'I MISS MY FAMILY. ANGELIKA'S LIKE AN AUNT.' THE OLDER GERMANS TAKING IN SYRIAN REFUGEES

It has promised to welcome 20,000 Syrian refugees in this way by 2020... READ MORE›

NUN MAY HANG UP SNEAKERS AFTER TAKING PART IN 10KM RUN FOR A DECADE TO HELP REFUGEES

A nun will be hanging up her sneakers after spending 10 years running to raise money to help refugees who arrive in Australia... READ MORE›

REFUGEE LAWYERS SLAM DUTTON'S ASYLUM SEEKER DEADLINE AS 71 HIT WITH WELFARE CUTS

The government's stance is that those who missed the deadline are people who were no longer seeking asylum or Australia's protection... READ MORE›

ROHINGYA REFUGEES ACCUSE MYANMAR ARMY OF RAPE

Rohingya refugees who have escaped a military crackdown in Myanmar are accusing the army of raping women and girls... READ MORE›

FAR-RIGHT AFD PARTY MAKES BIG GAINS

Thirteen years after Mourad left Guantanamo and returned to his native France, a shadow of suspicion still follows him... READ MORE›

VENEZUELAN FAMILIES SCAVENGE FOR FOOD TO SURVIVE HUNGER

As the economic and political crisis deepens in Venezuela, so do the levels of hunger... READ MORE›

10 000 ICELANDERS OFFER TO HOUSE SYRIAN REFUGEES AFTER AUTHOR'S CALL

I'm a teacher and would teach the child to speak, read and write Icelandic and adjust to Icelandic society... READ MORE›

REFUGEES CROSSING INTO CANADA FROM US ON FOOT DESPITE FREEZING TEMPERATURES

More than 7,000 refugee applicants entered Canada by land in 2016, up 63 percent from the previous year, according to the Canada Border Services Agency... READ MORE›

HOW MANY ASYLUM SEEKERS SNEAK INTO CANADA? NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE

Under the Safe Third Country Agreement, Canada generally does not accept refugee claimants coming in via the U.S., but there are exceptions... READ MORE›

A LONG WAY FROM MOUNT SINJAR

A long way from Mount Sinjar Wagga Wagga welcomes Yazidi refugees... READ MORE›

SYRIAN REFUGEES PRAISED FOR SEIZING FUGITIVE IN GERMANY

Jaber al-Bakr, 22, was tied up and held by three other Syrians who alerted police... READ MORE›

ESTIMATED 15,000 PEOPLE JOIN PINSTRIPED NAZIS ON MARCH IN DRESDEN

Last Friday, a newly refurbished home for asylum seekers in Nuremberg in southern Germany was badly damaged in an suspected xenophobic arson attack... READ MORE›

MEET ONE OF DONALD TRUMP JR.S 'SKITTLES.' HE'S A 13-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN REFUGEE

Mohamad Helani is not an ordinary boy by most standards... READ MORE›

CANADA TOWN FEELS BURDEN OF REFUGEES CROSSING US BORDER

The municipality of Emerson-Franklin is preparing for more people crossing illegally at the Canada-US border... READ MORE›

SWITZERLAND JOINS DENMARK IN SEIZING ASSETS FROM REFUGEES TO COVER COSTS

Information sheet given to Syrian refugee shows seizure of assets over a limit of 1,000 Swiss francs, says Swiss news programme... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: TEEN REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE ON NAURU AFTER TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER

There is widespread distress on the island following the signing of US President Donald Trump's executive order barring the entry of refugees from several countries... READ MORE›

WORLD LEADERS ACCUSED OF SHAMEFUL FAILURE OVER REFUGEE CRISIS

Almost 4 million people displaced from Syria have registered with the UN high commissioner for refugees... READ MORE›

HOUSE PASSES BILL TO BLOCK SYRIAN REFUGEES, REQUIRE MORE VETTING

WASHINGTON -- The House passed a bill Thursday to halt the admission of Syrian refugees into the U.S... READ MORE›

CORNWALL, ONT., CITY COUNCIL DEMANDS ANSWERS ON FUTURE OF NAV CENTRE REFUGE

Cornwall, Ont., residents packed into a special council meeting with hope of learning the fate of more than 290 migrants living at the city's Nav Centre... READ MORE›

JULIAN ASSANGE DEFIANT AS SWEDEN DROPS RAPE INVESTIGATION

Foreign Minister Guillaume Long said that the UK should now grant Mr Assange safe passage, as the European arrest warrant against him no longer holds ... READ MORE›

IN GERMANY, MERKEL WELCOMED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES. NOW MANY ARE SUING HER GOVERNMENT.

The conflict over subsidiary protection and family reunification remains in the shadows of an intensifying global debate over the duty of nations to aid refugees... READ MORE›

ANGER MOUNTS OVER GOVERNMENT'S ASYLUM SEEKER CUT-OFF

Refugee lawyers and advocates have condemned the federal government's latest asylum seeker policy... READ MORE›

ASYLUM SEEKERS FORCED INTO HOMELESSNESS BY PAPERWORK DELAYS, STUDY FINDS

Of the 88 people Refugee Action helped with applications, less than half were initially approved... READ MORE›

A REFUGEE BOY HAS BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED AND KILLED IN GERMANY

The children live with their family at an asylum-seekers' shelter in nearby Vossberg village and are waiting for local authorities to process their asylum applications... 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›

THESE AFGHANS FLED TO GERMANY FOR A SAFER, BETTER LIFE. NOW THEY'VE BEEN SENT BACK.

I told him Afghanistan, and he said to me in Dari, 'Don't worry you're safe now... READ MORE›

'FAKE DEAL, FAKE PROCESS': MANUS ASYLUM SEEKERS ANGRY OVER TRUMP-TURNBULL TRANSCRIPT

He also rejected Mr Turnbull's claim that most of those seeking asylum are economic refugees as disingenuous... READ MORE›

CANADA ARRESTS NEARLY 70 ASYLUM SEEKERS AT US BORDER FOLLOWING TRUMP TRAVEL BAN

A spokesman for the Canada Border Services Agency said that 21 people were intercepted in Manitoba, while 46 others made claims at border crossings in Quebec... READ MORE›

SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN COULD BE RESETTLED IN BRITAIN IN DAYS

Hundreds of Syrian children could be resettled in the UK in a matter of days as France prepares to demolish the refugee camp in Calais... READ MORE›

HUNGARIAN CAMERAWOMAN WHO KICKED MIGRANTS SENTENCED

Video of Petra Laszlo kicking or tripping up migrants near the Hungary-Serbia border went viral... READ MORE›

TURKEY THREATENS TO CANCEL GREECE MIGRATION DEAL

Relations between Greece and Turkey, neighbours and NATO allies, have improved over the years but they remain at odds over territorial disputes and ethnically split Cyprus... READ MORE›

THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES IS THE CRISIS OF OUR TIMES

Since 2014 alone, Migrant Offshore Aid Station has pulled 12,000 refugees to safety from rickety boats in the Mediterranean Sea... READ MORE›

REFUGEES WEEP AS THEY ARE WELCOMED IN GERMANY BY MOB SHOUTING 'GO HOME'

The children live with their family at an asylum-seekers' shelter in nearby Vossberg village and are waiting for local authorities to process their asylum applications... READ MORE›

FAR RIGHT BATTLE ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN BAUTZEN

The following month, President Joachim Gauck was verbally abused when he visited Bautzen to discuss the influx of refugees in Germany... READ MORE›

FEARS OF STATELESS KIDS AND 'EXTRAORDINARY' POWERS FOR DUTTON PROMPT NEW CITIZENSHIP CONCERNS

According to the government, more than 30,000 illegal maritime arrivals came to Australia by boat in the years leading up to 2013, and many remain in the community... READ MORE›

BEHIND SWEDENS WARM WELCOME FOR REFUGEES, A BACKLASH IS BREWING

Behind sweden's warm welcome for refugees a backlash is brewing... READ MORE›