A German court has ruled that two Syrian refugees who received protection status in Greece cannot be deported from Germany. The court said the human rights of the women would be put at risk if they were returned to Greece.
The number of undocumented migrants arriving in Europe, especially via the eastern Mediterranean Sea route, has decreased, according to the EU border agency. At the same time, more are making the crossing from North Africa.
Between 2018 and 2020, more than 18,000 unaccompanied foreign minors were registered in Europe. A journalists' collective called "Lost in Europe" says the children are at high risk of exploitation.
Matteo Salvini, the head of Italy’s far-right League party, is to stand trial for kidnapping and abuse of office. The former interior minister is charged with refusing entry to a Spanish rescue ship and the 147 people it had saved in the Mediterranean Sea.
The UN migration agency IOM says the death toll has risen to 42 after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti. Sixteen children were among the dead.
Stigmatization, unemployment, insecurity: Many asylum seekers deported from Austria to Afghanistan say the reality is even worse than the media reports.
At least 39 people have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti in East Africa. The UN migration agency IOM said 16 of the victims were children.
One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting at a detention center in Tripoli last Thursday, Doctors Without Borders says. The medical charity has called for the immediate release of migrants from Libya’s detention centers.
Migrants and refugees in Bosnian camps are becoming infected with COVID-19 at an increasing rate. Humanitarian workers say most cases are mild and the situation is "under control."
A Vietnamese teenager wanted in connection with a people smuggling operation which led to the deaths of 39 migrants en route to England is to be extradited. Ngo Sy Tai allegedly ran a safe house in Belgium that held the migrants.
Many Syrian refugees have found a place of safety in Germany. But escaping from trauma, anxiety and guilt can still be a long and difficult journey, as psychotherapist Maria Prochazkova explains.
The German Greens party is calling on the government to abolish a law introduced in 2020 aimed at boosting forced returns of unidentified asylum seekers. The law known as "Duldung Light" prevents people from working if they fail to prove their identity.