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.
Canadian journalist Matthieu Aikins has been reporting from Afghanistan since 2009. In 2015, he decided to accompany his friend Omar* to Europe. His book 'The Naked Don’t Fear The Water' recalls that journey and the barriers they encountered along the way.
A six-year-old Afghan child, Yusuf, was killed last month when security forces shot at a minibus carrying migrants in eastern Turkey. No one has been held to account for his death.
Turkey’s defense ministry announced on Sunday it had filmed footage of Greek pushbacks. The news was reported by the Turkish Anadolu Agency.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said she expects more Afghans to be brought to Germany in the near future, following a new agreement with Pakistan.
At least two Afghan asylum seekers have been taken to hospital following a fire at a refugee camp in Athens. InfoMigrants reporters in the Greek capital say several shelters were destroyed.
An Afghan man has died after being shot by Greek security forces at the Evros border near Edirne, according to a Turkish news report. Greece dismissed the report, accusing Turkey of spreading fake news.
The EU says it has registered a considerable increase of irregular entries into the bloc from the Western Balkans. The EU border agency Frontex said that many of the irregular migrants and refugees were either Afghan or Syrian.
An Afghan migrant who died from a heart attack in the Calabrian sea port of Roccella Ionica on Wednesday was suffering from diabetes. Her health had been deemed not serious enough to require hospitalization.
The Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Iran on Monday to discuss the situation for Afghan migrants there, as tensions between Iran and Afghanistan intensified.
On the outskirts of Paris around 300 people - mostly Afghan asylum seekers - are forced to survive in any way they can. With only a tiny tent as shelter, some are families who have been sleeping rough for months.
The German interior ministry is considering to introduce limitations to admission numbers of Afghan refugees. According to the news magazine Der Spiegel, a maximum of 5,000 Afghans considered to be at risk in their home country will be admitted per year under the plans.