Many of the thousands of refugees and migrants who have died crossing the Mediterranean have not been identified.

It is the latest surge in desperate attempts to flee to Europe driven by war, poverty, and human traffickers.

Sources in Angela Merkel's party deny that she is delaying decision on running for a fourth term in next year's federal election.

The EU must sharply increase co-operation on defence and intelligence to combat Islamist terrorism and other threats, the leaders of France, Germany and Italy say.

An Italian newspaper says the EU's counter-terror agency has identified fake passports destined for supposed Islamic State members.

Hungarians have begun putting scarecrows in fields to dissuade refugees from entering the EU.

Red Cross boss laments growing gap between humanitarian needs and the response people receive.

More than 120 bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe have washed up around Sabratha in western Libya this month, the city's mayor says.

Two Dutch journalists have decided to change public perception about migrants in their country.

A letter left behind by a teenage refugee who attacked German train passengers with an axe suggests he wanted to "take revenge on infidels".

At least 20 people drowned and more than 350 were rescued from rickety boats as they tried to cross the Mediterranean on Friday.

It is an image seared in the minds of war-ready and war-weary Americans alike.

• ANALYSIS

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.

• The facts

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.

• ANALYSIS

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.