police using tear gas and stun grenades on the Greek border.
More human beings are fleeing conflict and persecution now than at any time since World War II – roughly one in every 122 people.
This graphic shows the ratio of our refugee population to our wealth in 2014 – a year when the number of newly displaced hit a record high.
The West has historically thrown a lot of money at the problem of refugees. Problem is: it doesn't work.
One in five of the world's displaced come from Syria. Nearly two million have ended up in Turkey, like 10-year-old Afaf and baby Sufian.
At The Jungle in Calais, France, thousands of people seeking a new life stand in rags on the threshold of Britain. Daniel is one of them.
Around the world, 38 million are displaced within their own countries - they could be the refugees of tomorrow. From North Korea, Pak Sol-hwa risked everything to cross into China.
A record 34,000 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in 82 countries last year. Six-year-old Daniel made the journey to the US with two other children to escape a life of crime.
Australia resettled 11,600 people in 2014. But in our neighbourhood, thousands of genuine refugees remain in limbo. Khadim Dai is one.