European countries must do more to protect child refugees and migrants who face risks and hardship after arriving in Europe. This year around 13,000 children have arrived in Greece, where they are suffering under terrible conditions, the UN warns.
Denmark has announced plans to step up controls on its border with Sweden to counter cross-border crime. Several Swedish nationals are suspected of carrying out serious attacks in the Danish capital in recent months.
Today, more people believe their community is a welcoming place for migrants, compared to nine years ago, a Gallup survey shows. However, attitudes in the EU have become more divided.
Some of the women who died in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean on Sunday night were pregnant, according to Italian authorities. More than 50 migrants were on board the boat that capsized off the coast of Lampedusa. At least 17 people remain missing.
The Spanish non-profit organization Proactiva Open Arms has rescued 44 people from a wooden boat in the Mediterranean. The chief of mission of the rescue boat says Malta told him not to help the group, which included a young child and a baby.
In a series of debates on immigration, the French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has urged the French Parliament to consider setting immigration quotas. French President Emmanuel Macron too has pledged to toughen his stance on immigration.
The international human rights organization Doctors of the World says it won't continue to run medical clinics at an asylum seeker center in Bavaria. The group says the living conditions in the Anchor Center make it impossible to provide proper treatment.
A boat carrying some 50 migrants from Tunisia and West Africa has sunk off the coast of the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily. The Italian coast guard has rescued 22 people so far, but it has also recovered at least 13 bodies.
Appeals from the Christian churches in Germany to stop deportations on special humanitarian grounds are almost certain to be rejected. New figures from the government show that the success rate of claims has plummeted in the past few years.
Migrants who make the journey to Europe in boats face huge risks – not least to their physical and mental health. Those who become ill during their journey receive treatment on arrival, but they often struggle with lasting psychological trauma.
The town of Oughterard in the west of Ireland has won a battle to stop a center being built for asylum seekers. The campaign against the direct provision center had been joined by anti-immigrant activists as well as those demanding a more humane system for refugees.
A medal-winning athlete from Yemen has drowned while trying to reach Spain in a small boat. Helal Ali Mohammed Al-Hajj was heading for the Spanish enclave of Melilla on the North African coast.