Syrian migrants cross German border in suspected smuggler's van
German Federal Police discovered eight Syrians, including a four-year-old child, in a van on Monday. The van was stopped near the A93 motorway, not far from the Austrian border.
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EU helps Bulgaria and Romania to protect borders against migrants
The European Commission has announced two pilot projects with Romania and Bulgaria aimed at stopping irregular migration at the EU's external borders.
Britain's 'illegal immigration' bill makes progress through parliament
The most recent measures to tighten immigration and curb the number of Channel boat crossings were passed to continue to a second reading in UK's parliament on Monday.
Latvian border crossing dangerous and largely unmonitored by NGOs
More migrants have been intercepted along the Latvian border in the past year, where they find themselves detained and subject to abuse by border agents.
Czech police arrest migrant smuggling suspects in raids
Czech authorities have broken up a global smuggling gang, arresting five people. The gang is accused of smuggling undocumented migrants into Germany and other western European countries via the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.
Finland begins construction of Russian border fence
The Finnish government has declared it will commence building a 200-kilometer fence on its border with Russia. Finland says the war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed its security situation, and fears Moscow could use migrant flows at the border to exert political pressure on the country.
Turkey-Syria border: Somber procession of refugees killed in earthquakes
The February 6 earthquakes in Turkey killed many Syrian refugees. Some families wanted their deceased relatives to be buried back in Syria. At the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, bodies pass through on their way home. Julia Dumont reports for InfoMigrants.
Deaths mount at Polish border as authorities defend migrant expulsions
Three more dead bodies, believed to be those of migrants, have been found at the Polish-Belarusian border in recent days. The Polish Border Guard says it was not told that a fourth woman, found dead over a week ago, needed medical care.
Thousands of deported migrants reenter Germany — report
Nearly 6,500 people deported from Germany sneaked back to the country over the past three years, police told Bild newspaper.
Poland: Ethiopian woman found dead on Belarus border
The body of an Ethiopian woman was found in the forest in the Polish-Belarusian border area at the weekend. Poland's Human Rights Commissioner is examining a complaint over her death, the fifth in the border region in less than two months.
Latvia, Lithuania boost border cooperation against migrant flows
Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation at the border with Russia and Belarus to stop steady numbers of irregular migrants crossing their borders. The two Baltic states consider the migrant flow as a hybrid war tool used by Moscow, in cooperation with Minsk.
'Walls don't work, they're as harmful as Brexit', say NGOs
NGOs working on the Balkan route compare the idea of setting up defensive walls against migrants to Brexit, a decision that brought back to Europe the concept of borders. A wall is not sufficient to stop the flow of migrants, just like water finds its way, they said.