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Refugee crisis: Migrants and Greek riot police clash in protest against Macedonia railway closure
Macedonia station is used by refugees for access to the Balkan Peninsula.
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.
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.
PSV Eindhoven fans caught on video burning banknotes and forcing female beggars to dance for money
Some fans hurled coins at the desperate women, while others burnt money in their faces.
Migrant crisis: George and Amal Clooney meet Syrian refugees now living in Berlin
The meeting was arranged by the IRC ahead of the fifth anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict.
Syria conflict: UN refugee agency says Europe should do more on fifth anniversary of civil war
UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi describes Syrian crisis as 'biggest displacement crisis of a generation'.
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.
Danish rights activist prosecuted and fined thousands for giving Syrian refugee family a lift
Author Lisbeth Zornig and her husband were fined 45,000 krone (£4,700) by judges in Nykøbing Falster.
Migrant crisis: Ai Weiwei hits out at European human rights abuse in Greek border camps
Ai walked around the makeshift camp, seeing for himself the appalling conditions they have to brave.
Syrian refugees taking swimming lessons in Jordan as they try to reach Europe
Sports and leisure centre managers in Jordan have reported a surge in demand for lessons.
We must not let Syria's Palestinian refugees be forgotten in fog of war
450,000 Palestinians have remained in Syria and 95% are reliant on the UN for aid.
EU migrant crisis: Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia move to shut down Balkan route
Balkan states say only those carrying proper visa will be allowed to travel through their territories.
Rio 2016: Refugee team to compete for the first time in Brazil Olympics
43 candidates have been identified for Team Refugee Olympic Athletes that will march behind the five-ring flag.
EU referendum: Nicola Sturgeon warns scaremongering 'remain' campaigners will squander support
SNP leader says she wants the UK to 'overwhelmingly' back a 'remain' vote at the referendum.
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.
Cologne New Year's Eve sex attack suspects may never be caught says police chief
Admission comes as first robbery suspects to stand trial.
Hundreds of Afghan migrants stranded after Macedonia closes border with Greece
The move was apparently triggered by a similar decision from Serbian authorities.
Syrian refugee says he will give up his baby if there is no end to hopeless poverty in Jordan
Feisal and his wife Kawthar live in squalid conditions in the Jordanian town of Sakhra in Ajloum
Australia: Two protesters scale 162m-high Melbourne Arts Centre spire
The protest was against Australia's High Court decision to deport 267 refugee children and their families.
Europe is divided into two gangs of fools - the racist right and the regressive left
There is a middle ground on the migrant crisis - you can criticise religion without being racist.
EU migrant crisis: Austria sets daily limit on refugee flow and asylum claims
No more than 3,200 migrants and refugees will be allowed to travel through the country per day.
Belgium: Zeebrugge refugees numbered with indelible ink and belongings seized
Belgian officials accused of inhumane treatment of migrants seeking short-cut from Zeebrugge to Hull.
Syria's lost generation: Refugee kids forced to sell on Lebanon's streets as war rages on
Caught in a debt trap, refugee families are sending their children to work after five years in exile
Finland: Thousands of Iraqi migrants return home voluntarily after struggling to adapt to new life
Many Iraqi migrants are being repatriated after becoming disllusioned with life in the Nordic country.
Jersey refugee ban: Syrian migrant debate divides Channel Island tax haven
Chief minister of the offshore financial centre had initially proposed housing six families.
Refugee crisis: Nato sends three warships to Aegean Sea in crackdown on people smugglers
The operation is about stopping 'human trafficking and criminal networks'.
Inside Yarl's Wood: 'Britain supported Nelson Mandela – yet it treats us like this'
South African who spent three months in UK detention centre said she would rather die than go back.
Guernsey minister Jonathan Le Tocq blames island's Islamophobia for refugee snub
The island will not receive any migrants under the UK's Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.
Globe Theatre performs Shakespeare's Hamlet to migrants in the Calais Jungle
Calais migrants braved winter conditions to witness Shakespeare's Hamlet performed by the Globe Theatre.
Germany: Politician says border police should shoot migrants as a 'last resort'
German politician says law requires police to shoot at migrants who try to enter the country illegally.