The Greek Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development relaxed its coroanvirus restrictions to allow more foreign workers to come and help with the Greek harvest, amid fears that produce would rot in the fields. But could migrants and refugees help fill the gap?
Refugee rights organizations in Germany say people in asylum seeker accommodation centers are in grave danger from coronavirus and have called for them to be shut down. Migrants who were quarantined in one center are being made to wear wristbands in public.
In Germany, three migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Cameroon are suing the state for accessing personal data on their mobile phones. A civil rights group taking part in the action says the phone searches are a serious invasion of privacy.
In Greece, hundreds of people who were detained and denied access to asylum under an emergency law in March remain stuck in two mainland migrant facilities. The migrants were supposed to be sent straight back to Turkey. Their fate now is uncertain.
A group of organizations in Italy has lodged a complaint with the EU's financial watchdog, the European Court of Auditors. They say European financing of a program to stop migrants from leaving Libya violates EU and international laws.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says that the coronavirus pandemic has deepened the plight of people fleeing war, conflict and persecution, warning that fundamental norms of refugee and human rights law are at risk.
The Italian association 3 Febbraio is calling for all migrants in the country to be granted stay permits. They want to ensure that they have access to healthcare amid the Covid-19 emergency.
The Portuguese government has said that all migrants and asylum seekers currently living in the country are to be treated as permanent residents during the Covid-19 pandemic. To access health care, welfare benefits, banks and other services, they only need an ongoing residency request.
Italy's national detainee rights guarantor has shown concern over the situation of migrants detained in Italian repatriation centers, arguing that keeping migrants in the facilities for longer than originally planned would curtail their freedom. Due to the spread of coronavirus, deportations to home countries are currently suspended.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has urged countries not to "close avenues to asylum" as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. He is worried that some countries could completely block the right to seek asylum.
Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation has ruled that people fleeing their country of origin to escape honor crimes are worthy of international protection.
Parliamentarians (MPs) in the British lower house recently repealed a crucial amendment in the Brexit transition agreement which would have allowed unaccompanied minors to rejoin a parent or relative resident in the UK even once the UK has left the EU. The Brexit transition is expected to begin at the end of January. So what will it mean for young migrants?