The UK government has announced that a deal to deport Albanians crossing the Channel will not result in a fast-tracking of Albanian asylum seekers back to their country of origin. The deal had been agreed on in August under the former Home Secretary Priti Patel.
The German Interior Minister has voiced concern about a "sudden" uptick in irregular arrivals from Serbia via the Balkan route. Meanwhile, the dual strain of the large number of refugees from Ukraine and an uptick in arrivals from other countries are pushing accommodation facilities in Germany to the limit.
There is growing concern that Germany will soon be unable to accommodate the increasing number of refugees and asylum seekers. Childcare centers and schools, as well as health care, are also increasingly coming under strain.
Denmark and Rwanda have signed a declaration on the possible transfer of asylum seekers. Under the deal, around 1,000 people a year may be sent to the East African country.
The head of the European Parliament has expressed concern at the growing number of migrants arriving in Cyprus. Irregular migrants make up more than 5% of the Cypriot population – a record in the EU.
Europe's top human rights body, not connected to the EU, has criticized the Netherlands over the handling of migrants at the Ter Apel asylum center.
Nearly 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday, while around 200 others were rescued and returned to France. Authorities again warned against making the dangerous journey.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has spoken against lengthy detention and systematic discrimination against migrants and asylum seekers in Lithuania and has urged that an end be put to these practices and that more humane alternatives be brought in without delay.
Displaced people are still in limbo at Ter Apel's asylum center in The Netherlands. Migration experts blame Dutch politicians and the lack of housing facilities for the asylum reception fiasco in the country.
A group of 38 asylum seekers left Italy for France last week. They are the first to be relocated under the EU's new 'voluntary solidarity mechanism.'
Hundreds of asylum seekers were evacuated on Friday from the Netherlands' main migrant center to shelters across the country. Dozens more remain camped outside the gates of the facility as the government struggles to tackle the ongoing crisis.
A privacy group has filed complaints with UK regulators following claims by asylum seekers forced to wear GPS ankle tags that they are being "treated like animals."