GERMAN PEOPLE DONATED SO MUCH TO MIGRANTS THAT POLICE HAD TO ASK THEM TO STOP

This morning Polizei M nchen's official account tweeted that around 590 refugees were at the city's main train station adding Anyone who wants to help is welcome... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 11,000 ICELANDERS OFFER TO HOUSE SYRIAN REFUGEES TO HELP EUROPEAN CRISIS

More than 11 000 icelanders offer to house syrian refugees to help european crisis... READ MORE›

AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST

The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE JIHADIS 'MAY BE POSING AS SYRIAN REFUGEES'

Asked if Isil could be sending militants under cover of being refugees Mr Saab said Yes they bring some people the smugglers... READ MORE›

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY

MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›

AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'

An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›

CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM REFUGEES SHOULD BE HOUSED SEPARATELY, SAYS GERMAN POLICE CHIEF

German chancellor Angela Merkel's bold open-door policy for refugees has hit her usually high popularity ratings as well as brought a backlash in her conservative ranks... READ MORE›

EU MIGRANT CRISIS: FATHER DESCRIBES MOMENT CHILDREN SLIPPED AWAY AS CAMERON SAYS UK WILL TAKE SYRIAN REFUGEES

The current refugee crisis is putting the European Union and all of its member states to a historic test... READ MORE›

'I LOVE MY DOG, I NEED HER'

And we ve seen many like him carrying their animals with them on the long journey from Syria across the Mediterranean Sea and through Europe... READ MORE›

60 MILLION PEOPLE FLEEING CHAOTIC LANDS UN SAYS

Nearly 14 million people were newly displaced in 2014 according to the annual report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON: BRITAIN WILL ACCEPT 20,000 REFUGEES - LIVE

David Cameron is expanding on his commitment to bring 20 000 refugees to Britain... READ MORE›

SYRIAN CHILD REFUGEES 'TO BE DEPORTED AT AGE 18', SAYS PADDY ASHDOWN

In his statement, Mr Cameron acknowledged the depth of public feeling and said it was right that Britain should fulfil its moral responsibility to help refugees... READ MORE›

On a recent afternoon at a police station here, dozens of Syrian refugees amassed outside the registration bureau for foreigners, waiting to collect their new cards... READ MORE›

CHURCH ATTACKS DAVID CAMERONS LACK OF COMPASSION OVER ASYLUM CRISIS

Many of those in Calais are refugees, just as the Jewish people were in 1939, he said... READ MORE›

'WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO IMPORT MORE REFUGEES FROM NAURU TO CAMBODIA'

We don't have any plans to import more refugees from Nauru to Cambodia Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told the Cambodia Daily... READ MORE›

REFUGEES KEEP STREAMING INTO EUROPE AS CRISIS CONTINUES UNABATED

At Budapest's fin-de-siecle train station Saturday, many asylum-seekers were matter-of-factly moving on to Western Europe... READ MORE›

GERMAN MPS 'DRAWING UP PLANS' TO CLOSE BORDERS IN CHALLENGE TO MERKEL'S REFUGEE POLICY

Pegida, which drew crowds of 25,000 at its height before collapsing earlier this year, has been trying to regroup around opposition to Mrs Merkel's refugee policy... READ MORE›

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH

Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›

GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS

In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›

A SMALL TOWN IN SLOVAKIA HELD A VOTE ON ACCEPTING REFUGEES; 97 PERCENT SAID NO.

The dormitories were used again to house other refugees and migrants seeking asylum in Europe... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS

We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX

As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›

WEST TO ACCEPT MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES

Syrian war western countries to accept more refugees... READ MORE›

FIRST TRAINLOADS OF SYRIAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS REACH GERMANY

The chaos in Hungary opens our eyes to how far the situation has proceeded in Europe, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said Saturday... READ MORE›

GERMANY IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS ON SYRIAN REFUGEES IN SURPRISE U-TURN

Refugee crisis Germany imposes restrictions on Syrian refugees in surprise U-turn... READ MORE›

REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA

To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›

ICELANDERS OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND HOMES TO SYRIAN REFUGEES

Around 13,000 people from Iceland's population of little over 300,000 joined a Facebook page, Syria is Calling, asking the government to take in more Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS

The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›