Germany's interior minister has said that the country offers better benefits to refugees compared to other EU member states. Cyprus has picked up two boats carrying more than 300 Syrian refugees and InfoMigrants takes a look at the integration of migrants in Greece's Tilos island.
The journey to Europe by a family of Iraqi refugees ended in tragedy after Bulgarian officials blocked their path. Trifa's story illustrates the human cost of closing borders. Dimitar Ganev reports.
Refugees in Belgrade are banned from public spaces. An Iraqi family recounts the tragedy that befell them while traveling the Balkan route, and in Germany, refugees reflect on integration two years after Angela Merkel welcomed hundreds of thousands of refugees to the country. This and more in today's news roundup.
The journey to Europe by a family of Iraqi refugees ended in tragedy after Bulgarian officials blocked their path. Trifa's story illustrates the human cost of closing borders. Dimitar Ganev reports.
The Bulgarian government plans to use drones on the border with Turkey to put surveillance on migrants. Austria sends 70 soldiers to conduct checks at its border with Italy and InfoMigrants takes a look at the medical care refugees in Germany receive. All this and more in today's roundup.
Bulgaria is stepping up its fight against illegal migration with plans to massively expand securement along its border with Turkey. Defense minister Karakachanov announced an increase in military and surveillance systems.
Living in camps and shelters is not easy and is causing many refugees great distress. For 25-year old Syrian refugee Basma, however, the stress of a shelter or camp is not as severe as the horrors she faced with her two children by foot on the Balkan route from Syria to Germany.
Afghan and Pakistani migrants have died in a traffic accident while being smuggled accross Bulgaria, a new report by Refugees International outlines inhumane conditions for migrants in Libya and an Italian multimedia project offers glimpses into the 'already forgotten' Balkan Route. This and more in today's news roundup.
Nine migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan have died after a minibus transporting them through Bulgaria crashed on the highway. The bus was reportedly driven by a 16-year-old Bulgarian who did not have a license.
Some 75,000 refugees and migrants, 24,600 of them children,are currently stranded in Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary and the western Balkans. They are at risk of long term psychological trauma caused by a prolonged state of uncertainty.
As thousands of migrants attempt to come to Europe, many of them rely on human smugglers to make the journey. Who are these smugglers, why do migrants come to them and how do the EU and other authorities deal with this illegal activity?
Around 1,500 migrants have rioted in Bulgaria's largest refugee camp, triggering clashes that left two dozen police injured and prompted the arrest of hundreds of protesters, officials said.