The British government has outlined plans to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers, a move it says will save 1.2 billion euros a year, which will be allocated to increase defence and health spending.

The number of people displaced by war, violence and persecution has almost doubled in the past decade, the UN says. But funding for its refugee agency UNHCR remains at about the same level as in 2015.

Anti-immigration demonstrations escalated in Northern Ireland leading to clashes with police after two adolescents of foreign origin were accused of attempted rape of a young girl.

Only 4 percent of unaccompanied migrant minors who arrive in Italy are hosted in foster families, says UNICEF. The figure does not include refugees coming from Ukraine.