Dionissis Arvanitakis, a Greek baker who gave away 100 kilograms of bread every day to refugees arriving on the Greek island of Kos, has died. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker released a statement Sunday expressing his respect "for an exemplary European citizen."
European regions have expressed a non-binding opinion supporting the proposal by the European Commission to create a European border coast guard.
The European Commission sent a "reasoned opinion" to Hungary on Thursday, January 24 regarding measures the country took to criminalize support for migrants as well as restricting the right to request asylum in the first place.
The Council of Europe has released a child-friendly handbook on migration that provides guidelines for professionals working with migrant minors on how to give correct and age-appropriate information regarding their rights.
The European Commission has decided to give up on the redistribution of obligatory migrant quotas in order to get past a stalemate on the reform of the Common European Asylum System.
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic has urged Greece to protect the social rights of all and to improve the reception and integration of migrants. Her comments came as a report was published on a visit she made to the country in June.
The European Commission has awarded €24.1 million to the International Organization for Migration to help migrant and refugee children in Greece. The money will be used to ensure that the children are provided with proper care in a safe environment.
In 2016, Italy was second only to Germany in the number of appeals to asylum application denials, but it is also the highest out of seven member countries of the Council of Europe in terms of appeals process wait times. The appeals process in Italy takes 3.5 years (1,343 days) compared to over two years in second-highest Finland (769 days), and 1.5 years in Germany.
The EU wants to have a bigger say in asylum proceedings, with "expanded assistance" powers given to the European Asylum Support Office - or EASO. But what does EASO actually do?
The EU has awarded an extra €45.6 million to Greece and Spain to help improve conditions in refugee camps there. More than a billion has now been spent on emergency aid to help manage migration in Europe, making this the most costly humanitarian crisis in history.
Human Rights Watch has denounced that the failure of European policies cause suffering in the migrant population, issuing a number of recommendations for policies that are respectful of their human rights ahead of a summit of EU countries on June 28-29.
The European campaign "No More Bricks in the Wall" includes a project called "Snapshots From The Borders", whose heart is "voice and experiences (snapshots) from the borders" across Europe, to tell the story of the migratory situation. The event is being held for World Refugee Day on June 20.