About 28,000 refugees fleeing violence in Syria have arrived in Canada or have been approved to travel there since November.
With refugee arrival numbers to Italy and Greece topping 100,000, Germany has started to send Afghani asylum seekers back home.
Greece witnessed the arrival of an estimated 42,861 refugees in February alone, according to a report by the International Organization for Migration.
The continent's politicians are increasingly facing pressure to, at least temporarily, suspend an open-borders policy. But at what cost?
A group of 20 to 30 people cheered — and some disrupted firefighters — as a planned refugee shelter in Saxony burned.
More than 1,200 people were reportedly caught for getting through in the first 20 days of February, up from 550 in January.
An Amnesty International report condemns Turkey’s border closure and documents cases of the country’s soldiers shooting civilians, including children.
European Union leaders, meanwhile, warned that such measures did not comply with the bloc's legislation.
Discussions would focus on a joint plan aimed at stemming the inflow of refugees into the European Union.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that Europe is making its “first progress” in tackling the influx of refugees.
The Monday ruling came in the case of an individual who applied for asylum to the Netherlands in 1995, was rejected in 1996, and applied again in 2012 and 2013.
With thousands of Eastern European children already in British custody, critics warn the phenomenon may “break the care system.”
The NATO ships will conduct “reconnaissance, monitoring and surveillance” in the region that has, over the past year, become a hotbed of human trafficking.
The recent increase followed a spate of sexual assaults in Germany, allegedly by Syrian refugees.
Tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing an escalating government assault on Aleppo remained stranded near the Turkish border.
Residents of Kos are opposed to Greek initiatives to welcome refugees to its shores.
EU officials said Turkey had a moral and legal duty to help Syrian refugees streaming into its territory to escape fighting in their home towns.
Many countries that have been accepting refugees appear to have reached a breaking point.
The country had budgeted for 35,000 asylum seekers in 2015 but took in about 90,000 people during the year.
Retirees make up over 20 percent of Germany’s population, and their financial security and life experiences make them suitable volunteers.
Germany saw more than 1 million refugees from war-torn regions in the Middle East and Africa arrive in the country last year.
Another million refugees are expected to enter Europe in 2016 as right-wing parties continue to gain support in Germany and elsewhere.
