migrant arrivals

• France
• United Kingdom

British authorities say they have recorded a surge in attempted boat crossings in the English Channel this year - a trend that appears to be reinforced by coronavirus travel restrictions forcing migrants on boats rather than trucks. On Wednesday, a Sky News reporter witnessed the rescue of around 65 migrants traveling to UK shores on tiny dinghies. Meanwhile, human rights lawyers are concerned that migrants are being returned from the UK to France illegally.

• Italy

A trial opened on May 18 in Trapani against eight people, including Italian and Tunisian citizens, accused of trafficking migrants from North Africa to Italy. The foreigners were forced to pay between 1,500 and 4,000 euros for a trip, according to investigators.

• Pakistan

Europe has introduced strict measures to stop illegal migration, yet many Pakistanis are still willing to undertake perilous journeys to migrate. Smugglers have continued exploiting young people in rural Pakistan, leading to tragedies along the route. InfoMigrants' Aasim Saleem covered one such stories of a failed journey.

• Slovenia
• Italy

Italy's northeastern province of Friuli Venezia Giulia has said that the Italian government will be drawing up urgent measures to counter the arrival of migrants via the Balkan route, while police say the situation is problematic in Trieste.

• Slovenia
• Italy

Authorities in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia are concerned about a new increase of irregular migrants in the area, coming from Slovenia through the Balkan route. In 12 hours between Monday and Tuesday, about 140 migrants were registered.

• Slovenia
• Italy

While migrant disembarkations continue in southern Italy, authorities are concerned over an increase in the arrival of foreigners using the Balkan route, passing through Slovenia to arrive in Friuli Venezia Giulia.

• Italy

Italy's guarantor for the rights of detainees continued to express his "concern" over the situation of migrant arrivals on the country's shores, in particular on the island of Lampedusa. The migrant reception center hotspot there is full and three disembarkations took place in the span of just a few hours between Monday and Tuesday.

• Germany

There have been several COVID-19 cases recorded in migrant homes across Germany. Three facilities in opposite parts of Germany are particularly affected.

• Italy

Sicily has blocked the transfer of 244 migrants who were quarantined for 14 days at a hotspot in Pozzallo after landing on the island. The decision comes after "ordinary" movements of people to and from the island on ferries and road and rail transport were suspended on March 16 to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

• Greece

The government of Greece has announced that a new "closed" migrant camp will be created in the country's north as an emergency measure, as thousands of people attempt to cross into Greece at the land border with Turkey in Evros.

• Turkey
• Greece
• Germany

The German government has issued a strong rebuttal to Turkey's claim that 'the door is open' to Europe. Thousands of people have rushed to the land and sea borders between Turkey and Greece, but few have managed to cross.

• Croatia
• Bosnia & Herzegovina

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned that the migration crisis between Turkey and Greece could lead to an increase in migrant flows and Bosnia could have to deal with up to 10,000 arrivals a day.