Groups of migrants in Bosnia were blocked by authorities in the attempt to return to Bihac near the border with Croatia after being transferred to the area of Vucijak where authorities plan to set up a large hosting center.
Undocumented migrants and asylum seekers often don’t know that they are entitled to fare reductions. Within the Île-de-France transport system, discounts may be available for them.
Slovenian authorities over the last few days have stopped dozens of undocumented migrants who were trying to cross the border from Croatia, police said. Most of the foreigners were Afghan citizens.
Police in Salerno and in other areas across Italy have carried out an operation against a criminal ring allegedly exploiting undocumented migrants and forcing them into slavery.
The Italian Association of Psychology (AIP) has warned that Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's migrants-security decree, which clamped down on migrants' stay permits, will lead to an ''increase in irregular'' migrants and in psychological disorders. It said the decree would also have a negative impact on Italian society at large.
Bosnian authorities said migrants attempting to enter the country illegally increased by 500 percent last year, compared to 2017.
Figures seen by DW show how many people were caught by the German Federal Police after they entered the country irregularly between January and November 2018. The total number is probably higher.
Pakistani migrant Rashid Ali moved to Spain in 2014 after spending almost eight years in Italy. In a conversation with InfoMigrants, he talks about how things are beginning to change for migrants and refugees in Spain as well.
More than 2000 migrants are sleeping on pavements and in illegal camps in the French capital, Paris, according to the organization France Terre d’asile (FTA -France, land of asylum). And the numbers are increasing, warns the organization.
The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina reports that some 5,116 irregular migrants have arrived in the country, over 4,500 of whom have said that they want to request asylum. The number of Iranian migrants in the country is rising.
The mortality rate among undocumented migrants in Spain has risen by 15 percent since reforms denied access to free public healthcare, according to new research.
Authorities in Serbia have transferred dozens of migrants who were living on the streets into migrants reception centers, where they were identified and given medical care.