Countries along the Balkan route are stepping up boder controls in an attempt to stem irregular migration. An increasing number of migrants have been taking this route since this summer -- what accounts for this phenomenon? Several hypotheses exist.
Czech border police on Thursday fired warning shots in the air before detaining the driver of a van carrying 15 migrants. Czechia and Austria have re-introduced checks at their borders with Slovakia to combat a rise in unauthorized entries.
The Czech government is temporarily reintroducing border checks with Slovakia in order to prevent irregular migrants from entering the country.
German police have discovered 23 refugees from Syria in a forest near the Czech border. They were reportedly abandoned there by smugglers.
12 out of Germany's 16 states currently don't have space to host new refugees, according to a media report. Meanwhile the number of unauthorized entries across the Czech-German border has reached a record high.
Google said that it was basing its campaign on research by British psychologists, where viewers were exposed to "inoculating" clips. The campaign is centered on Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The Czech Republic is reportedly holding large-scale border protection training exercises to prepare for a possible arrival of a large number of migrants. The country's interior minister claims that the number of irregular arrivals has been on the rise lately.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the European Union have launched a project to offer mental health services to over 300,000 people from Ukraine. The project aims to support those who have been exposed to trauma and conflict.
Six million refugees have poured out of Ukraine as they flee Russia's invasion, according to estimates. Their welcome in Central Europe has been generous and genuine, and some hosts are also eyeing potential benefits.
A photoshopped picture is circulating online of two shops in Prague that allegedly refused entry to Ukrainians. The owners of the shop has denied these claims. Meanwhile, some social media users claim that Ukrainian refugees were evicted from a hotel in Bulgaria. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
In the Czech Republic tens of thousands of refugees from Ukraine are filling jobs that had long been vacant. Those who aren't working risk losing welfare benefits under government proposals.
European countries are working out how to provide education and integration opportunities to the more than four million people who have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February. Two million of them are children, according to UNESCO.