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A brand of angry nationalism is flowering across Europe, polarising communities and and fuelling the rise of right-wing parties.

Ship crews pulled more than 2,000 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean on Friday, Italy's coastguard said.

The UN refugee agency says persecution and conflict in places like Syria and Afghanistan has raised the total number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide to a record 65.3 million at the end of last year.

Turkish border guards shot dead at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, as they tried to cross into Turkey from north-western Syria, says an independent monitoring group.

Trafficker who laughed at fatal overloading of ships crossing Mediterranean is facing justice in Italy.

German police have arrested a number of refugees after a building housing some 160 asylum seekers on the grounds of the Dusseldorf Exhibition Centre was destroyed by fire on Wednesday.

Migrants in Germany committed or tried to commit some 69,000 crimes in the first quarter of 2016, according to a police report that could raise further unease about immigration in Europe.

President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to fight on in what he called Syria's war against terrorism, showing no sign of compromise in his first major address since peace talks broke down in April.

Swiss voters have rejected by a huge margin the introduction of an unconditional basic income, but not for the reasons you would expect.

The bodies of 117 migrants, including many women and children, have been found washed up on a beach in Western Libya in the latest mass drowning in the Mediterranean caused by the on-going migrant crisis.

Indian officials intercepted a truck near Chennai with 33 refugees missing from four government-run camps. The refugees, including six women and six children, were planning to take a boat to Australia.

At least nine people drowned and hundreds more were rescued when a ship carrying migrants sank off the Greek island of Crete in the southern Mediterranean on Friday.

Confession of man in France lead to investigation and arrest of four men in Germany.

The City of Love will now spread it a little further, promising to host those seeking a better life in Europe with dignity.

Speaking to German reporters in the de facto capital of Tibet's exiled government, the Dalai Lama apparently said that "too many" refugees are seeking asylum in Europe.

A photograph of a drowned migrant baby in the arms of a German rescuer was distributed on Monday by a humanitarian organisation aiming to persuade European authorities to ensure safe passage to migrants, after hundreds are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean last week.

The deaths come as the smuggling route from Libya across the Mediterranean Sea has risen with the arrival of spring, and officials feared the numbers could grow.

Rainer Maria Woelki used the boat to make a plea for compassion.

After a worldwide controversy, a Swiss court has ruled students cannot refuse to shake their teacher's hand on religious grounds.

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.