63.5 million people were forcibly displaced in 2015
More people were displaced last year than at any time since UN records began
Syria
Medecins Sans Frontieres rejects EU funding over ‘shameful’ refugees policy
Charity won’t take money from EU member states over ‘dangerous’ Turkey deal
Syria Solidarity UK demands governments uphold commitment to air drops
The organisation will hold demonstrations outside Downing Street from 29 May-4 June
EU states fall 97 per cent short of their refugee relocation target
The states agreed to relocate 160,000 people by 2017 but only 1,500 have been moved so far
Syrians in Aleppo welcome Sadiq Khan’s election as London Mayor
Aleppo Council likens bombings to the Blitz and calls for closer ties with London
Government backtracks on child refugees as Kindertransport survivors call for compassion
Threatened with a backbench rebellion, the government will accept the new Dubs amendment
Myth of the ‘pull factor’ leaves migrants to drown in the Mediterranean
Search and rescue downsizing shares the logic of Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reforms
Comment: Assad taking Palmyra does not bring Syria closer to peace
There is no individual cruelty IS has committed that the regime has not at least matched
Europe’s migration deal with Turkey is unworkable and probably illegal
We can expect violent scenes as desperate people resist being returned to Turkey
Five years of war: How did it get this far?
Since day one, Assad has sought to eliminate any decent alternative to himself