• Greece

Authorities in Greece are being sued over the death of a migrant on Lesbos. It is the first time anyone has demanded compensation for the conditions suffered by refugees on the island.

• Germany

Persons who have been granted protection in Germany will have to actively provide information and help in other ways as well when their cases are reassessed. Before this recent change to the law, asylum seekers did not have to partake in such procedures.

• Germany

A trial of 32 guards and workers accused of abusing refugees and migrants at a reception center in 2014 has started. The case in the small western town of Burbach has triggered widespread outrage and has forced regional governments to reassess the standards at such facilities.

• France

A trio of foreign activists appeared in French court on Thursday for illegally assisting a group of migrants trying to cross into France from Italy. French society is divided over the crackdown on activists trying to help migrants on the move.

• France

The bill aims to ease bureaucracy, support migrant integration and speed up deportations, among other measures. But it was not without controversy on the left, right and within Emmanuel Macron's governing LREM party.

• France
• Italy

With a order issued on January 22, 2018, the Nice Administrative Court declared for the first time that the practice of immediately sending back unaccompanied migrant minors at the border with Italy is lllegal. The decision sanctioned French authorities for "a serious violation of the higher interests of the minors," governed by human rights conventions and international laws.

• Germany

Many users on social networking sites in Germany don’t know that publishing fake news or false comments can have legal ramifications. How does German law treat the subject?

• Germany

Some politicians in Germany are demanding mandatory age checks for asylum seekers to prevent young refugees and migrants to lie about their age. How is age currently determined and how is the procedure handled in the German asylum process?

• Germany

German refugee helpers who guaranteed the living costs of Syrian refugees are being forced to pay back costs by job centers. Refugee organizations say people are being punished for showing humanity.

• Germany

Is it true that asylum seekers get permanent residence in Germany after they have been in the country a certain amount of time? Find out in our latest edition of Fact check!

• Germany

A law clinic in Germany run by students provides legal advice for refugees. Clashes erupted between police and migrants in Rome yesterday, and there is major overcrowding on the Greek island of Lesvos. All this and more in today's roundup.

• Germany

In 2015, over 800,000 refugees arrived in Germany. But refugees from conflict-ridden areas had already begun trickling in since the early 2000s. The Refugee Law Clinic, run by law students of the University of Cologne, was established in 2013 to advise asylum seekers who arrived in the country.