A total of 99 refugees and asylum seekers arrived in the German city of Hanover on Thursday. Among them: sick children and their families, as well as unaccompanied minors. They are part of two contingents that Germany has agreed to take in from overcrowded camps in Greece.
Mohamed, an Egyptian, arrived in France in 2006 as a teenager. He has built his entire adult life in France. During his 15 years on French soil, the young man has "done everything to integrate." But despite working, paying taxes and owning his own apartment, he lives under the threat of expulsion.
Greece says it is abolishing the practice of holding unaccompanied migrant children in police custody. The announcement comes as Europe's top human rights watchdog said Greece was detaining migrants in unacceptable conditions and called for an end to illegal pushbacks.
Another flight bringing migrants, refugees and asylum seekers from Greece landed in the northern German city of Hanover on Thursday. A total of 66 people will be distributed across Germany, according to the German interior ministry.
Another flight from Greece has brought more than 100 refugees to Germany, around half of them sick children and their close relatives as well as unaccompanied minors. This brings to over 1,000 the number of people Germany has taken in since April.
Law enforcement in Italy on Monday tracked down 50 migrants in Udine and 76 in Trieste, including families and minors. The numbers show that migrants continue to arrive in Italy through the Balkan Route.
26 more refugee families have arrived in Germany from Greece. A plane carrying 101 refugees touched down Friday in the city of Hanover.
According to reports, Abou was just 15 years old when he died on Monday. A migrant from Ivory Coast, he was rescued by the Open Arms ship in September and spent 12 days quarantining on the ferry Allegra off Palermo. Now questions are being asked about his death. An investigation is underway in Sicily.
The German interior ministry announced on Wednesday that a total of 139 migrants had been flown in to Hanover aiport from Greece. The flight included 51 unaccompanied minors, residents of Moria before the fire, and 88 people comprising 17 children with medical needs and their immediate families.
France will welcome 500 unaccompanied minors from Greece. The French European Affairs Minister has confirmed that 150 children are to be evacuated after the fire at Moria camp on Lesbos.
Belgium has offered to accept 100 to 150 asylum seekers from Greece, in particular families with small children. More than 12,000 people were left homeless by the fires at the Moria refugee camp.
Sources from Angela Merkel's government have said Germany will additional migrants from the Greek island of Lesbos. Over 12,000 people have been left homeless by fires at the refugee camp Moria.