After the EU's top court ruled that Hungary had been illegally detaining asylum seekers, the government announced it was scrapping transit zones. Hundreds of asylum seekers will now be moved to reception centers.
The Greek asylum service has resumed receiving asylum applications. Residence permits held by refugees will be extended six months from their date of expiration to prevent the service from becoming overwhelmed by renewal applications.
Nearly two dozen young migrants were taken to Switzerland from overcrowded camps on Greek Aegean islands on Saturday, according to Greek authorities. However, more than 5,000 unaccompanied minors remain in Greece.
At least 70 people at a refugee home near Bonn have tested positive for COVID-19. News of the outbreak prompted calls for better protection for asylum-seekers and more testing at the often crowded facilities.
The EU's highest court has ruled that Hungarian authorities circumvented EU law by holding Afghan and Iranian asylum seekers in prison-like conditions. It also said Budapest was obliged to reconsider their applications.
Asylum seekers from Latin America arriving in Spain saw the Mediterranean country outnumber arrivals in Germany, according to new figures. But a resurgent "Islamic State" could prompt more people to flee Iraq and Syria.
A Syrian asylum seeker died alone in a hotel in Glasgow last week, after being moved from an apartment to a hotel by his accommodation provider due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Scottish Refugee Council said they were ‘deeply saddened’ by the news and called for action to make sure no one else suffers the same fate.
EU member Cyprus has begun testing its migrant population for the COVID-19 lung disease. The ethnically divided island country, split by a demarcation line not recognized as a border, has become a popular destination for migrants in recent years.
SIPROMI, the Rome municipality's service providing assistance to migrants in the Italian capital, is promoting a free computer course for migrants hosted by the SIPROMI network.
The number of people granted asylum in Europe in 2019 fell slightly compared with the previous year. The latest report by the European statistics office, Eurostat, shows the figure was down 6% overall.
Against the coronavirus backdrop, Austria's government remains a hard-line stance on immigration. It's continuing its policy of deporting well-integrated asylum-seekers, some of whom are qualified health workers.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says that the coronavirus pandemic has deepened the plight of people fleeing war, conflict and persecution, warning that fundamental norms of refugee and human rights law are at risk.