George Soros, one of the world's richest men, has promised to invest as much as $US500 million in startups and businesses to help refugees and migrants globally.

Her Christian Democrat party recorded its worst ever showing in the German capital.

Thousands of people fled from a fire at a migrant camp on Lesbos on Monday night, after noticeable tension among residents earlier in the evening.

There was a judge in front of him and a prosecutor to his right. But there was no one helping a boy of 15 to understand the charges against him.

Hungary's right-wing government is asking its citizens a lot of questions about migrants that critics say they are loaded and tendentious.

More than one million refugees have fled South Sudan's ongoing civil war, overwhelming aid agencies and creating one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters.

British Foreign Minister says EU naval force in the Mediterranean should turn back migrant boats after they leave Libya and prevent them from reaching Italy.

Because the baby was born in international waters, it is unclear what his nationality will be.

Construction will begin this month on a concrete wall in Calais intended to keep migrants and refugees from stowing away on UK-bound trucks and ferries.

Thousands of angry residents, truck drivers and farmers blockaded access to the UK on Monday to demand the demolition of the sprawling Calais "Jungle" in France.

"Everyone claimed they wanted to do something because of the photo that touched them so much."

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.

• 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.