Serbia's increasingly restrictive border policies are having an overall impact on the Balkan migration route. Austrian authorities say they have noted a significant drop of about 70% of people being intercepted while trying to enter the country using irregular means since mid-December.
Authorities in Portugal have arrested a total of 35 people on human trafficking charges in addition to allegations of money laundering and falsifying documents. Dozens of migrants were reported to have fallen prey to the trafficking ring.
Is the number of asylum applications in Austria increasing? The Austrian government keeps claiming that it is.
The migrants, who were mostly from Afghanistan, India, Burundi and Nepal, will face proceedings for attempting to illegally cross the border after leaving asylum centers in Slovenia.
Refugees and other migrants receive a lower standard of health care in comparison to local residents, a new WHO report has found. Migrants face additional hurdles including language, economic and legal barriers, as well as unequal access to information and services.
Greek authorities say they rescued more than 164 people as they tried to sail to the Greek Islands from Turkey on Sunday. Eight others are still missing and are believed to have drowned.
Thousands of Afghans are still having to wait for an appointment to apply for a German visa to join their families, who have already left the country. The security situation as well as human rights in Afghanistan have worsened since the August 2021 takeover by the Taliban.
Europe's demand for fruit has turned Portugal's Alentejo region into a goldmine for landowners and corporations. Their laborers are mostly Asians hoping for a better life. But they pay a high price.
The Kikinda camp in Serbia is home to around 550 migrants, including around 100 from India. One of them is Kumar, who cooks Biryani for his fellow South Asians.
Mohammad decided to attempt the dangerous route to Europe rather than pay a bribe of thousands of euros for a job in Bangladesh. Three years later he is in Bosnia’s Lipa camp, still hoping to reach the EU.
Some Indian migrants have been trying to enter the European Union irregularly from Serbia and Bosnia. Many are waiting at camps to cross EU borders.
Officials in Serbia say more people from India have been joining migrants from other South Asian countries in trying to reach the EU by irregular means over the past few months.