Forced to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, members of the Afghan women's youth football team and their families have sought refuge in Portugal and are back training in the Lisbon suburbs.
The Polish Parliament has voted to extend a state of emergency on the border with Belarus. Aid workers and journalists still cannot reach the migrants who continue to gather at the border – at least five migrants have died there in recent weeks.
Over the past few days nearly 190 migrants have been rescued by private rescue ships. Protesters who formed a human chain at the weekend, stretching from the North Sea to Italy, have demanded a coordinated European sea rescue operation.
Hundreds of Moroccan nationals are being held in inhumane conditions in Libyan detention centers, a human rights group reports. The families are urging the Moroccan government to intervene.
Changes to the EU Blue Card are set to make it easier to attract highly qualified workers from outside Europe. The new rules also give more rights to beneficiaries and their families.
The number of Afghans, including unaccompanied children, who are seeking asylum in Europe is steadily approaching the number of Syrians. But EU figures for July show that only half as many Afghans are granted protection.
The Spanish coast guard rescued more than 220 people travelling in small boats off the Canary Islands on Wednesday. The number of migrants risking the Atlantic route is rising again, and so are the deaths.
The EU effort to return unsuccessful asylum seekers is failing, the EU policy and financial watchdog has warned. Half a million people are ordered to leave the EU each year, but less than a fifth are actually sent home.
Around 2,600 Afghans and their immediate families are to be brought to Germany where they will receive residence permits. The German government's 'human rights list' includes journalists, artists and others at risk from the Taliban.
Turkey’s foreign minister says his government is working with the UN refugee agency to repatriate Syrians. He also called on the international community to address the challenges of global migration.
Deportations from Germany have risen again after a downturn during the pandemic. The Left Party has demanded an end to 'cynical policies'.
Lithuania has expelled five Afghan nationals back to neighboring Belarus in spite of an order by the European Court of Human Rights that they be allowed to stay.