The European Union and Albania have signed an agreement on border management. The accord reached between the Albanian Interior Ministry and EU border agency Frontex is the first signed with a third country.
An association of Italian jurists has said that the migrants who reached Italy aboard the Italian coast guard ship Diciotti cannot be forced to move to Albania as the country is not part of the European Union and the European asylum system.
Albania is reportedly open to hosting reception centers for individuals seeking asylum in the EU. The plan could help keep embattled German Chancellor Angela Merkel in power and placate her hard-line interior minister.
In recent days, 38 people have been arrested trying to cross into Albania. Authorities say more migrants are looking for alternative routes to get to Europe, as other countries close their borders.
A new migrant route has sprung up in the Balkans, and local governments are attempting to stem the flow. Governments in the region want to collaborate more in order to prevent another crisis.
Syrian refugees receive a warm welcome in Albania. Israel deports 40,000 African refugees without their permission and an NGO in Romania is offering assistance and accommodation to migrants and refugees. This and more in today's roundup.
Most of the refugees arriving in Albania want to go on to Western Europe. But the Matwa brothers from Syria feel at home in the small Balkan country. Lindita Arapi visited them in Tirana.