The International Organization for Migration is launching a project to prepare Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey for resettlement in Europe. The Link It project hopes to overcome problems faced by migrants in integrating successfully in host countries.
A Greek media report says more than 1,650 people, most of them Syrians and Iraqis, crossed the river Evros from Turkey last month. In the same period last year, just 262 people made the journey.
A German media report says growing numbers of Syrian refugees are leaving Germany and returning to their families in Turkey. Having sacrificed so much to come to Europe, they are choosing to travel the same risky routes in reverse, for the sake of their loved ones.
Turkey has begun deporting Afghan migrants after thousands entered the country in recent weeks. Turkey is a common transit country for migrants trying to reach Europe.
The migrants who entered were mostly from Afghanistan. Local authorities are trying to stem the flow of migrants with a border wall and anti-trafficking centers.
Some 15 migrants have been reported missing after they called for help from the Evros river, at the border between Greece and Turkey, Greek authorities were quoted as saying by local media.
A clampdown on Europe's eastern borders and the Aegean Sea has forced migrants to seek different — and more dangerous — routes to the Continent. Hunters and fishermen find their bodies, reports Anthee Carassava.
On the second anniversary of the EU-Turkey agreement on refugees, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Greek government to finally put an end to its so called "containment" policy and stop the suffering of thousands of people still stranded at overcrowded migrant camps.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that EU aid in Turkey is necessary to stop another influx of refugees coming to Europe. The current aid from Brussels, in the form of cash payments, has given many Syrians in Turkey a sense of autonomy over their financial situation.
The controversial EU refugee agreement with Turkey has been running for two years. But there are still several hitches, with particularly the question of funding still not completely settled.
The 2016 agreement between the EU and Turkey led to a sharp drop in migrants leaving from the eastern Mediterranean towards Europe. One Syrian family from eastern Ghouta told ANSA how they settled in Istanbul.
The Turkish government says it will set up camps for 170,000 displaced people within Syria ahead of an influx of refugees from the Syrian region of Afrin.