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The Displaced Syrian Series2 EP4

Voices • 31 Oct 16

133 bodies recovered from migrant boat off Egypt

News • 23 Sep 16

Egyptians in the port city of Rosetta watch a boat departing for the search operation

Suspected traffickers held after boat capsizes

News • 22 Sep 16

It is believed that around 206,400 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year

42 dead after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt

News • 21 Sep 16

Refugee and migrant events taking place in New York this week

Flanagan: Refugee intake slowed by bureaucracy

News • 21 Sep 16

A family from Eritrea is pictured at a makeshift camp in Paris

Paris police dismantle migrant camp

News • 16 Sep 16

Authorities said no one could understand the man as he did not speak German or English

Chinese tourist ends up as refugee in Germany

News • 09 Aug 16

Inside Direct Provision Series1 EP4

Voices • 29 Sep 16

Last year's record arrivals triggered bitter political disputes in the EU

EU proposes new asylum rules on migration

News • 14 Jul 16

Displaced Iraqis from Fallujah rest at a safe zone after they were evacuated by Iraqi government forces

Record 65 million people displaced worldwide - UN

News • 20 Jun 16

Turkey has agreed to take back all migrants and refugees landing in the Greek islands, and to crack down on people smuggling over the Aegean Sea

MSF rejects all EU funding in protest

News • 17 Jun 16

The bodies were found near the border post of Assamaka (Pic: Google Maps)

20 children among 34 found dead in Niger desert

News • 16 Jun 16

Private consumption remains the most important driver of growth in Germany

German economy had decent start to Q2

Business • 10 Jun 16

The Italian navy was able to rescue 562 people from the water

100 may have drowned in shipwreck off Libya

News • 26 May 16

No force was used as officers urged migrants to leave their tents and board buses to take them to shelters

Greece evacuates Idomeni migrant camp

News • 24 May 16

Countries that refuse to take in refugees will face penalties under the new rules

EU Commission proposes easing visas for Turks

News • 04 May 16

Twenty-six people were rescued from the boat which sank yesterday

Migrants missing after boat sinks off Libya

News • 30 Apr 16

Ahmet Davutoglu was speaking at a press conference following a visit to a refugee camp on the Syrian border

Visa-free travel 'vital' to migrant deal

News • 23 Apr 16

Migrants are stopped from attempting a Mediterranean crossing after a police raid on their hideout in Tripoli, Libya

Italian minister call on Libya to seal borders

News • 17 Apr 16

Thousands of people have been stranded in Greece since Balkan borders were closed

Greece to begin ruling on asylum applications

News • 12 Apr 16

More than one million refugees have arrived in Europe in the past year

Plan to overhaul Dublin Regulation considered

News • 06 Apr 16

People shout 'No Turkey' at the port in Chios where refugees and migrants who broke out from Vial detention centre are camped out

Uncertainty prevails ahead of migrant returns

News • 03 Apr 16

Greece will begin sending back refugees and migrants to Turkey, with the first group of returned people due to arrive in Turkey on Monday

Migrant numbers arriving in Germany plummet

News • 02 Apr 16

UN chief Ban Ki-moon addresses delegates in Geneva

Ban wants global action over Syrian refugee crisis

News • 30 Mar 16

Pope Francis described the Brussels attacks as a 'gesture of war'

Pope Francis condemns arms makers after Brussels

World • 25 Mar 16

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