winter

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Croatia

Bosnian authorities have announced that over 100 migrants who had been sleeping rough have been moved into asylum centers. Nearly half of those moved were reportedly children.

• Greece

The Kara Tepe camp for displaced people on the Greek island of Lesbos is ill-suited for the harsh winter conditions. Aid agencies are sounding the alarm about catastrophic conditions there.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina

Thousands of refugees and migrants wait in Bosnia for the possibility to enter the EU. Disagreements over how to distribute aid threaten to leave many in cold — if it weren't for volunteers working on their own.

• Greece

In the midst of the ongoing pandemic and harsh winter weather that has hit Greece over the past few days, residents of the island of Lesbos -- where over 7,500 asylum seekers are hosted -- have made an impassioned plea to help as many people as they can.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Germany

Tomo Knezevic, director of the "Caritas" charity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is taking Europe to task: His chapter of the global Catholic charity has received "far too little support" in its efforts to care for migrants, he said in an interview. He is appealing for more help from sister organizations across Europe.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Italy

The Catholic charity Caritas Ambrosiana has said that construction is underway for a canteen for migrants in Lipa, Bosnia, thanks to a fundraiser promoted by the organization.

• France

Just ahead of this week's cold snap, authorities in the northern French cities of Calais and Grande-Synthe announced they would open emergency shelters to help house homeless migrants. But NGOs say the measures are insufficient and that the shelters are difficult to reach.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina

The Ibrahimi family from Afghanistan has tried 30 times to cross the border from Bosnia into Croatia. Like thousands of other migrants in the region, they do not intend to stop trying.

• Syria

Floods in northwestern Syria have affected over 67,000 internally displaced people, according to UN agency OCHA. Meanwhile, unsafe fires at camps have led to at least one death.

• Greece

Greece's migration minister has told a German newspaper that the temporary reception facility on Lesbos is 'largely' equipped for winter. Despite some improvements, however, images from residents in the camp show miserable conditions.

• France

16-year-old Ali comes from Guinea Conakry. He arrived in Paris a few weeks ago and is still trying to get officially registered as a minor. Without a support network or anyone to take care of him, this teenager is struggling to cope. It's especially hard for him to find accommodation, at a time when temperatures are getting colder.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Italy

Italian Catholic charity Caritas is promoting an initiative to raise money for migrants who are stranded in the Lipa camp, in northwestern Bosnia, as the humanitarian situation is worsening along the Balkan route.