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.
Diplomatic tensions between Iran and Afghanistan have been on the rise following the circulation of videos alleged to show Afghan refugees being beaten and humiliated by Iranians over the weekend.
Human Rights Watch has made fresh allegations against Greece. The organization accuses the country not only of continuing to engage in the illegal pushback of migrants at its borders but also employing third country nationals, other migrants, to do so.
The German government has admitted that a number of Afghans who were due to be airlifted out of Afghanistan died before they could be evacuated to Germany. They had worked for the German forces and had been offered safety in Germany following the Taliban takeover.
The number of migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains low, according to the UN Migration Agency. Most of those traveling through or stuck in the country are Afghans who hope to make it to Germany.
Dozens of migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries and Sudan, have staged protests in the southern Tunisian city of Zarzis. They said they had been marginalized and demanded to be evacuated.
According to a blog post from the human rights organization Aegean Boat Report, this week 25 migrants from Afghanistan reached the Greek island of Lesbos, only to be rounded up and set adrift by armed "commandos." The group, which includes 17 small children, are now at a center in Turkey.
The UN agency for refugees has asked the international community to provide greater support to Iran in order to help protect people fleeing from neighboring Afghanistan. Many Afghans have left the country following the Taliban takeover in mid-August.
Migrants are among the demographics suffering the most under Turkey's current economic downturn. With no options left, many turn to digging through trash to make any money at all. Afghan refugees and migrants are particularly hard hit by the crisis.