Serbian authorities reported that 600 migrants have been apprehended since the start of the year as they were attempting to illegally cross the border hidden in trucks. Meanwhile, migrants are continuing to arrive along the new Balkan route while three charred bodies were discovered in Bihac, Bosnia.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has set up call centers along popular migrant routes in West Africa, allowing migrants to phone home to their families for free. The two-minute calls help the migrants keep in touch with family members who can often go months on end without any news from their loved ones.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban praised Serbia for having accepted a border barrier between the two countries. The Hungarian government erected the barrier to stem the continual flow of unauthorized migrants into Hungary, and Orban said Serbia also benefits.
It has become increasingly difficult for refugees to make their way from Greece to Central Europe. Even in the face of police violence and the risk of arrest, thousands still embark on the dangerous journey.
Bosnian authorities have recently prevented a number of migrants from entering the Republika Srpska, forcing them to continue their journey towards Bihac near the border with Croatia.
An analysis by the Italian secret services contained in a parliamentary report on migration flows shows that the drop in migrant arrivals on Italian coasts is due to the ''strengthened capacity of the Coast Guard'' in Libya and the ''sharp reduction in NGO ships'' in the Mediterranean.
Police in Croatia found the dead body of a migrant on February 24 after being alerted by a group of six migrants from Syria and Pakistan. The group apparently got lost while searching for a bridge over the Mreznica River. Another person from the group went missing in the river.
In 2015, more than a million people fled to Europe, making it a record year for migration. But a lot has changed since then. As 2019 gets underway, fewer and fewer people are attempting to get to Europe by irregular means.
Think refugees and boats and images of overcrowded inflatable boats probably spring to mind - desperate people risking their lives for a new life. An ambitious art project in Berlin wants to challenge that perception by working with refugees to build a luxury boat to explore the city's waterways and create a floating space for dialogue. Guy Degen visited the Making Waves project to find out more.
Eight migrants attempting to cross the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom in a rubber dinghy were picked up Sunday morning, French authorities said. The rescue is the latest in a series of such attempts to get to Britain.
It has been 34 years since the Schengen agreement removed most internal border checks in the EU, and nearly three decades since the Berlin wall fell. The feeling is that, for those inside it, Europe is open, but is that really true? A new study points out we have more walls than before.
An upswing has been seen recently in the number of migrants trying to get to Europe from Turkey, the vast majority of whom are using boats on the Aegean Sea to do so.