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Refugee crisis: Drone footage captures Syrians on their journey to Greece
Thousands of refugees attempt on a daily basis to cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece.
Serbia refugee crisis photos: Thousands wait to cross into Croatia as winter looms
Every day thousands of refugees arrive in Serbia before they continue their journey to Europe.
UN: Biometric iris scanners transforming Syrian refugee programme by preventing fraud
United Nations says biometrics have decreased costs by 18% so more aid money can be given to refugees.
France: Freezing migrant calls authorities to rescue him and 14 others from refrigerated lorry
The 15 men, aged between 25 and 45 were in various stages of hypothermia.
Refugee crisis: Berlin houses 800 in disused airport hangar
Hanger 3 at Tempelhof airport has been turned into a temporary emergency shelter for around 830 people.
Migrant crisis: 218,000 October Mediterranean crossings almost equal to all of 2014
So far in 2015, there have been 744,175 arrivals by sea and more than 3,400 people have died.
Migrant crisis: German far-right Pegida group grows in strength on first anniversary
Far right group capitalises on growing opposition to migration.
Refugee crisis: Fighting erupts as 7,000 wait at Slovenia-Austria border
Tempers flew as thousands of migrants scrambled to cross over the border to Austria from Slovenia.
Refugee crisis: 21 people killed in two shipwrecks off Greek islands of Kalymnos and Rhodes
New tragedy in Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece after eight people died near Lesbos island.
Refugee crisis 'in its darkest days' as thousands brave winter seas to reach Greek islands
Seven dead in latest shipwreck off Lesbos as arrivals of refugees keep coming.
Sweden: Refugees refused to leave a bus for three days because 'it's too cold'
Upon arriving in Limedsforsen, Sweden, the 14 refugees refused to leave the bus.
Lesbos shipwreck: Dozens missing after refugee boat sinks in Aegean Sea
242 rescued as large wooden boat overturns near the island of Lesbos.
Migrant crisis: Greek coastguard rescues 242 people after boat sinks
Rescuers are continuing the search for survivors, with the number of missing yet to be determined.
Migrant crisis: Lengthy registration process could slow down process, leading to problems in winter
UNHCR said the facilities at the border crossing were not adequate to deal with the influx of migrants.
Germany 'importing Islamic extremism' Angela Merkel is warned
Intelligence agencies claim chancellor's generous immigration policy threatens country's security.
Migrant crisis: European Commission head Jean Claude Juncker calls emergency talks
Juncker expected to introduce 16-point plan to deal with policing of borders and processing refugees.
Migrant crisis: HMS Richmond joins battle to police people trafficking across the Mediterranean
Frigate will conduct enforcement including the boarding and seizing of migrant smuggling boats.
No Borders protesters clash with police at St Pancras station
150 people stormed the station as the protest to highlight the plight of migrants turned violent.
Refugee children resorting to 'survival sex' to pay people smugglers says UN
Children are being forced to prostitute themselves to pay people traffickers because they have no money
Migrant crisis: Hungarian PM Viktor Orban says refugees look like 'army' of young men
Hungary, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Romania opposed EU refugee quotas.
Migrant crisis: Refugees sleep in muddy field on Serbia and Croatia border as weather worsens [Photos]
Many camping in the open are families with children waiting to travel into EU.
France: How far-right leader Marine Le Pen is using her racism trial to promote FN rhetoric
Front National leader using every opportunity to draw on French anxiety over migrant crisis.
Hungarian camerawoman Petra Laszlo plans to sue Facebook and refugee she tripped
Laszlo says she is also considering relocating to Russia.
Refugee crisis: Hundreds forced their way through Croatian checkpoint [Video]
Croatian police did not intervene and even helped migrants to climb over the border.
Refugee Nation eyes Caribbean island of Dominica for its mass refugee homing project
Crowd-funding campaign is aiming to buy an island for the world's refugees by 2020.
Pegida rally: Thousands attend anti-Islam protests in Germany
Police refused to give a number of attendants but earlier reports suggested 10,000.
Migrant Crisis: Thousands trapped in swamp-like conditions between Croatia and Serbia [Video]
UNHCR says 2,500 refugees are stuck between Berkasovo and Bapska.
Refugee crisis: Church of England attacks David Cameron for failings in welcoming Syrian migrants
The government has pledged to take in 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years.
Migrants stranded in no-man's land as Balkan countries argue over what to do with them [Photo report]
Thousands of migrants and refugees were stranded at Croatia's borders with Slovenia and Serbia.
Migrant crisis: German police chief calls for border fence to stem flow of refugees
German government faces increasing criticism for its handling of the immigration crisis.