Prayers in the Jungle: Muslim migrants hoping to reach Britain hold Friday religious service by makeshift structures in Calais camp as demolition continues

• Hundreds of migrants held a traditional Islamic prayer service surrounded by the makeshift tents they call home
• It comes amid the systematic demolition of the southern half of the illegal camp which is home to 3,800 migrants
• Council workers have been trying to convince migrants to move out of destruction zone, but many have refused
• For a third day straight, a dozen Iranian migrants sewed their mouths shut as a protest to the camp's demolition

By Jay Akbar For Mailonline
Published: 13:38 EST, 4 March 2016 | Updated: 14:52 EST, 4 March 2016

No it's not Glastonbury, it's a refugee camp in Greece: Staggering aerial photos show huge tent city on Macedonian border - where desperate migrants hold babies to razor wire in bid to get across

• These aerial photographs show scores of tents covering muddy fields in the northern Greek village of Idomeni
• Scene looks like the remnants of music festival but actually shows a makeshift migrant camp on Macedonian border
• At least 10,000 men, women and children have been camped for days in the squalid conditions, with more arriving
• Macedonian authorities have set up a 19-mile barbed wire boundary, with 8ft fencing keeping out desperate refugees

By Emma Glanfield for MailOnline
Published: 23:24 GMT, 3 March 2016 | Updated: 09:30 GMT, 4 March 2016

Germany recruits 8,500 teachers to teach German to 196,000 child refugees

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Agence France-Presse

Monday 28 December 2015 01.22 GMT

‘Special classes’ have been created to help children who have fled war and poverty to catch up with their new peers

Refugee mothers and children look through games and books in another initiative by the German education ministry, the reading start for refugee children. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Key migration flows to Europe - animation

Christians are disappearing from the Middle East

By Sara Sidner, CNN

Updated 2156 GMT (0556 HKT) December 25, 2015 | Video Source: CNN

How Calais' 'jungle' migrant camp has now become a mini city - complete with restaurants, a theatre, book shops and free wifi

• More than a dozen shops have opened, along with restaurants, libraries, an information centre and makeshift hotels
• Main strip is the Market where an art gallery, theatre and Eritrean nightclub - which serves beer - are situated
• Camp started as a stopping place for migrants as they waited to be smuggled illegally out of France to Britain
• For more of the latest news from the Calais refugee camp visit www.dailymail.co.uk/refugeecrisis

By JOSH WHITE IN CALAIS FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 23:28 GMT, 6 December 2015 | UPDATED: 14:43 GMT, 7 December 2015

A way of life destroyed: Intimate photos of relaxed Sunday lunches and playing by the pool give a rare insight into life in the once-beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo before it was laid to ruin by ISIS thugs

• Stunning images of family life in Syria before Islamic State lay siege
• Children's birthday parties and family lunches are seen along with visits to Aleppo attractions
• Aleppo's ancient buildings and even its new amusement park are pictured before they were reduced to rubble 
• The Beloune family was forced to flee when extremists fired on their home
• IS looters took more than $1 million of equipment from their business
• The battle for control of Syria's largest city by various forces has destroyed many neighbourhoods

By FRANK COLETTA FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHED: 22:07 GMT, 28 November 2015 | UPDATED: 01:04 GMT, 29 November 2015

Migrant blunder splitting Germany in two: Weeks ago, Merkel threw open Germany's doors. Today, amid fears it's importing anti-Semitism, many worry their way of life is under threat

• Angela Merkel controversially opened the country to all Syrians in August
• Most Germans were at first buoyant, delighted to be able to help refugees
• But thousands of economic migrants grasped the chance to enter Europe 
• Germany is now divided, as many claim it is facing a population time bomb

By SUE REID IN GERMANY FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 23:21 GMT, 27 November 2015 | UPDATED: 23:53 GMT, 27 November 2015

Welcomed to Europe

The Atlantic

As politicians debate the status of refugees, volunteers are working tirelessly to provide them with basic care.

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• EMILY ANNE EPSTEIN

The migrants left high and dry: Thousands continuing to trudge through the Balkans are at risk of trench foot as freezing weather leaves them constantly wet, prompting EU plan to fly arrivals from Greece

• Thousands of migrants face death and ailments such as trench foot due to freezing winter marches through Balkans
• Fears over the health and lives of those desperate to reach the Eurozone have prompted emergency EU measures 
• It hopes to persuade refugees in Greece to remain where they are to wait for free flights to countries offering asylum
• Yesterday the head of the EU warned Syrian refugee families faced 'perishing' in icy Balkans rivers and waterways
• See full coverage of the European migrant crisis at www.dailymail.co.uk/migrantcrisis

By COREY CHARLTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 19:34 GMT, 26 October 2015 | UPDATED: 01:57 GMT, 27 October 2015

Thousands of Migrants Are Crossing the Balkans on Foot

The Atlantic

In Focus - Oct 26, 2015 - 32 Photos
ALAN TAYLOR

On October 17, Hungary closed its border with Croatia, blocking thousands of refugees still traveling from Mediterranean landing points to central and northern European countries, forcing thousands to shift their routes. An estimated 58,000 migrants and refugees heading to Germany and Austria have arrived in Slovenia over the last week alone. The smaller Balkan countries are still straining to cope with the influx of refugees, as they have most of this year. Colder weather has started making the journey even more difficult, as men, women, and children from war-torn and impoverished regions of the Middle East and Africa continue their journey north.

Number of migrants entering Germany DOUBLES with 40,000 expected to arrive this weekend alone

• Government has deployed some 4,000 troops to 'provide a helping hand'
• Most new-arrivals expected in southern Munich, but concerns it can't cope
• Germany became hot-spot for Syrians after waiving EU rules in August
• Efforts to soften up eastern EU neighbours made little progress on Friday

By IMOGEN CALDERWOOD FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 12:21 GMT, 12 September 2015 | UPDATED: 15:01 GMT, 12 September 2015

FIFTEEN young children - including four babies - among 34 refugees who drowned after their boat sank off Greek island

• Crammed dinghy collapsed 100m from the Greek holiday island of Lesbos
• Elsewhere 34 refugees drowned off Farmakonisi, 12 miles from Turkey
• Thought to be largest recorded death toll from any accident in Greek waters since the migrant crisis began

By THOMAS BURROWS FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 15:25 GMT, 13 September 2015 | UPDATED: 22:00 GMT, 13 September 2015

Ferrying people to safety: Thousands of people board ships in Kos as part of emergency measures to relieve Greek island of migrant crisis

• Greek government has sent a cruise liner for people to register and ease growing migrant pressure on island of Kos
• An estimated 200 people arrive on the tiny island every day, where around 7,000 refugees are sleeping on the streets
• Thousands of people are stranded on the island, waiting to be processed to continue their journey into Europe 
• Giant vessel will act as a floating registration centre, as volunteers say they can't cope with numbers

By IMOGEN CALDERWOOD and KATE PICKLES FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 10:06 GMT, 14 August 2015 | UPDATED: 21:59 GMT, 14 August 2015