What is the Global Compact on Refugees?
In 2016 the UN refugee agency began developing a new framework for responding to large movements of refugees. The Global Compact on Refugees will be delivered to the UN general assembly later this year.
Myanmar (Burma)
Could the Rohingya crisis impact the number of refugees coming to Europe?
Hundreds of thousands of people belonging to the Muslim Rohingya community have fled to Bangladesh after being pushed out by local ethnic groups in Myanmar. Could the crisis spill over to Europe?
Fourth aid group stops migrant rescue missions in Mediterranean
The charity MOAS, which has rescued some 40,000 migrants over the past three years, is to end its current operations off the Libyan coast. Instead it will take aid to the Rohingya who have fled violence in Myanmar.
Thursday refugee news roundup
Russia and European leaders clash at the UN following the gas attack in Syria. Afghan asylum seekers are being sent back to their country and Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has denied that Rohingya Muslims are being racially targeted. This and more in today's news summary.
Refugee news roundup
From the EU summit's decisions in Malta to the UN's warning about Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Here's a list of news on migrants that made it to the headlines today: