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Refugees March 8, 2016

Critics blast Europe's draft plan to send some refugees back to Turkey

The United Nations and human rights groups voiced deep concerns Tuesday about the European Union's plans to send thousands of migrants back to Turkey amid fears the country cannot properly provide for them.

Refugees March 7, 2016

'It was freezing': Growing number of refugees give up on Europe, head home

Surkaw Omar and Rebien Abdullah quit their jobs and spent their life savings to reach Europe, only to find crowded asylum camps, hunger and freezing weather.

Refugees March 6, 2016

25 migrants drown off Turkish coast

At least 25 people drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach Greece on Sunday, while Macedonian authorities imposed further restrictions on refugees trying to cross the Greek border.

Syria March 4, 2016

Syrians sentenced to prison over death of toddler seen in heartbreaking photo

Turkey's state-run news agency says a court has sentenced two Syrian smugglers to four years and two months each in prison over the death of 3-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi and four other people.

Refugees March 3, 2016

Iranian refugees sew mouths shut to protest French camp demolition

Six Iranian migrants have sewed their mouths shut to protest the mass evictions and destruction of a large swath of a migrant camp in northern France in a desperate bid to bring attention to their plight.

Europe March 2, 2016

Terrorists 'a daily part' of refugee flow into Europe, NATO commander says

Violent extremists, criminals and foreign fighters are part of the daily refugee flow into Europe, the top NATO commander in Europe told lawmakers, "masking the movement" of these dangerous elements and heightening the potential for an attack.

Faith February 26, 2016

Christian Children Seized by Norway Reunited With Parents 3 Months Later

The Romanian Pentecostal parents who have been separated from their five children by Norway's child protective services were reunited with all of their kids in the same place for the first time since the family's ordeal began in November.

Refugees February 26, 2016

Germany says it doesn't know the whereabouts of 130,000 refugees

German authorities revealed that they do not know the whereabouts of 130,000 people that entered their country last year, according to a parliament document viewed by AFP on Friday.

Refugees February 25, 2016

Massive French refugee camp known as the 'Jungle' set for destruction

A French court on Thursday gave the state the green light to raze tents and lean-tos sheltering hundreds of migrants in a sprawling slum camp in Calais, where thousands dream of getting to Britain.

Refugees February 25, 2016

Growing refugee crisis threatens Europe's unity, officials warn

The European Union's once-tight unity is being rapidly eroded as hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants walk a well-trodden path through the Balkans and into the bloc's heartland.

Refugees February 22, 2016

Onlookers cheer as fire damages refugee center in Germany

Onlookers celebrated as a suspected arson fire damaged a former hotel being converted into a refugee home in eastern Germany, police said Sunday, raising new concerns about violence toward migrants in a nation that registered more than a million asylum-seekers last year.