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A million refugees and migrants flee to Europe in 2015
22 Dec 2015 Some 972,500 take dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing while over 34,000 others cross from Turkey into Bulgaria and Greece by land -
Chios: Greek island battles odds to cope with refugee influx
22 Dec 2015 One family's dangerous flight takes them to Chios, where authorities are quietly going about the business of processing refugees. -
Thousands still at Greek-FYR Macedonia border
4 Dec 2015 UNHCR calls on authorities of both countries to manage border in a manner consistent with human rights and refugee-protection principles -
Resettlement offers American Dream to Syrian refugees
3 Dec 2015 A young family finds fresh hope as they prepare for new lives stateside -
Thousands of stateless people given nationality in Thailand
1 Dec 2015 Thai Government grants citizenship to18,000 stateless people, reducing the total to 443,862 -
After Paris attacks, refugees should not be turned into scapegoats
17 Nov 2015 UNHCR concerned at reports attacker may have entered Europe in current influx, but stresses overwhelming majority are fleeing persecution and conflict -
Some 3,300 people a day still arriving on Lesvos
13 Nov 2015 Despite dangerous sea conditions and the approach of winter, the number of refugees and migrants arriving each day remains high. -
A childhood regained on Kos
11 Nov 2015 New transit centre supported by UNHCR and run by Greek NGO Praksis, offers food, shelter, medical care to all children arriving on the island -
Worsening weather brings more tragedy to eastern Aegean
29 Oct 2015 At least 15 people have died and 38 are missing in five incidents involving smuggler vessels carrying refugees and migrants between Turkey and Greece