Turkey's president says he will allow a flood of Syrian refugees to leave Turkey for Western countries unless he receives support for a plan to return about a million people sheltering in his country back to Syria.
This year's Venice film festival presented a documentary about the work of Italian humanitarian organization Emergency, entitled 'Beyond the Beach: The hope and the hell.' In it, Emergency's founder, Gino Strada spoke out about the1
Following a dramatic rise in the number of migrant arrivals on Lesbos in recent weeks, the Greek government this week moved 1,500 asylum seekers to mainland Greece. On Wednesday, scuffles broke out at the overcrowded Moria reception1
Xenophobia in Germany takes many forms: from insults to incitement, arson and physical attacks. The government has revealed details of the hundreds of such offenses this year.
European Parliament president David Sassoli has said that international conventions dictate that ports cannot be closed and that people at sea must be rescued. He called on the EU to show greater solidarity towards migrants.