UN chief urges all countries to show solidarity with Syrian refugees
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all countries on Wednesday to show solidarity and accept nearly half a million Syrian refugees for resettlement by 2018....
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EU talks tough on migrants from Turkey, uneasy over rights
The European Union hopes a summit with Turkey on Monday can start putting an end to the chaotic arrivals of migrants in Greece and halt...
Greece cannot carry migrant burden on its own- PM Tsipras
Unilateral actions by European Union member states to deal with the migrant crisis troubling the bloc is hurting solidarity and must stop, EU Council President...
Remember the Pilgrims, Obama says, in appeal for generosity to Syrian refugees
By Roberta Rampton President Barack Obama urged Americans to show generosity to Syrian refugees in a Thanksgiving message on Thursday, reminding them that the Pilgrims...
Cyprus ready to accommodate Akrotiri refugees, as UK drags feet
By Evie Andreou CYPRUS is willing to take in any number of asylum seekers, out of the 114 refugees who landed on the shores of...
Hungarian TV journalist fired for tripping up fleeing migrants
A camerawoman for a private television channel in Hungary was fired late on Tuesday after videos of her kicking and tripping up migrants fleeing police,...
Rescued migrants settling in at temporary camp
Visibly weary from a three-day journey at sea but also disappointed that they failed to reach their final destination of the European mainland, the refugees...
‘Humanity swept away’ image sweeps across social media
An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey’s prime tourist resorts swept across social media on Wednesday, after...
Syrian refugee ship arrives on Greek mainland, migrants move on
A car ferry carrying just over 2,400 Syrian refugees arrived on the Greek mainland on Thursday as a wave of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty...
More than 200 feared dead in latest migrant sea tragedy (Update 3)
By Steve Scherer Hopes faded of finding more survivors on Thursday from a shipwreck in which 200 migrants are feared drowned, as rescue ships were...
