Bulgaria's coast guard has reportedly rescued 38 migrants trying to reach Romania from the Black Sea. According to the interior ministry, this is the first such incident recorded in the region since 2014.
Dozens of Bangladeshi migrants have been arrested in Romania recently while trying to cross its border illegally, or for not joining their workplaces. Experts think human smugglers are luring migrants to move to Italy, promising them better income opportunities.
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.
UNICEF is sounding the alarm over the risk that children fleeing the war in Ukraine could be trafficked and exploited. More than 1.5 million minors have fled the country since the beginning of the conflict.
The European border agency Frontex has reported that over the past few weeks, more people have been returning to Ukraine from Europe than leaving the country.
The war in Ukraine has made the situation for refugees around the world much more difficult, a representative of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is joining with a number of partner organizations to launch a new refugee reception center in the Polish capital Warsaw. The facility is designed to receive 2,500 people a day fleeing the war in neighbouring Ukraine -- but will need more funds to realize all its goals.
More than three million people have fled Ukraine, moving west — for the most part — to neighboring countries like Poland, Hungary and Romania. But one person has decided to move in the other direction, getting dangerously close to the Ukrainian border to help war refugees.
Daniel Merla is a priest in the small town of Siret, on the Romanian side of the border with Ukraine. An estimated 70,000 people have fled here since the Russian attack on Ukraine started on February 24. Every evening, Merla swaps his religious attire for that of a humanitarian to assist displaced Ukrainians. He has found himself crying every day, he says.
Most of those who have fled Ukraine have been women and children. There are fears that they now face the risk of being trafficked and forced into prostitution.
In northeastern Romania, a steady stream of displaced people has been pouring through the Siret border crossing point. Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, 63,000 people have arrived in this small town of 8,000 inhabitants. The refugees can count on the solidarity of the Romanians, who are coming out in large numbers to welcome them.
Some Ukrainians have crossed the border into Romania by foot, while others drove their luxury cars west. What they all had in common was a fear of Russian attacks in nearby Odesa. Sabina Fati reports from Giurgiulesti.