In the commune of Montreuil in the eastern suburbs of Paris, the 115 emergency shelter number receives hundreds of housing requests per day that cannot be met. Most calls come from homeless families. 115 responders are on the frontline of a crisis they cannot remedy. InfoMigrants reports.
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to make a second attempt at increasing expulsions of illegal immigrants under fierce pressure from his far-right opponents.
The group of around 90 people landed in two German airports on Thursday. The migrants had been rescued in Italy and will now be sent to reception centers in four German states.
As the European Union continues to lack a unified migration policy and countries fail to provide basic necessities to asylum seekers, charities and regional networks rush to fill the gaps.
Tunisia has been going through a severe economic and political crisis in the last few years. More than one out of three young persons is unemployed. The route to Europe, which is lacking qualified personnel in many sectors, seems like the only way forward.
Police in the UK have arrested a 32-year-old man suspected of having played a key role in the fatal Channel crossing incident one year ago. The man was detained in southwestern in the UK town of Cheltenham following a joint investigation by UK and French authorities.
Around a week after France announced increased controls for migrants at the border with Italy, French police and civil volunteers have started checking trains near the Italian town of Ventimiglia.
Migrants are using increasingly creative ways to journey to their destinations, often ignoring the risks involved. So-called clandestine journeys, which often involve stowing away in cars, lorries, boats, trains or planes are among the most dangerous ways people can travel.
The French authorities rescued 61 migrants on Tuesday. At least 30 of them had to be plucked from the water after spending about 25 minutes in the sea.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees called on the EU to place the migration routes in the Mediterranean at the center of its action.
European interior ministers on Friday welcomed an EU plan to better coordinate the handling of migrant arrivals after a furious row over a private rescue ship erupted between Italy and France.
A man who was being held in the Manston migrant processing center in Kent has died. He is believed to have crossed the English Channel in a small boat nine days ago. The cause of his death is unknown.