Hospitality, cooperation and justice should characterise the response of communities and nations to displaced people, Pope Francis has declared.

The government's shunning of asylum seekers means "no room at the inn" for Mary and Joseph, says an Australian archbishop.

Australia is holding more than 1,000 asylum seekers in shameful conditions in a processing centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.

The number of refugees from Syria applying for protection in the UK increased last year, according to the Home Office’s quarterly statistics.