Germany's chancellor has said that migrants are being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, as jobs are cut and language classes cancelled. Her comments echo the findings of an OECD report that was released on Monday.
According to a new OECD report, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected migrants. Migration itself has decreased significantly, with adverse effects on both countries of origin and destination.
Migrants often make international payments to support their families back home. Now these important transfers have declined dramatically amid the global coronavirus outbreak.
More African migrants have been making the dangerous journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands. The coronavirus pandemic has been just one factor driving the rise in arrivals.
Italy's former interior minister Matteo Salvini has been accused of illegally detaining migrants at sea. A judge has now summoned Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte as a witness before deciding if Salvini should go on trial.
Bosnian police emptied a migrant camp, evicting hundreds of residents in the latest crackdown on such facilities. They have been moved to a remote camp ill-equipped for winter conditions.
Christian Lüth is alleged to have said Germany should take in more migrants, as it would be "better" for the far-right AfD. The longtime spokesman is reported to have added "we can always shoot or gas them later."
As EU member states attempt to agree on a new migration pact, migrants and refugees in Lesbos have been moved to a new site that they say is abysmal. From Lesbos, Marianna Karakoulaki reports on conditions at the camp.
Hungary's Viktor Orban, Poland's Mateusz Morawiecki and the Czech Republic's Andrej Babis shot down the EU's planned migration reform ahead of scheduled talks. The Visegrad group rejects asylum seeker quotas.
A "closed camp" for displaced people is being set up on Samos as part of the EU's strategy for fortifying its external borders. Neither residents of the island nor the people who will be held there want the camp.
A plan to fix migration polices with a system of "mandatory solidarity" by all states is likely to face heavy debate. New proposals include tougher border checks and new rules on deportation.
Working conditions in the meat industry have made headlines after COVID-19 outbreaks in slaughterhouses. Investigators are turning their attention to subcontracters suspected of smuggling in migrant workers illegally.