Syrian suspected of planning Berlin market attack arrested
A Syrian migrant who arrived in Germany two years ago has been arrested on suspicion of seeking funds from Islamic State to drive truck bombs into a crowd.
A Syrian migrant who arrived in Germany two years ago has been arrested on suspicion of seeking funds from Islamic State to drive truck bombs into a crowd.
Around 1100 sub-Saharan African migrants tried to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Sunday by storming a border fence, the Spanish government said.
One of the lessons to be drawn from the ugly Berlin truck attack is that things must be called by their name, even when half-masked and crouching in corners.
Several buses en route to evacuate ill and injured people from the besieged Syrian villages of al-Foua and Kefraya have been attacked and burnt.
Germany has carried out its first group deportation of Afghans whose asylum applications have been rejected, in line with an agreement reached with Kabul earlier this year.
Tens of thousands of refugees who fled conflict in Syria and Iraq face an uncertain winter as the Greek government struggles to cope with their needs.
Germany's highest court has ruled that ultra-conservative found against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that even wearing a burkini breached Islamic dress codes.
Some 1400 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe were rescued on Tuesday, Italy's coastguard said.
Up to 100 migrants were missing and feared dead after their rubber boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, adding to a this week's 240 death toll.
Rescue comes a day after a rubber boat with an unknown number of people flipped in heavy seas.
Italy has committed human rights abuses that may amount to torture as it tries to process tens of thousands of boat migrants, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
France beings moving unaccompanied child migrants from the site of a demolished camp as a feud over who takes care of the youths drags on.
The number of migrants sleeping rough on the streets of Paris has risen by at least a third.
France has demanded that Britain take in hundreds of unaccompanied children from war-torn countries after the UK suggested that Paris should do more for them following the closure of the "Jungle" migrant camp.
Bulldozers cleared mounds of debris and continued tearing down makeshift shelters at the 'Jungle' migrant camp in Calais as authorities said 6000 people had been evacuated.
Large fires were set once again amid the wood, plastic and fabric of the camp and vast plumes of smoke rose about the site.
The protests began even before the migrants had arrived.
French workers continued demolishing the "Jungle" shanty town in Calais on Tuesday, wielding sledgehammers to tear down makeshift dwellings
More than 3740 migrants and refugees have drowned on their way to Europe this year.
Aid workers are accusing France and Britain of failing more than 1300 unaccompanied children as the French government begins dismantling the "Jungle".
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.
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