North and South Korea have agreed to hold rare reunions for families separated by the Korean War, according to Seoul.

Austria and Germany have taken in thousands of migrants who crossed the border after days stuck in Hungary.

More than 13 million — that is the number of children who are prevented from attending school by surging conflict and political upheaval across the Middle East and North Africa, according to a new report released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

For many years European countries have been warned about the inadequacy of their immigration and asylum systems. Now, with increased refugee arrivals and more frequent tragedies, this system is showing all its weaknesses. But refugee arrivals are not the real cause of this collapse. The real reason is political, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks said in a written statement.

Nightfall in Budapest has not dimmed the protests outside the city’s main railway station.
Hundreds of migrants are stranded here.

Leading Azerbaijan journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been sentenced to seven and a half years in jail for embezzlement and tax evasion.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep regret over the decision by the Egyptian court of Cassation to uphold the sentencing of several Al Jazeera journalists and has reiterated his appeal for their cases to be resolved expeditiously and in accordance with the country’s international obligations to protect free expression. In a statement issued by his spokesperson in New York, the Secretary-General expressed…

Police in Austria say the bodies of 71 people, believed to be migrants, were discovered in an abandoned lorry found near the Hungarian border on Thursday.

The WDBJ-7 reporters were killed as they interviewed a woman who was also wounded in the attack allegedly carried out by a disgruntled former employee of the local TV station.

The European Union should establish a human  rights-based , coherent and comprehensive migration policy which makes mobility its central asset, a United Nations expert advocated, assuring is the only way in which the EU can reclaim its border, effectively combat smuggling and empower migrants.