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It is the duty of wealthy states such as United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to do more.

EU leaders to discuss quota system and Dublin regulation overhaul.

Officials rejected June application for asylum from Kurdish family fleeing Kobane in Syria.

German chancellor Angela Merkel irritated by UK refusal to share more of the EU's refugee burden.

Cameron said: 'These are big challenges, but we'll meet them'.

Budapest station temporarily evacuated as thousands of asylum seekers try to board trains.

Many of those lamenting migrant deaths supported appeasement of Bashar al-Assad in 2013.

Ministers from bloc's 28 member states to hold extraordinary summit in Brussels on 14 September.

Fresh estimate is nearly four times the number of asylum applications received last year.

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

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.

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

Theresa May and Bernard Cazeneuve say resolving migrant chaos is 'top priority' for London and Paris.

Europe's treatment of migrants is shameful and betrays its founding philosophy, says Inna Shevchenko

Italy's anti-immigration Northern League leader Matteo Salvini attacks pontiff over refugees appeal.

Human rights organisation called for end of restrictions on Syrians fleeing conflict.

Damning report from Amnesty International condemns Ukrainian combatants for a litany of war crimes

Manila is signatory to UN convention of refugees so will 'extend humanitarian assistance' it says

The narrative on migrants in Britain is deplorable and unbeffiting a proud history of taking refugees in

Anh Tu Nguyen said Vietnam's government in 2015 is no less repressive than when it defeated the US in 1975.

A total of 1,205 refugees have been deported to 'safe' countries in Africa with assurances that they will not be deported back home.

EXCLUSIVE: Migrants can contact smugglers through social media to pay more than £10k to reach Britain from Turkey.

Friend of 30-year-old murdered on a Libyan beach tells of a young man desperate to reach Europe.

UN estimates more than 4,000 families displaced from capital of Anbar province.

A look back at the headlines that dominated the week's global and domestic news agenda.

Migrants risk abduction, rape and even murder but still brave the deadly journey in pursuit of a better life.

Commissioner General of UNRWA Pierre Krahenbuhl calls on the world to stop ignoring the plight of Palestinian refugees in Syria.

For five decades Yarmouk was a thriving Palestinian suburb of Syria's capital Damascus - now it lies in ruins

Saudi military 'seeking clarification on the incident' at Haradh in north Yemen