Countries along the Balkan route are stepping up boder controls in an attempt to stem irregular migration. An increasing number of migrants have been taking this route since this summer -- what accounts for this phenomenon? Several hypotheses exist.
Czech border police on Thursday fired warning shots in the air before detaining the driver of a van carrying 15 migrants. Czechia and Austria have re-introduced checks at their borders with Slovakia to combat a rise in unauthorized entries.
Greece has accused the EU of applying a double standard when dealing with Ukrainians fleeing the war, compared with the victims of other conflicts.
The EU has approved new rules to facilitate greater access to databases to perform background checks on irregular migrants and asylum applicants in the bloc.
The bishop of Ventimiglia has criticized France over the "very negative consequences" of the suspension of the Schengen Accords along the country's border with Italy, citing discrimination in border control against African and Asian refugees compared with their Ukrainian counterparts.
Les Républicains' candidate Valérie Pécresse is proposing to take a hard line on immigration if she is elected in the French presidential election in April. In particular, this right-wing politician wants asylum applications to be reviewed outside France and to pass a law on immigrant quotas. Up for re-election, center-right Emmanuel Macron, candidate for La République En Marche, wants to reform the Schengen Area. InfoMigrants examines their key immigration policies.
A meeting of EU interior ministers in France on February 3, resulted in the establishment of a new Schengen Council as well as proposals to get member states to either accept migration quotas or pay towards supporting other members that do.
French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed the creation of a Schengen Council to "better anticipate crises and react more quickly, as Europeans, to evaluate our frailties and better protect our external borders."
The body of a migrant from Bangladesh has been found in Slovenia near the border with Croatia. Police say it is the first such death in this part of the border region.
EU officials accuse the governments of several countries of a lack of cooperation when it comes to readmitting citizens whose asylum applications have been rejected within the bloc, a German newspaper reports.
There are different types of detention locations for migrants in France. To help you understand the differences and what your rights are, InfoMigrants has put together an overview.
More than 1,500 migrants have illegally entered Germany from Scandinavian nations since the beginning of the year. Politicians are calling for an overhaul of the Dublin regulation to make such secondary migration less attractive.