Fashion might be the furthest thing on the minds of people escaping war, persecution and hardship. However, an initiative in Bosnia-Herzegovina makes sure that creative ideas by migrants get to have their own moment in the limelight.
The Council of Europe (CoE) has called on Croatia to take "strong measures" against the mistreatment and abuse of migrants at the hands of Croatian police officers along the border with Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Spanish police have broken up a gang that smuggled hundreds of migrants across the Balkans into the European Union, cramming them in trucks in inhumane conditions. Police in nine countries were involved in the operation, authorities said on Thursday.
Politicians and rights activists are reacting to film footage showing migrants being violently forced back into Bosnia from EU member Croatia. But no one is taking responsibility.
Journalists' film footage of armed and masked men in uniform beating back people on the Croatian-Bosnian border has fueled debate about so-called pushbacks. But what exactly does the law say?
Afghan migrants who are stuck in camps at the EU's external borders are more anxious than ever to move on. Reaching Europe may be their best hope of bringing those left behind in Afghanistan out of danger.
The IOM is warning migrants of the dangers posed by landmines, as well as other risks such as drowning, abuse, exploitation and gender-based violence along the Balkan route.
An EU report assessing whether Western Balkan countries continue to meet requirements for visa liberalization showed that despite a drop in illegal crossings, improvement is needed in migration management.
The Council of Europe's representative on migration and refugees, Drahoslav Stefanec, has urged Bosnia to draft and implement a policy capable of structuring and coordinating the country's institutional response to migration flows, after a visit to the country.
Croatian border authorities are systemically pushing back potential asylum seekers, reports from several European media outlets have confirmed. Six pushbacks to Bosnia were captured on video. Among those forced across the border were a pregnant woman, disabled persons and small children.
Human rights activists slammed Croatian authorities for violent pushbacks of migrants and called for the abolition of the EU's Frontex border agency. Croatia denies taking violent measures against migrants.
A new report published by Oxfam and other NGOs has denounced that underage migrants who have travelled to Europe on their own face obstacles once they turn 18 due to a complicated bureaucracy.