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Actor Baron Cohen and wife give $1m for Syrian refugees

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife are donating $1 million (900,000 euros) to help Syrian refugees, the charities receiving the money announced Sunday. The ‘Borat’ star and actress wife Isla Fisher are giving $500,000 to Save the Children to pay for measles...

Father of drowned Syrian toddler asks world to open its doors

The father of toddler Aylan Kurdi, whose lifeless body on a Turkish beach became a symbol of the refugee crisis, has made a Christmas appeal to the world to open its doors to Syrians fleeing conflict. The message, to be broadcast by Britain's Channel 4 on Christmas Day, comes after...

Refugee and migrant arrivals in EU pass 1 million in 2015: UN

The number of refugees and migrants arriving by land and sea in the European Union has passed 1 million this year, while a further 3,600 died or went missing, the U.N. refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday. Half of those arriving were Syrians fleeing...