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Syrian-refugee victims of torture and violence need specialist support with resettling in Britain

Parliamentary committee denounced confusion around terms of government's resettlement programme.

Jan 13, 2017

By Sofia Lotto Persio

Syria United Kingdom

Committee against an easier path to citizenship

Swiss commuters demand removal of burqa-shaming posters ahead of naturalisation vote

Swiss train stations prominently feature campaign posters from far-right party SVP.

Jan 13, 2017

By Sofia Lotto Persio

Hungarian camerawoman filmed tripping up fleeing refugees handed 3-year probation

Petra László was widely condemned for kicking a fleeing near the Serbian border in 2015

Jan 13, 2017

By William Watkinson

Stranded Syrian refugees carry their children

Greece's refugees left exposed to punishing Siberian winter without heating or tents

Conditions remain bleak on the Greek mainland, where government-run camps hold 34,000 refugees.

Jan 12, 2017

By Robert Trafford

Sub-zero temperatures and snow deepen the desperate plight of Serbia's refugees

As many as 200 refugees are currently stranded on the Hungarian border in dire conditions.

Jan 11, 2017

By Robert Trafford

Business bodies raise alarm as UK considers £1,000-per-year levy on skilled EU workers

Immigration minister Robert Goodwill told a group of peers he was considering the policy.

Jan 11, 2017

By Ian Silvera

Brexit

Germany proposes stopping aid to countries that do not accept rejected asylum seekers

Germany is also considering new laws to deal with asylum seekers considered dangerous.

Jan 9, 2017

By Lara Rebello

French 'Good Samaritan' faces prison for helping migrants find shelter

This is one of several cases of solidarity with migrants from the Roya Valley in the French Alps.

Jan 5, 2017

By Sofia Lotto Persio

France

South Sudan refugee exodus to Uganda raises spectre of Rwanda genocide

Award-winning photographer Paula Bronstein documents the biggest refugee movement in Central Africa since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Jan 5, 2017

By David Sim

Uganda Migration Pictures

Germany's interior minister calls for centralisation of security powers in the wake of Berlin attack

He also outlines plans to make it easier for the government to deport asylum seekers who pose a risk to the country.

Jan 4, 2017

By Lara Rebello

Algerian terror suspect wins 21-year legal battle to stay in the UK

Home Office is 'considering its options' after losing a further deportation bid.

Jan 2, 2017

By Brendan Cole

Algeria

Two arrests in Spain's Ceuta after migrants found hidden in suitcase and car dashboard

Thousands of Africans regularly attempt to cross into Spanish autonomous city next to Morocco.

Jan 2, 2017

By William Watkinson

Spain

Clashes over asylum seeker camp continue Heidenau

Cologne police detained 'hundreds' of 'African' men during New Year's Eve celebrations

Police said the mass detentions were to prevent a repeat of last year's 1,200 sexual assaults.

Jan 1, 2017

By Graham Lanktree

British Jews rush to leave country after Brexit vote

Applications for Portuguese passports by British Sephardic Jews has increased by 7,900% since June.

Dec 31, 2016

By Jen Offord

Portugal Spain Brexit

Merkel defends open-door refugee policy, says Islamist terrorism is Germany's greatest threat

The chancellor said she plans to implement new security laws in the wake of the deadly terror attack in Berlin.

Dec 31, 2016

By Lara Rebello

More than 55,000 migrants opt to leave Germany voluntarily rather than be deported

The country also deported more than 25,000 migrants in 2016, most from the Western Balkans.

Dec 29, 2016

By Lara Rebello

$Calais\' unaccompanied children$

Home Office faces legal action over Calais children's asylum claims

Lawyers for the teenagers say their applications were mishandled.

Dec 28, 2016

By William Watkinson

The year's most powerful photos of the migrant crisis

A record 5,000 migrants are believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea this year, compared with 3,800 in 2015.

Dec 28, 2016

By Alex Wheeler

Migration Pictures Pictures of the year 2016

Cologne sex attacks: Far right New Year's Eve protest banned by police

Neo-Nazi group NPD planned march on anniversary of widespread sex attacks.

Dec 28, 2016

By Tom Porter

Rescue Crews Help 123 People on Crowded Inflatable Boat in Mediterranean

5,000 dead in 2016: Record number of migrants drowned crossing Mediterranean Sea this year

Nearly 100 people feared dead after inflatable dinghies capsized on the way to Italy on Thursday.

Dec 23, 2016

By Paul Wright

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