• France

Over the last 10 days, in four separate operations, French police have demolished make-shift migrant camps in northern Paris; the operations, say the city authorities, are part of their efforts to bring everyone indoors during the coldest months of the year. But some 800 migrants are thought to still be sleeping rough on the streets and many people are being missed, or ejected by the system.

• Lebanon
• Syria

Thousands of children in camps for refugees and displaced people in Syria and Lebanon are suffering because of the freezing temperatures and flooding that have recently hit the region. According to UNICEF, 15 children have died recently in those camps.