The Canary Islands have become a destination for displaced Africans trying to reach the EU during the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities in Spain say they are overwhelmed, Jan-Philipp Scholz reports from Gran Canaria.
A new building will open at the migrant hotspot on the Italian island of Lampedusa next week, following renovations. Now the center will provide room for 328 migrants instead of just 192.
Two associations based in the Italian city of Taranto have launched an appeal to help asylum seekers who ''have been forced to live and sleep on the streets for several weeks'' amid the coronavirus emergency.
One hundred migrants who were being hosted by the parish church of Vicofaro in Pistoia were taken to former hotels that have been turned into healthcare facilities after 15 residents tested positive for coronavirus. A total of 20 migrants will remain in the parish church's residence to take care of the home.
A study published by Doctors Without Borders revealed that a high percentage of people living in extreme hardship in shelters and workers' hostels in the Paris region had been infected with COVID-19. The medical charity recommends ending accommodation in gymnasiums.
A new study undertaken in MSF emergency centers between June and July 2020 showed that there appears to be a higher coronavirus infection rate among the poorest in Paris, including migrants and those living in precarious economic and social situations.
Two people died and nearly 20 others were injured Wednesday in a clash among migrants in northwestern Bosnia. The violence happened in the town of Bihac, where authorities evicted hundreds of people from a migrant center.
Local authorities and authorities from the Catholic Church in the Italian city of Pistoia reached an agreement to redistribute about 200 migrants currently being hosted in the migrant reception center of the Vicofaro parish, which local health authorities said is overcrowded, calling for the migrants to be transferred to more suitable locations.
With increased violence against migrants in Bosnia, the IOM warns that the Balkan nation only has weeks left to find solutions to the migrant situation, as thousands of asylum seekers remain on the streets ahead of the harsh winter months.
Former England footballer Gary Lineker has announced that he is ready to welcome asylum seekers in to his home at the invitation of the scheme "Refugees at Home," a refugee sheltering charity that is trying to find hospitality for 2,250 people in the UK.
Roughly 300 migrants are camping out under the national highway in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis. Nearly every morning police officers order them to get out; and food distribution points keep getting pushed farther away from the heart of the French capital.
More than 200 people have pitched tents in central Paris in a protest to demand better care and facilities for migrants. When police tried to evacuate the camp, the Paris City Hall opened a room to accommodate the protesters.