18 Syrian migrants attempting to cross irregularly into Turkey were arrested and abused by Turkish officials, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, reports. Meanwhile, Ankara said it doesn't intend to repatriate all refugees.
A Syrian migrant is "fighting for life after falling off a border wall" between Belarus and Poland, says broadcaster Al Jazeera. Recently more people have begun attempting to cross the border into the EU.
He once had to flee his homeland but now he is on track to become Germany's youngest grandmaster: Hussain Besou's talent and ambition could catapult him into the highest echelons of chess. Later this month, the 11-year-old Syrian will play for the German national team in Croatia as the youngest national player ever.
German Federal Police discovered eight Syrians, including a four-year-old child, in a van on Monday. The van was stopped near the A93 motorway, not far from the Austrian border.
Following the series of earthquakes which have rocked parts of Turkey and Syria, more than 16,800 Syrian refugees who had been living in Turkey have made the decision to cross the border into Syria. It is unclear what rules apply in case they head back to Turkey again.
The series of earthquakes and aftershocks that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday have killed more than 5,000 people, including high numbers of displaced people already present in both north-western Syria and south-eastern Turkey.
At leaste 2,000 people have died after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake destroyed buildings in southern Turkey and northern Syria. Tremors were felt as far away as Lebanon, Cyprus and Egypt.
Federal Police have searched five apartments in the southern German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, resulting in the arrest of two suspected smugglers. More than 90 police officers were deployed during the operation in total.
Lebanon's president made international headlines when he said his country planned to start sending Syrian refugees back home. But confusion reigns as to what he meant and who exactly is being sent back.
Authorities in Cyprus have reportedly remanded five Syrian nationals on suspicion of trafficking migrants. The arrests came after a police patrol boat picked up 32 Syrian migrants and the alleged traffickers from the sea when they suffered shipwreck.
Syria and Lebanon are about to launch a controversial repatriation program for "tens of thousands" of refugees who fled from war in Syria. Meanwhile, migrants who want to reach Europe continue to make use of the porous borders between the two countries.
Recently, Lebanon and Turkey announced plans to send up to a million Syrians back home, claiming much of Syria is now safe. This is making some in the Syrian population nervous.