More than 400 police officers were involved in raids in four different German states and Austria against an international people smuggling ring on Tuesday morning. The ring is thought to have trafficked more than 100 people, mostly from Syria, illegally into Germany. Five suspects were arrested, a total of 19 are being investigated.
In a conference in Brussels on Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, along with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called for a beefing up of the EU's borders to fight "the threat of terrorism."
Reactions to the terrorist attack in the Austrian capital Vienna on Monday have largely steered clear of the migration issue. But some, including Germany's far-right party, say several recent terrorist attacks in Europe show migration routes should be closed.
The European Union looks poised to find broad political agreement on a new EU migration pact. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said that the 27 member states might be able to adopt the new legislation before the end of the year.
Only a handful of EU member states are ready to accept asylum seekers. Now, the European Commission is trying to reform the bloc's asylum rules, but few of its proposals seem to break new ground.
Austrian police say they found dozens of people, including children, who had been hiding in a refrigerated truck abandoned on a highway last week. The driver has been arrested, suspected of migrant-smuggling.
Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz has said that Europe took "completely the wrong turn" when it allowed in so many migrants five years ago. The chancellor said large numbers of migrants cause problems because they "change" the host societies.
Austria has begun testing drones on its borders to Hungary and Slovenia. Equipped with live-tracking and heat-sensing cameras, the drones will be used to detect the movements of smugglers and irregular migrants.
Germany will support a new European effort to stop migrants arriving in Europe. The joint platform will focus mainly on migrants trying to enter via Turkey and Greece.
When Ali Rahimi arrived in Austria in September 2015, he was full of hope. Hope that he would be able to live in peace and learn to read and write. Since his deportation, he lives in constant fear for his life.
Basma Jabr, a young Syrian singer, has worked hard to get her music heard by audiences in Austria where she settled after fleeing war in Syria. Since coming to Austria, she has learned how music helps bring different cultures closer together
Will you be sent back to Italy if you had your fingerprints taken there, but then applied for asylum in another EU country? What happens if you are to be deported under Dublin but you refuse? We put these questions and more to a number of experts, including German lawyer Albert Sommerfeld.