An Irish nurse helping migrants on the rescue ship the Aquarius says 'vulnerable people should not be used as pawns in a political game'.

The final 129 asylum seekers to be relocated from Greece have arrived in Ireland.

Latest: French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed not to allow the re-establishment of the "Jungle" camp of migrants in Calais.

Discrimination, verbal and physical abuse and pay of less than €3 an hour are just some of the things migrants working in the Irish fishing industry are facing.

Latest: Several hundred refugees have disappeared after they were evacuated from a camp in northern France that was ravaged by a fire that left 10 injured, according to authorities and aid workers.

The Government is being urged to crack down on some Irish trawler owners who are reportedly treating migrant fishermen 'like slaves'.

Migrant children in northern France are forced into crime and prostitution on a daily basis to secure a place to stay in migrant camps or the promise of passage to Britain, the UN children’s agency said.

German chancellor Angela Merkel said she was not worried about the fate of a migrant pact between the EU and Turkey, but said more time was needed to overcome differences with Ankara over visa-free travel for Turks.

A massive brawl appears to have broken out at a makeshift migrant camp in Paris.

Thousands migrants and refugees camped out in Greece's largest port near Athens have been given two weeks to move to army-built camps or be expelled by force, authorities said.

EU leaders struggled to fit together the jigsaw pieces of an agreement with Turkey on the migrant crisis as President Michael D Higgins warned that failure to respond would be “catastrophic”.

Macedonia's president says Greece is not being cooperative on the immigration crisis following a large influx of refugees into his country on Monday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has renewed her criticism of moves by other European countries to shut borders to migrants, which she said will not create a sustainable solution.

Slovenia has fully shut its border with Croatia for migrants without valid EU visas and will no longer accept organised trains carrying refugees.

European Union leaders have sought to press Turkey to do more to stop migrants from entering Europe and to shore up support for Greece, where thousands of people are stranded.

Ireland's former Attorney General has called Angela Merkel a "hero" for her response to the refugee crisis.

About two dozen migrants protesting against the demolition of the sprawling Jungle camp in Calais have climbed on to shanty rooftops, and are surrounded by police.

More than 7,000 refugees and other migrants are camped on Greece's northern border with Macedonia.

It has emerged the four Afghan men found in a container coming off a boat at Rosslare Harbour had travelled from Cherbourg in France.

French state representatives went from tent to tent trying to convince residents in a sprawling migrant camp in the port city of Calais to leave, a day after a court ruled that a mass eviction could go ahead.

The UNHCR in Ireland says almost 12 times as many refugees crossed the Meditteranean last month, compared with the same time year.

Danish politicians have voted to let police seize valuables worth more than 10,000 kroner (€1,300) from asylum seekers to help cover their housing and food costs while their cases are being processed.

Twelve migrants have drowned after a boat taking them to the Greek islands capsized in rough weather off Turkey.

The European Union needs to come up with a comprehensive package of measures to deal with its refugee crisis, according to Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras.

At least 21 migrants have drowned off Turkey after their boats overturned in rough waters in two separate incidents as they tried to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, authorities said.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has told her conservative party that Germany will reduce the refugee influx, saying she is still confident that Europe will pass the “historical test” it faces.

Ireland needs to live up to its commitments to provide a safe haven for refugees, according to a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Ireland needs to live up to its commitments to provide a safe haven for refugees, according to a group of NGOs.

Hungary’s prime minister has said the country is filing a lawsuit against the European Union objecting to a mandatory plan to distribute refugees among members of the bloc.

Temporary border controls begin in Sweden today to help stem the flow of refugees.

Croatians went to the polls on Sunday amid a massive migrant surge and deep economic woes.

A Greek patrol boat has rescued 78 people on a wooden boat that ran aground off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after sailing from nearby Turkey.

The European Union has predicted that three million more migrants could arrive in the 28-nation bloc by the end of next year.

Hungary’s parliament has approved a resolution that rejects the European Union’s plan to introduce a quota system to share refugees among member nations.

Thousands of refugees have flooded into Slovenia, as the country and Croatia traded accusations over who is to blame for the exodus that has overwhelmed the Balkans and shaken the European Union to its core.

Former Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski says refugees who have arrived recently in Europe are carrying diseases that could hurt the local populations.

Australia is talking to the Philippines about resettling illegal migrants who try to reach its shores.

The L.E. Samuel Beckett has completed its first search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean.

An Eritrean migrant has been found dead in the Channel Tunnel, French authorities said.