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Offshore detention survivors decry UK's Rwanda scheme
Manus-detainee-turned-author Behrouz Boochani has urged the British public to resist plans "to copy the deeply dehumanising asylum policies of Australia".
Biden begins dismantling Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy
Migrants in Mexico hoping to reach the US welcomed the policy change in Washington.
Pentagon shifts $3.8 bn more to Mexico border wall
Pentagon officials said the money would be used to build about 177 miles of the concrete and steel barrier.
Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds donate $2 million for migrant children
Two organisations have been given $1 million each, to help the migrant children's education and their rights.
Dinner party with a difference - Meet the refugee speaking the universal language of food
Majeda Khouri is a Syrian refugee living in the UK and sharing her fascinating story one spoonful at a time.
Britain set to spend £45m on Calais border to keep France on side for Brexit talks
As well as footing the bill for extra security, Britain is set to take in more child migrants as well.
Migrants 'will wipe out the white race', says Italian politician
North League candidate for Governor of Lombardy and former Mayor of Varese Attilio Fontana later apologised for the remarks made on Radio Padania.
Shocking photo of Moroccan migrants sleeping in washing machines goes viral
A photo depicting three young Moroccan migrants getting some rest in washing machines at a Paris launderette has attracted attention online.
Sudanese refugees 'tortured' after Belgium repatriates them
Belgium was heavily criticised in September when it allowed a delegation of Sudanese officials to travel to Brussels and identify apparent illegal immigrants.
Climate change will displace up to 300 million people by 2050
By the middle of this century, experts estimate that climate change is likely to displace between 150 and 300 million people.
German newspaper publishes list of 33,293 people who have died crossing to Europe since 1993
Compiled by artist Banu Cennetoğlu, The List took up 48 pages of the daily newspaper's Thursday edition.
Tourist didn't realise she was gang raped until Spanish police played back the CCTV
Four Moroccan men have been detained on the Spanish Canary Islands after a Danish tourist was raped multiple times. A fifth man is still being sought.
Security guards pimping out young male refugees, German media claim
Security staff at refugee centres in Berlin are prostituting young male asylum seekers – including minors – a documentary by broadcaster ZDF has claimed.
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland will pay EU 'settled status' fee to help 'vital workers'
The Scottish National Party (SNP) conference is being held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow and will run from today (08 October) until Tuesday (10 October).
Nearly 90 migrants go missing after shipwreck off Libya's coast
Local officials said at least eight migrants drowned as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean for Europe.
French university cancels lessons after migrants settle on campus in tents
Almost 8,000 students were sent home as lessons were cancelled.
'They looked like bears': Double gang rape in sleepy Italian tourist town Rimini
A Polish woman was repeatedly raped next to her boyfriend after he was pummelled unconscious.
Canada opens Montreal Olympic Stadium to house vast numbers of Haitians fleeing US on foot
So many Haitian asylum seekers have arrived Quebec that Montreal has opened up its cavernous Olympic Stadium to house and process them.
San Antonio: 9 dead after dozens found crammed into people smuggler's sweltering truck
A further 30 people are being treated in Texas for extreme heatstroke and dehydration.
Traditional German festival 'hit by migrant sex attacks and violence'
A 17-year-old girl was forcibly held and had her buttocks groped – three Afghans are being questioned.
Tensions flare on Lesbos after migrants set fire to tents protesting 'inexcusable' living conditions
3,000 people are living in the refugee camp in "overcrowded, unhygienic and unsafe" conditions, say activists.
Thousands of refugees and migrants evicted from Paris sidewalks by French police
Around 400 people have been arriving in Paris every day in recent weeks.
112 migrants trafficked in a truck rescued by Mexican authorities
The migrants included four babies and 23 minors, and the truck was equipped with fans and water.
EU and UK migrants in limbo as Theresa May rows with Brussels over residency deal
'Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed,' a defiant EU official told IBTimes UK.
Romanian raped woman 11 days after arriving in UK having just been released from prison
Florin Moraru beat and raped woman he met in Kettering nightclub on New Year's Eve.
Freight train to central Europe: Riding railroads across borders to seek a better future
More than a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, landing in Greece from Turkey and then streaming through the Balkans, heading north to Germany or Austria.
Migrants are being sold at open slave markets in Libya
Vulnerable refugees from West Africa often arrive in the country with no money and no papers.
In pictures: Four-day-old baby girl rescued from dinghy adrift in the Mediterranean Sea
Crew members abroad the 'Golfo Azzurro', the rescue vessel of the Spanish aid organisation Proactiva Open Arms, spotted two overcrowded rubber boats floating at sea in the early hours of Saturday (1 April)
Ship with 147 migrants sinks in the Mediterranean leaving only one survivor
The 16-year-old boy survived by clinging to the boat's fuel tank.
Amnesty International: Qatar's £5bn investment should not blind UK from human rights abuses
Warning from human rights organisation comes after the Qatar-UK Business Forum in London.