Video: Serbian camp a temporary home to dozens of Indian migrants
The Kikinda camp in Serbia is home to around 550 migrants, including around 100 from India. One of them is Kumar, who cooks Biryani for his fellow South Asians.
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Why are migrants from India attempting to reach the EU via 'Balkan route?'
Officials in Serbia say more people from India have been joining migrants from other South Asian countries in trying to reach the EU by irregular means over the past few months.
Protesters detained after violence breaks out at building site of new Greek migrant camp
Greek police have detained at least four people after a protest against the building of a new migrant camp on the island of Lesbos turned violent.
Italy: Prefect wants to dismantle migrant tent city in San Ferdinando
Local authorities believe that the situation in the tent city for migrants in the Gioia Tauro plain in Calabria, southern Italy, is becoming increasingly dangerous. The facility, which has a maximum capacity of 300, is currently hosting some 350 African migrants, many of whom are farmworkers.
Greek system leaves migrants out in the cold
For weeks, migrants on the Greek mainland have been barred from claiming asylum. Locked out of the system, many are forced to sleep outdoors or to go without food – in spite of the freezing winter conditions.
Greece: Aid group warns of 'hunger crisis' in migrant camps
Humanitarian groups say thousands of people living in Greek migrant camps have not been getting enough to eat for months. Local aid workers report having seen children crying because they were so hungry.
Riot police fire warning shots at migrants in Cyprus
Riots break out in several migrant camps in Cyprus and police fired warning shots at a group of migrants in the western resort town of Paphos on Tuesday.
France: Violence flares during Calais migrant camp eviction
Following the brutal eviction attempt of the 'Old Lidl' camp in Calais, another violent incident took place on January 2. Migrants were forced out of the site in the early afternoon. According to the authorities, the process was to facilitate the evacuation that had not been possible a few days earlier and "if possible, to proceed with arrests."
Belarus, Poland deny UN access to border as migrants wait
UN representatives traveling to the region described the situation as "appalling," calling on both countries to live up to their human rights obligations.
Tales from the Border (8/8): Calais – The last crossing to the UK
From Calais on a clear day, migrants can see the white cliffs of Dover in the UK. Those who have run out of money try to board lorries, others hope to pay smugglers thousands of euros to cross in small boats. But police patrols are everywhere and the camps regularly evicted. Still, migrants here stay, hoping one day their luck will turn.
Wędrzyn: 'We don't want another Guantanamo in the woods of Poland'
In recent months many migrants crossing the border from Belarus to Poland have made it clear that their goal is Germany. They don't want to stay in Poland, where a large number of migrants are being held out of sight in an isolated, closed facility.
'My plan has always been to get to the UK': 21-year-old Harish, stuck between borders
21-year-old Harish from Iraqi Kurdistan has been living in one of the Grande-Synthe camps, near Calais, for 10 days. In the course of just a few weeks of travelling around Europe, Harish has found himself at the heart of the two major hotspots of the migratory crisis, on the Polish border and the French coast.