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.
The migrant route from Turkey to Europe is rising again in popularity. Nearly 15,000 people have been stopped in 2018 thus far by the Turkish Coast Guard, a 60% increase on the previous year.
International aid organizations have reported that Croatian police are using violence to push refugees back into neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina. Croatian authorities deny the accusations.
Some migrants told the crew of the Aquarius that migrant boats may refuse rescue by NGO ships in order to avoid being stuck at sea for days while awaiting a safe port to disembark.
Over 10,000 youths have left Morocco illegally over the past three years to reach Spain, Arab daily Akhbar Al Youm reports, citing Spanish interior ministry data.
Two migrants have been found dead in a Croatian forest, apparent victims of a landslide. The men are thought to have been traveling through Bosnia, where authorities say 4,000 migrants are waiting to enter the EU.
A human rights group in Morocco has said authorities are busing would-be migrants away from departure points to Europe. The EU has said it wants to work more closely with North African nations to decrease migration.
A new migrant route from Turkey has been opened up by human traffickers - particularly Ukrainian and Russian - to transport migrants to Europe, mainly through Italy. In recent weeks, the smugglers have used sailboats and landed on the beaches of Sicily at night.