Migrant remittances to their countries of origin have grown by 51 percent over the last 10 years. More than one billion people are involved in either sending or receiving almost half a trillion dollars in remittances every year, say1

Italian coastguards have rescued around 2,500 migrants from the Mediterranean over the weekend. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has asked other countries to help deal with the refugee crisis.

"I am a migrant" is a platform launched by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to allow migrants to tell their own stories in order to counter negative sterotypes. The aim of initiative is to show "the human face of m1

German police have launched an investigation after a fire broke out at a refugee home in Bremen, injuring 37 people. It's still unclear what caused the fire, which started in a garbage can in the building's basement.