• Austria
• France
• Italy

A committee of the European Parliament has proposed to issue humanitarian visas across the bloc. Would this help reduce illegal migration?

• Hungary

A Hungarian court has upheld a terrorism charge against a Syrian for his role in a border riot three years ago. The verdict comes amid strained relations between Budapest and Brussels over human rights issues.

• Cyprus
• Greece

Greece has announced that it will move 2,000 asylum seekers from the island of Lesbos to the mainland by the end of September. The move comes as Europe's senior migration official is visiting Greece and Cyprus, which is set to receive EU help to deal with a growing number of arrivals.

• Switzerland

The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) has ruled against Switzerland in the case of an Eritrean torture victim who was expelled to Italy, arguing that the expulsion violated the Convention against Torture.

• Italy

Thanks to money raised by the community in Sicily, the body of Moussa Birba, who died of a heart attack after devoting his life to help migrants, was brought back to to Africa. Over 5,000 euros were raised for the repatriation.

• Libya

Germany and the EU have pressured Libyan authorities to do more to prevent migrants from crossing the Mediterranean. The Left party in the Bundestag has warned that refugees returned to Libya face "inhumane conditions."

• Austria
• Italy

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said that the United Nations will send teams to Italy and Austria to monitor an increase in reported cases of violence and racism against migrants.

• Portugal

Vulnerable migrants and unaccompanied migrant children continue to be detained in the Lisbon airport, says the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE).

• Libya

A group of migrants recently held a ground-breaking protest in Libya. The protesters, most of whom were Ethiopian or Eritrean, forced open the doors of a detention centre, where they were being held, and marched towards the capital, Tripoli, which was about 20 kilometres away.

• Hungary

Hungary is starving some rejected asylum-seekers in transit zones to force them to drop their appeals, a rights group claims. Human Rights Watch worries that a policy implemented this month could expand.

• Libya

The IOM Chief of Mission in Libya has condemned the fact that migrants rescued by the coast guard in Libya are held in detention centers. He believes that there are four ways to improve the situation for migrants that could immediately be implemented.

• Morocco

A human rights group in Morocco has said authorities are busing would-be migrants away from departure points to Europe. The EU has said it wants to work more closely with North African nations to decrease migration.