Syrian Migrant Crisis

Turkey banned Syrian, Yemeni and Iraqi citizens from flights to Belarus' capital Minsk on Friday, potentially closing off one of the routes used by migrants that the EU says have been flown in by Belarus to create a deliberate humanitarian crisis.

A Japanese programme aimed at accepting a small number of refugees from war-torn Syria is under fire for implying that pregnant women are not welcome.

The United States will welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year as promised by President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday.

EU leaders will demand at a summit that Russia and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, its long-term ally, immediately halt attacks on moderate opposition groups and bolster peace efforts, a draft document said today.

Two alleged people-smugglers went on trial in Turkey today accused of causing the death of 3-year-old Syrian migrant boy Aylan Kurdi - who put a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis - and four other people.

More than one million Syrians are trapped in besieged areas, a new report says in a challenge to the United Nations, which estimates just half that amount and has been accused by some aid groups of underplaying a crisis.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called today for better protection at the European Union's external borders in order to maintain the passport-free Schengen zone.

Tens of thousands of Syrians sought refuge in Turkey today , while those who have already made the crossing waited and worried about the fate of their families on the other side of the border.

Germany registered 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015, the interior ministry said today, with Syrians fleeing a brutal civil war making up almost 40 percent of arrivals.

Over one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said today.

More than one million migrants and refugees reached Europe this year, including over 970,000 who made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, the UN refugee agency said today.

The number of people who have been forced to flee war, violence and persecution looks set to soar in 2015 past last year's record of nearly 60 million, the UN said today.

Austrian police have arrested two people with suspected links to the Paris attacks, prosecutors said today, with an Austrian newspaper reporting the two are French citizens posing as refugees.

From war-torn Syria to a windswept island off the west coast of Scotland, nine newly-arrived refugee families are struggling to adjust to new lives in a very unfamiliar world.

Street artist Banksy has taken on the migrant crisis in a new mural at a migrant camp in France.

Turkey banned Syrian, Yemeni and Iraqi citizens from flights to Belarus' capital Minsk on Friday, potentially closing off one of the routes used by migrants that the EU says have been flown in by Belarus to create a deliberate humanitarian crisis.

A Japanese programme aimed at accepting a small number of refugees from war-torn Syria is under fire for implying that pregnant women are not welcome.

The United States will welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year as promised by President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday.

EU leaders will demand at a summit that Russia and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, its long-term ally, immediately halt attacks on moderate opposition groups and bolster peace efforts, a draft document said today.

Two alleged people-smugglers went on trial in Turkey today accused of causing the death of 3-year-old Syrian migrant boy Aylan Kurdi - who put a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis - and four other people.

More than one million Syrians are trapped in besieged areas, a new report says in a challenge to the United Nations, which estimates just half that amount and has been accused by some aid groups of underplaying a crisis.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called today for better protection at the European Union's external borders in order to maintain the passport-free Schengen zone.

Tens of thousands of Syrians sought refuge in Turkey today , while those who have already made the crossing waited and worried about the fate of their families on the other side of the border.

Germany registered 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015, the interior ministry said today, with Syrians fleeing a brutal civil war making up almost 40 percent of arrivals.

Over one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said today.

More than one million migrants and refugees reached Europe this year, including over 970,000 who made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, the UN refugee agency said today.

The number of people who have been forced to flee war, violence and persecution looks set to soar in 2015 past last year's record of nearly 60 million, the UN said today.

Austrian police have arrested two people with suspected links to the Paris attacks, prosecutors said today, with an Austrian newspaper reporting the two are French citizens posing as refugees.

From war-torn Syria to a windswept island off the west coast of Scotland, nine newly-arrived refugee families are struggling to adjust to new lives in a very unfamiliar world.

Street artist Banksy has taken on the migrant crisis in a new mural at a migrant camp in France.