A situation like the one in Moria must "never happen again," said the European Commissioner for Home Affairs. Some lawmakers called for a "solidarity-based solution" to the crisis, but not everyone agrees.
Belgium has offered to accept 100 to 150 asylum seekers from Greece, in particular families with small children. More than 12,000 people were left homeless by the fires at the Moria refugee camp.
50 Iraqi migrants who had been living in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium voluntarily returned to Iraq by plane on Wednesday. It was the first such flight since voluntary return flights were put on hold in March because of COVID-19.
The Dublin Regulation is the European law that determines where an asylum seeker's claim is processed. But does it cover everyone, even those with a tourist visa? We asked Petra Baeyens from the European Legal Network on Asylum for answers.
On Thursday, August 6, a new record was reached for the numbers of migrants attempting to cross the Channel between Britain and Europe in one day. According to reports, 235 migrants were detained on Thursday after being picked up by patrols.
18 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek island camps arrived in Belgium on Tuesday, following an agreement the Belgium government made to relocate them in May. The minors had been living in the camps for several months without a parent or guardian.
Migrants and refugees in the EU can apply to reunite with their children and bring them to Europe if the children are minors. But what if they reach majority during the proceedings? They can still be reunited with their parents, because what matters is the age they were when the application was filed, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
Belgian authorities on Sunday said they rescued 15 migrants from a rubber dinghy that was taking in water 11 kilometers off the Belgian coast. The migrants were attempting to reach the United Kingdom from France.
Asylum applications in Europe fell in April to their lowest level in over a decade. But an asylum lawyer has warned that migrants prevented from applying for protection because of coronavirus restrictions are now especially vulnerable.
Are you living through the COVID-19 pandemic outside your home country? A global team is trying to find out the impact of the virus on migrants and refugees so that decision-makers and NGOs can provide better support to cope with the crisis.
Police in France and Belgium have arrested more than two dozen suspects over the deaths last year of 39 Vietnamese migrants in the UK. The suspects are accused of belonging to an illegal smuggling organization.
A court in Bruges announced on Wednesday that police had arrested six men "of Middle-Eastern origin" on the suspicion of migrant smuggling. The six were stopped in the Belgian port of Ostend in possession of two inflatable speedboats.