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Australia turns back boatload of Sri Lankan refugees
Boat carrying 12 Sri Lankan nationals, including women and children, was intercepted near Cocos Islands.
Asylum seeker cannot be forced to have an abortion in Papua New Guinea, Australian court rules
A refugee who was allegedly raped on the shores of Australia is pregnant and wants a termination.
EU to press ahead with plan to grant visa-free travel to Turkish citizens
European Parliament and EU governments to be asked to approve legislation in this regard.
Hundreds of left wing protestors arrested after German right wing conference clashes
Around 1,000 riot police kept the two sides apart outside the conference in Stuttgart.
Refugees in poor neighbourhoods more likely to develop diabetes, study claims
The quality of the neighbourhood influenced migrants' long-term risk of developing the disease.
Norway to offer refugees a bonus to return home
Refugees who volunteer to leave will be paid £800.
Migrant crisis: EU hails Turkey as 'best example' on refugee treatment
EU-Turkey deal has led to sharp fall in illegal migration across Aegean, Donald Tusk says.
Fragile Syria-Turkey border hit by further Isis rocket violence
Three people killed in the Turkish town of Kilis on Friday, as Daesh fired five rockets from the nearby Syrian border.
Setayesh Ghoreishi: Family of six-year-old murdered in Iran demand her teenage killer is executed
The 17-year-old neighbour has confessed to the killing and police said he will face 'decisive action'.
Refugee crisis: 1,850 migrants rescued by Italian coastguard in single day
Calmer weather has encouraged more migrants to try to make perilous journey from North Africa to Italy.
EU referendum: Britain sees surge in applications for citizenship amid Brexit fears
Applications for British citizenship rose to 5,245 in the fourth quarter of 2015 from 4,179 in the third quarter.
Germany: Deinster SV footballers 'black up' in a show of solidarity
The lower league club digitally altered a team photo to send a message against racism.
Unaccompanied 8-year-old held at Paris airport for 10 days because of false identity papers
The boy from the Comoros Islands was put on a plane by his mother who now wants him to return home.
Germany drafting new law to ensure refugees integrate with society for permanent residency
Refugees will be required to learn German and integrate with the society to gain permanent residency.
Pope Francis washes feet of Muslim migrants at asylum centre outside of Rome
Pope Francis carries out foot-washing ritual and says, we are 'children of the same God'.
British border guards banned from using vehicle X-rays in French ports
The devices have been barred because of fears that the radiation could damage the health of migrants.
Refugee crisis: Man tries to set himself alight on the Greece-Macedonia border during protest
Witnesses identified the man as Emmad, from Raqqa, Syria.
Nine Cubans die as they attempt to make dangerous 22-day crossing to Florida
US coastguard rescues 18 more severely dehydrated migrants from 30' boat 130 miles from shore
Slum landlord Nicholas van Hoogstraten hits out at 'filthy' migrants and homeless
Convicted slumlord scoffs at neighbours suggesting his vacant Sussex mansion could home refugees.
Australia: Government marks 600 days since 'the last successful people-smuggling venture'
Nearly 700 migrants denied entry in a bid to tackle deaths at sea and people smuggling.
David Cameron issues warning to EU over wave of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Libya
The Prime Minister's comments come as 27 EU heads of state are meeting in Brussels.
Refugee crisis: Dramatic scenes as hundreds of migrants wade across river from Greece into Macedonia
Hundreds of refugees and migrants who had been stranded in northern Greece are crossing into neighbouring Macedonia.
Meet Kapoush, the refugee cat on a journey with his family
Kapoush the cat is one of the inhabitants in a makeshift migrant camp in Idomeni, Greece.
Sweden: Police warn women not to go out alone after dark in Osterund following spate of sex attacks
Local police chief issued warning after woman was threatened with rape in city.
US federal judge says toddlers can defend themselves in immigration court
In the US, there is no guarantee that adult and children migrants will have legal counsel in court.
German water park segregates swimmers following alleged assaults on young girls
Arriba water park says it is evaluating if women and children feel more comfortable by the measure.
Isis in Libya: How Boko Haram jihadis are flocking to join Daesh's holy war in North Africa
In Libya Daesh has grown from a force of 3,000 fighters to 6,500 in three months.
Refugee crisis: Donald Tusk urges breaking of smugglers business model
Tusk said that sending illegal refugees and migrants back from Europe would ruin smugglers' businesses.
Mark Zuckerberg in Germany: No place for migrant hate speech on Facebook
Facebook forbids bullying, harassment and threatening language, but critics say it does not enforce them properly.
Germany: Shelter for over 120 homosexual refugees opens in Berlin
Shelter to give a safe home to gay, lesbian and transsexual migrants who are often target of assaults.