border crossing

• France
• United Kingdom

British and French campaigners are warning about the dangers of migrant Channel crossings after an Iranian woman who reportedly fell into the water while trying to reach England went missing last Saturday. It could be the first case of a migrant death in the Channel, a relatively narrow strait with strong currents. But according to testimonies of survivors and community activists, several people have already disappeared.

• Côte d’Ivoire
• Tunisia

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Tunisia has reported that a group of Ivorian migrants that had been stranded at the border between Tunisia and Libya are now safe and receiving humanitarian assistance.

• Tunisia

Tunisian authorities stopped a group of migrants who were allegedly trying to reach Italy illegally over the weekend. They arrested the four alleged organizers, who are being investigated for "forming an organised crime group aimed at illegally leaving the maritime border."

• Italy
• Tunisia

Various associations have launched an appeal calling for an immediate protection intervention for 36 people who are blocked in very difficult conditions at the border between Tunisia and Libya.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Croatia

Eighteen migrants were injured while trying to reach the European Union across Bosnia's border with Croatia, local media and police said on Wednesday. The case has been put under the jurisdiction of the state prosecutor.

• Tunisia

Tunisian authorities stopped about 100 people who were trying to reach Italy without a visa over the weekend, according to the Tunisian interior ministry.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Croatia

Over the past year, many migrants trying to cross into the EU through unofficial border crossings between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina have reported brutal treatment by Croatian border police. In a recent TV interview, the Croatian president admitted border guards were forcing migrants back over the border. InfoMigrants takes a look at the situation.

• Albania
• Greece

Two months ago, the EU border and coastguard police Frontex deployed 50 officers to the Greek-Albanian border to intercept migrants headed north. So far, migrants have been apprehended on a daily basis, Frontex says.

• Morocco
• Spain

In Melilla, one of Spain's two enclaves in Morocco, around 200 migrants have tried to climb a security fence separating the Spanish territory from Morocco, local authorities say. African migrants often use Melilla and Ceuta as entry points into Europe by either climbing over their border fences or trying to swim along the coast.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Croatia

Dragan Lukac, Interior Minister of the Serbian-majority part of Bosnia and Herzegovina (also known as Republika Srpska) said that he would not allow for migrant reception centers to be set up in his territory after growing calls to redistribute migrants within Bosnia.

• Italy

The relocation was decided on account of the "constant flow" of migrants coming into northeast Italy from Slovenia. It will, however, apparently be implemented as part of "a gradual process," according to authorities.

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Iran

At least 17 people have been killed after a bus carrying migrants overturned in eastern Turkey. About 50 people were also injured in the accident that took place in Van province.