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Ethiopian and Somali refugees at the Mayfa'a reception centre in Yemen.

The real divide revealed by the migration challenges to the EU is between “pros”, who want to use the EU to solve these challenges, and “antis”, who want to use them to dissolve the EU, argued many MEPs in Tuesday’s debate. Most deplored EU member states’ slowness to deliver on their pledges to pay for more help for refugees, and more manpower to process them at EU borders. The €2.3 bn shortfall is the same as it was two months ago, noted Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

“The health facility reportedly attacked in Saada, Yemen on October 27, is the 39th health centre hit since the violence escalated in March. Critical shortages of fuel, medications, electricity, petrol and water threaten to stop many more from operating.

Children in earthquake-hit areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan are facing further deadly threats as extreme conditions and insecurity cut off communities from aid - warns UNICEF.

Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov.

Aveno, a 24-year old widow from Qamishli, Syria, sits on a bed with her two children at a refugee processing centre in Harmanli, Bulgaria.

Young refugee women wait for a train at train station in Tovarnik, Croatia.

During this morning's General Congregation, during Vespers for the conclusion of the Synod, the Synod Fathers launched a new appeal for peace and the resolution of conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine, asking the international Community to act via diplomatic channels and to engage in dialogue to end the suffering of thousands of people. In the declaration, the full text of which is published below, the Fathers make special reference to families compelled to flee their homes, and give thanks to the countries that have welcomed refugees.

Nora (eight years old, in blue dress) is the youngest of the three daughters of Husam and Nemah. In the background, sitting on a mattress, left to right: daughter Kholod (11 years old), mother Nemah and Asmaa (14 years old). Father Husam is sitting on the right.