As Germany resumes deporting failed asylum seekers after a slowdown during the pandemic, fear is growing among hundreds of Bangladeshi migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected.
The UN human rights chief has called on countries to take in people uprooted by natural disasters. According to a new World Bank report, climate change could cause some 216 million people in six regions to move within their countries by 2050.
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.
At least 17 Bengali migrants have drowned in a shipwreck off the Tunisian coast as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya. Some reports say that the number of deaths may yet rise.
"Stress, nightmares and no future": this is the impact of Greece’s latest twist in migration policy on one young Afghan asylum seeker. A new law passed in June means thousands like her could be left without a home or status, or held in detention as they wait to be sent back to Turkey.
At least 12 people died and many others were injured on Sunday when their minibus overturned and caught fire in Van province in eastern Turkey. The region near the border with Iran is a common route for migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.
The Tunisian navy has rescued 178 people who were trying to cross the Mediterranean by boat. The bodies of two other migrants were also recovered.
Tunisian authorities rescued 267 migrants in Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The migrants had tried to reach Europe from neighbouring Libya.
Police and border forces from North Macedonia and Slovenia conducted two operations on Friday in which they found a total of 82 migrants hidden in various vehicles.
Greece aims to send back asylum seekers from Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria and Bangladesh who arrive from Turkey. The government says they are not in danger in Turkey and have no need of protection in Europe.
Three Bangladeshi nationals have received a stay permit for social protection in Italy after being exploited at work in the area of Prato, in Tuscany.
More than 40 million people were driven from their homes by continued conflict and worsening weather in 2020 as the climate grew increasingly chaotic.