Growing numbers of people seeking asylum in Cyprus are living in poverty and have no proper accommodation. While the government has announced that newly-arrived migrants will be allowed to work, most asylum seekers on the island - even those staying for the long-term - have little prospect of getting a job, and are forced to rely on relatives, friends and strangers for a roof over their heads.
The International Literature Festival in Berlin offered a preview of the second volume of the book series Refugees Worldwide. Its authors sign literary reports and essays delving into the refugee situation.
Italy and Austria have put forth a plan to process refugees on ships, with Austria's interior minister saying asylum-seekers would be "well looked after." Both governments support curbing immigration in their countries.
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has ended its registration of asylum seekers in Turkey, passing the responsibility to Turkish authorities.
The Dutch Council for Refugees has denounced that the wait time for asylum seekers has significantly increased in the Netherlands, delaying the processes of integration and family reunification.
A group of Eritreans that had been rescued and disembarked by the Diciotti Italian coast guard ship but who failed to return to a migrant reception center have been found by the police in Ventimiglia. The migrants had been travelling towards Campo Roja, a center run by the Red Cross from which migrants try to enter France.
A recent report on Slovenia's policies concerning the return of migrants to Croatia highlights the obstacles they face in accessing asylum procedures, in potential violation of the principle of non-refoulement, according to the networks of NGOs European Asylum on Refugees and Exile (ECRE).
A church service and a far-right demo have marked the death of a German following a fight with two Afghans. Authorities are striving to prevent a repeat of the violence that flared after a similar incident in Chemnitz.
The teenager stabbed his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend 17 times in her back, neck and chest. It's the second sentence in less than a week for a stabbing involving an asylum seeker.
Asylum seekers, whose applications in Germany have been rejected, can appeal against the negative decision at various courts. If these courts reject you as well, there is only one option left to explore, and that’s the Commission for Cases of Hardship – or Härtefallkommission. How does it work?
Austria has allowed young refugees to take on apprenticeships while waiting for their asylum applications to be processed since 2012. However, the new right-wing government says this is to end. At the same time there'll be cuts to other migrant integration initiatives — such as language courses.
Afghans shouldn't harbor false hopes of a German life of wealth and luxury, President Ashraf Ghani has said. In a newspaper interview, he also called Germany a "beacon of hope."