There has been a slight rise in the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey, according to the Turkish migration authorities. The city of Istanbul alone hosts more than half a million Syrian exiles.
In 2015, now-outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed more than one million migrants and refugees, many of them from Syria, into Germany. In the years that followed, many were granted refugee or special protection status. Some have taken up German citizenship, in time to vote in the upcoming German election on September 26, and help choose Merkel's successor.
The number of Afghans, including unaccompanied children, who are seeking asylum in Europe is steadily approaching the number of Syrians. But EU figures for July show that only half as many Afghans are granted protection.
Turkey’s foreign minister says his government is working with the UN refugee agency to repatriate Syrians. He also called on the international community to address the challenges of global migration.
A former Danish immigration minister is on trial on rare impeachment charges. Inger Stoejberg is accused of illegally separating couples who arrived in the country to claim asylum.
Among the athletes at the Tokyo Paralympics are six members of the refugee team. One of them is Syrian kayaker Anas Al Khalifa. DW's Ben Bathke heard his extraordinary and moving story in Germany before he flew to Japan.
Anas Al Khalifa fled Syria and settled in Germany. Then, a work accident left him paralyzed. Just over a year ago, he first sat in a Kayak. Now he's competing for a medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.
With just a month to go before German elections, some fear that the crisis in Afghanistan - and a possible influx of Afghans in Germany - could lead to an anti-migrant backlash, putting the next government under pressure to adopt tougher refugee policies.
Cypriot authorities intercepted two boats carrying 88 migrants off the island's coast and transferred them back to Lebanon.
The four million or so refugees in Turkey are facing growing animosity. In the Istanbul immigrant district of Yusufpasa, many are worried about what the future will bring.
Refugees living in Turkey are increasingly facing xenophobic attacks as shown by the most recent riots in Ankara. Experts warn that things could escalate in the future.
A blind Syrian, Mheddin Saho, is back in church asylum for a second time after a court ruled that he could be sent back to Spain where he had first applied for protection. Saho has been in Germany for more than two years and is about to finish his master's degree.