migrant crisis

Masked Brigade group holds three men after street protests against people trafficker.

Three children rescued from a migrant truck have been taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Photos illustrating Britain's history of welcoming refugees fleeing conflicts around the world.

UNHCR tells IBTimes UK why Europe needs to set up a land version of its Mare Nostrum operation.

Two tragedies show the desperate plight of migrants seeking refuge from war and poverty.

Two boats carrying up to 500 people capsize off the coastal city of Zuwara

Italian coastguard confirm about 3,000 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean in a single day.

50 bodies found in the hold of migrant boat headed towards Italy and 430 migrants rescued.

Migrants travelling across Serbia continue to pour into the Hungarian border area.

Number of attacks on migrant shelters across Germany estimated at over 200 in 2015 alone

Migrant suffers head injury and internal bleeding after attempting to cross into Britain through Eurotunnel.

German chancellor condemns the violent protests against refugees in eastern town near Dresden.

In the past two weeks, more than 23,000 migrants have entered Serbia, taking the total so far this year to 90,000.

Europe needs to work together to tackle the "challenge" of the migrant crisis, says foreign policy chief

European crime agency waging online war against human smuggling gangs on social media.

Refugee shelters fire-bombed as xenophobic fury at migrant influx intensifies.

Italian coastguard received SOS signals from 18 vessels carrying refugees.

World Humanitarian Day is observed on 19 August to highlight work of humanitarian aid workers.

Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve set to meet in Calais on 20 August.

Angela Merkel says migrant crisis could preoccupy Europe much more than Greece and the stability of the euro.

Migrants and Syrian refugees have started registering on a passenger ship on the Greek island of Kos.

At least 40 migrants suffocated to death on ship in the Mediterranean.

It is estimated that at least 225,000 refugees have arrived in Europe by sea in 2015.

Greece bolstered security at the holiday island struggling to cope with an influx of refugees.

Migrant Offshore Aid Station founder Christopher Catrambone works to help migrants in the Mediterranean crisis.

Italian navy rescues 54 migrants off Libya coast while over 60 more feared missing.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond sought to justify his use of the word 'marauding' to describe African migrants.

The Lib Dem leader urges David Cameron to visit Calais to see how migrants are forced to live.

Britain's foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, said that the crisis in Calais was under control

Lines have to be drawn at the wholesale admission of economic migrants who are not fleeing persecution.