Tragedy strikes in Greece as a 5-year-old Afghan boy dies
A five-year-old boy was killed on the Greek island of Lesvos after he was hit by a truck near the Moria refugee camp. Migrant arrivals have spiked in recent weeks despite increased controls.
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More than 20,000 migrants and Syrian refugees expelled from Istanbul
Close to 21,000 unregistered Syrian refugees and "illegal migrants" have been expelled from Istanbul since mid-July after the authorities had issued a deadline for them to leave the city and return to the provinces where they had registered. An additional 300,000 Syrians living in Istanbul face expulsion.
Ocean Viking stand-off resolved, 6 countries agree to take migrants
France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania have agreed to take in the 356 migrants on board the rescue ship. The ship received permission to disembark the migrants in Malta.
Refugee numbers worldwide at record high
The number of refugees in the world has hit a record of 70 million, the United Nations said in a statement. That’s the highest figure since World War II.
Turkey intercepts hundreds of migrants on way to Lesbos
The Turkish coastguard has intercepted hundreds of migrants on the way to Greece in seven overnight operations on Saturday. 330 people were detained by security forces, state news agency Anadolu reported.
18 migrants injured on Bosnian border with Croatia
Eighteen migrants were injured while trying to reach the European Union across Bosnia's border with Croatia, local media and police said on Wednesday. The case has been put under the jurisdiction of the state prosecutor.
Unaccompanied minors in 'catastrophic conditions' in Greece, report
Unaccompanied minor refugees and migrants in Greece are at risk of violence and abuse and often live in catastrophic conditions, a new report by the Germany-based organization "Equal Rights Beyond Borders" finds.
European police on Albania border to stem migrant flows
Two months ago, the EU border and coastguard police Frontex deployed 50 officers to the Greek-Albanian border to intercept migrants headed north. So far, migrants have been apprehended on a daily basis, Frontex says.
6,000 migrants arrested in Istanbul
A crackdown on unregistered migrants in Istanbul has seen 6,000 arrests in the past two weeks, the Turkish interior minister said Wednesday.
German man shoots Eritrean before turning gun on self in 'xenophobic' attack
Police said Tuesday that the drive-by shooting of a 26-year-old man from Eritrea in a small town in western Germany was "very clearly" motivated by xenophobia. While the Eritrean survived the shooting, the suspected shooter later died, presumably from a self-inflicted wound.
France: 'Black Vests' migrants detained after staging protest for right to remain
21 African migrants were detained by French police Saturday after they surged into the Pantheon mausoleum in Paris to push their claims for regularized status. The detainees will be held pending investigation into potentially "violating legislation on foreigners," the local prefecture said.
More than 40 migrants on fishing boat taken to Lampedusa
The Spanish charity Proactiva Open Arms on Sunday said it had identified a fishing boat with more than 40 migrants in a state of severe dehydration near Lampedusa. Italian police and coast guard accompanied the boat to the tiny Italian island where the day before, local authorities had impounded the migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 and arrested its captain, Carola Rackete.