REFUGEE CRISIS

European Council President Donald Tusk said "there is still a lot to do" to reach a deal, which is expected to be finalized at a summit Friday.

As the European Union and Turkey continue negotiations, 14,000 refugees are stranded on the Greek-Macedonian border.

Unicef verified nearly 1,500 violations against children in 2015, with nearly 60 percent caused by the use of explosive weapons in areas with civilians.

More than 1 million people sought asylum in Germany in 2015 alone, prompting backlash from voters against Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Countries in the European Union will pay a price in the event the freedom of movement across borders is constricted because of a so-called Brexit or the refugee crisis.

Founded in 2013, the Alternative for Germany party, which performed well in Sunday’s elections, initially sought to critique the nation’s handling of a eurozone crisis.

While Canada has accepted more than 26,000 refugees from the war-torn country, the United States has accepted fewer than 1,000.

European leaders expressed optimism for resettling thousands who have fled war-torn countries. But human rights observers weren’t so sure.

The northern European nation saw 61,428 people seeking asylum in February. Border closures along the Western Balkans route have contributed to the decline.

The buildup of fleeing Syrians at Turkey’s southern border has encouraged its government to make more demands in its talks with the European Union.

European Union negotiations to close the route could force desperate people to take dangerous paths to the continent, experts say.

European leaders met with the Turkish prime minister in Brussels to find a solution to Europe's worst refugee crisis since the World War II.

At least 25 people drowned Sunday after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Turkish coast. Ten of the dead were children. 

Reported comments by Chancellor Werner Faymann could complicate a Monday summit between the European Union and Turkey to discuss the refugee crisis.

An estimated 13,000 refugees are stuck at the Macedonian border, and aid agencies are projecting 200,000 more could arrive in Greece this month.

The European Commission announced Friday the first payouts from a $3.3 billion fund to help Turkey pay for the needs of some 2.5 million refugees.

European Council President Donald Tusk says he sees the first signs that European Union members are overcoming their differences in tackling the year-old problem.

Part of the extra $21.8 million will be spent on new reception centers, where unaccompanied children can link up with relatives in the U.K.

The European Council president’s comments came ahead of the European Union summit, which will focus on the region’s refugee crisis, in Brussels next week.

Italy has increasingly found itself at the center of European migration and security crises.

Refugees in Calais protested by lighting fire to their tents and pelting police with stones in protest of the camp’s partial destruction, according to reports.