Record 2016 pushes migrant arrivals in Italy over half million
More than 181,000 migrants arrived in Italy by boat in 2016, the ministry said, an increase of almost 18 percent compared with 2015
Myanmar says will take back 2,415 citizens from Bangladesh
Myanmar has for decades said Rohingyas are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and it has declined to grant them citizenship
After a perilous journey to Europe, a young migrant learns his fate
Would the slow slog of Girmay Mehari's asylum application grind to a halt the day he becomes an adult?
Malaysian NGOs plan to send aid flotilla to help Rohingyas in Myanmar
Aid flotilla, departing from Malaysia on Jan. 10, would be carrying 1,000 tonnes of rice, medical aid and other essentials
Serbia has no more beds for migrants as bottlenecks build -UNHCR
More than a thousand face a winter sleeping rough
Iraqi forces launch second phase of Mosul offensive against Islamic State
Up to 1.5 million civilians are thought to remain inside Mosul
Four million in Damascus without mains water after springs targeted - U.N.
Water supplies had been cut because "infrastructure was deliberately targeted and damaged", U.N. says
Three migrants die in traffic accident in Serbia's south - police
The driver, a suspected smuggler, fled the scene, while all the injured were transported to the hospital
Russia announces ceasefire in Syria from midnight
The ceasefire will pave the way for a political solution to end the country's six-year-old war
Turkey aims to establish Syria ceasefire before new year, foreign minister says
"We are on the verge of an agreement with Russia. If everything goes alright, we will make this agreement. Russia will be the guarantor of the regime"