The Cypriot government says the vast majority of migrants enter the island's breakaway north via Turkey and then seek asylum in the EU-backed south. Arrivals doubled to about 10,000 in the first five months of this year.
The European Union has allocated 50 million euros in additional funding to provide humanitarian aid to vulnerable refugees hosted in Turkey. The funds will support healthcare services as well as legal and psychological assistance for migrants.
Most EU countries agreed on a voluntary solidarity initiative for migrants arriving via the Mediterranean. Critics have pointed out that these asylum seekers are not treated equally to those arriving from Ukraine.
After a fire broke out at the Cypriot migrant reception center in Pournara, at least six people are injured and have been taken to hospital in the capital Nicosia.
Sayem, a Bangladeshi migrant in Bosnia and Herzegovina, told InfoMigrants that he was mistreated by Croatian border police. Investigative outlets have documented many similar testimonies in recent years.
The Republic of Cyprus has announced plans to install an electronic surveillance system. The goal: to reduce the numbers of migrants crossing the border from the Turkish-controlled north into the southern Republic of Cyprus, which is part of the EU.
Lena* is a communications professional, who ran her own agency in Ukraine. She was used to living an independent life. Five days after the war started, she felt she had no other option but to flee Kyiv with her son. In part 1 of her story, we focus on her escape from Ukraine.
Italian Interior minister Luciana Lamorgese said on Wednesday that about 850 migrants had been repatriated since the beginning of 2022.
Germany is the biggest state donor to the European Union's Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, which was established in 2015 to curb irregular migration to the EU. Where did that money go? And what comes next?
More than four million refugees have arrived in the EU since Russian troops invaded Ukraine; millions more could soon arrive. The costs of hosting them could surpass €40 billion this year, according to a recent estimate by a Brussels economist.
European countries are working out how to provide education and integration opportunities to the more than four million people who have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February. Two million of them are children, according to UNESCO.
Solidarity and help for those fleeing war in Ukraine has been universally expressed across Europe and the UK. However, administrative hurdles are still hampering some of the integration efforts being made in various countries.