The police union in Milan has called for assistance for officers at city's police headquarters, where crowds of people gather every day to file asylum requests. Growing tensions between police and foreigners recently led to tear gas being used.
The Dutch court ruled that the Netherlands must treat migrants who arrive from other countries just as well as refugees from Ukraine. The court noted, however, "there are now too few places in the entire system to accommodate people according to the standards."
The Dutch capital has called in a huge cruise ship to house some 1,000 migrants as the Netherlands struggles to deal with overcrowding at migrant centers. The ship is expected to remain moored in Amsterdam for at least six months.
Italy is scrambling to address overcrowded migrant shelters after scores of boats carrying a total of about 1,000 migrants reached its southern shores and the islands of Lampedusa and Pantelleria over the weekend.
Hundreds of asylum seekers were evacuated on Friday from the Netherlands' main migrant center to shelters across the country. Dozens more remain camped outside the gates of the facility as the government struggles to tackle the ongoing crisis.
Italian authorities began moving migrants from the overcrowded Lampedusa hotspot over the weekend. By the end of last week, more than 1,800 migrants were present at the camp designed for 350.
Young migrants and refugees at the Pournara reception camp in Cyprus face 'miserable' and 'unhygienic' conditions and do not get enough to eat or drink, the country's children’s rights commissioner says. The interior ministry has rejected the claims.
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.
After more than 80 people tested positive for COVID-19 at the Pournara migrant camp, Cypriot health authorities have moved hundreds of migrants to another location. The living conditions at Pournara had been denounced by MPs after a visit last week.
A migrant camp in Bosnia has been destroyed in a fire. Around 1,400 men are now expected to seek shelter in abandoned buildings or will be forced to sleep on the streets.
Algerian migrants have reportedly clashed at a migrant reception centre in Monastir, Sardinia, injuring four people. Police have warned that migrants are 'crammed together' in the center and have not been tested for COVID-19.
A young Afghan man has been stabbed to death near the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. This year, fatal knife attacks have been happening at an average rate of one a month.