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Migrant crisis: Hungary sends buses to transport migrants to Austrian border
Buses will collect people from Budapest as well as the estimated 1,200 people who are walking to Austria.
Naguib Sawiris: Who is Egyptian billionaire who wants to buy an island for refugees?
Sawiris, the oldest of three brothers, joined the family business in 1979.
Migrant crisis: Hundreds march from Budapest to border as Hungary introduces emergency law
Migrants have begun 106-mile journey to Austria from Budapest.
EU migrant crisis: Train stand-off in Hungary as Britain poised to accept more refugees
David Cameron hints UK may lend a hand to European allies as Hungarian PM Orban courts controversy.
Aylan Kurdi: Photographer who captured harrowing image of Syrian toddler describes 'pain and sorrow'
Photo-journalist Nilüfer Demir, said she was 'petrified' as she took the photo of Aylan Kurdi.
Migrant crisis: Egyptian billionaire offers to buy island for refugees
Naguib Sawiris wants to buy island near Sicily or Greece to aid victims of humanitarian crisis.
Aylan Kurdi: Father of drowned 3-year-old tells of moment his children slipped through his hands
Abdullah Kurdialso lost his five-year-old son Galip and his wife Rehan.
Migrant crisis: Would you welcome a Syrian refugee into your home?
IBTimes UK asked members of the public if they would let a refugee live with them.
Migrant crisis: Is David Cameron poised to U-turn and allow thousands of refugees into the UK?
There is increasing pressure on the UK government to reform its policies as the refugee crisis engulfs Europe.
EU migrant crisis: Greece to ask EU for €700m to tackle refugee influx
Roughly 2,000 migrants from the Middle East and Asia have been arriving in Greece every day.
Germany: Theatre production puts 71 people in truck to highlight plight of refugees
A German theatre staged a controversial protest work, cramming 71 people into the back of a small truck.
What is the difference between a migrant, a refugee and an asylum seeker?
The current migration crisis has sparked debate over terminology of migrants, immigrants and refugees
Aylan Kurdi: Family of drowned refugee boy were refused asylum in Canada
Officials rejected June application for asylum from Kurdish family fleeing Kobane in Syria.
Migrant crisis: Czech police stamp holocaust-style ID numbers on the arms of 200 detainees
The migrants, including women and children, were ordered off trains in Břeclav, near the Austrian border
Migrant crisis: Hundreds protest at Budapest station as Jobbik right-wingers stage rival demonstrations
Around 2,000 migrants camped overnight at east Budapest's Keleti station.
Signs of frustration: Migrants and refugees in Hungary still not allowed on trains to Germany
Matt Cardy photographed some of the signs held by refugees prevented from boarding trains in Budapest.
Migrant crisis: UK taking in more refugees not the answer says David Cameron
Cameron said: 'These are big challenges, but we'll meet them'.
Migrant crisis: 11 dead after two boats sink off coast of Turkey
The migrants, believed to be Syrian, drowned after the boats sunk upon leaving the Turkish coast.
Greece migrant crisis: Photographers document refugees' long and dangerous journey to safety
Thousands of refugees fleeing the war in Syria arrive in Greece every day. This is their story.
Migrant crisis: Eurostar trains turn back to London and Paris after people block track
Hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours on five Eurostar high-speed trains.
Spain: West African migrant found hidden under Mercedes bonnet
Spanish police detain drivers carrying migrant hidden next to car engine.
Syrian civil war: August records '5,000 deaths' as migrants continue to flee to safety
Calls for Britain to take more Syrian refugees as bloody conflict tears country apart.
Iceland: Syria Calling Facebook group on cusp of overturning government policy towards refugees
Iceland's Minister for Social Affairs has said policy will be changed in the face of public opinion.
EU migrant crisis: Train chaos as refugees attempt travel from Hungary to Germany
Budapest station temporarily evacuated as thousands of asylum seekers try to board trains.
Migrant crisis: Memorial held for 71 refugees found dead in abandoned lorry
Memorial for 71 refugees found dead in an abandoned lorry on Austria highway was held at Vienna's Cathedral.
EU migrant crisis: Angry refugees protest as Hungary bars them from main train station
Hungarian authorities closed its main train station, then reopened it but barred entry to refugees and migrants.
Calais crisis: UK reinforces border controls to prevent illegal migrants
The UK has recently reinforced its border controls around the French port of Calais to curb the illegal entry of migrants.
Australia: migrant camp on island of Nauru too unsafe for children - Senate committee
Australia denies rift with Cambodia over taking in migrants from Nauru in exchange for aid.
Migrant crisis: 3 critically-ill children rescued from lorry disappear from Austrian hospital
3 Syrian children aged between 5 and 6 disappeared from a hospital, may be in Germany say police.
Theresa May wants to stop unemployed EU migrants from entering the UK
UK's home secretary wants 'free movement' in the EU to be restricted to migrants with jobs.