The government of Greece has been accused of the "criminal abandonment" of asylum seekers in Athens and other areas of the country after suddenly and unexpectedly shutting down a housing program.
A joint media investigation in the UK has uncovered cases of sexual harassment and intimidation of asylum seekers being housed in hotels. The claims come amid growing pressure on the government over its accommodation policy.
Just ahead of this week's cold snap, authorities in the northern French cities of Calais and Grande-Synthe announced they would open emergency shelters to help house homeless migrants. But NGOs say the measures are insufficient and that the shelters are difficult to reach.
A center for asylum seekers in Cologne is under total lockdown after more than a third of residents tested positive for coronavirus. There are renewed concerns that asylum seekers in communal reception facilities in the country remain at high risk from the virus.
Spain is opening new camps for undocumented migrants in the Canary Islands. The move comes amid local tensions on the islands in response to continuing migrant arrivals from Africa.
The Council of Europe Special Representative for Migration and Refugees, Drahoslav Stefanek, on Monday visited Bihac in northwest Bosnia-Herzegovina, which hosts numerous migrants who are living outside or in makeshift tent camps.
Migrants in Portugal, especially undocumented ones, are among those affected by a boom in tourism and gentrification. A Portuguese photographer has been documenting their plight in Lisbon as they are forced to move to abandoned buildings on the outskirts of the capital.
Tents, mud and cold: Refugees and migrants are contending with miserable conditions in Bosnia-Herzegovina as the EU continues to keep its borders closed, Marina Strauss reports from Bihac.
Bosnia has prepared heated tents for around 900 migrants, who were stranded in a snowstorm after their camp burnt down. The Balkan country has received criticism for leaving refugees unsheltered.
Bosnian authorities have reportedly delivered beds and mattresses to migrants stranded at the site of the destroyed Lipa camp. Pressure is mounting in Europe for urgent solutions to be found.
Harsh weather conditions, poor hosting facilities and the constant relocation of migrants could lead to a humanitarian disaster for migrants in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy's Catholic charity Caritas has warned.
About 1,000 migrants are living in dire conditions in freezing temperatures in northwestern Bosnia-Herzegovina after they were forced to leave a camp in Lipa near Bihac. The Lipa camp was destroyed by a fire set up by a group of migrants when they heard that the facility would be closed for renovation work.