Now playing Next Ireland Irish election: the view from Ireland's long-term asylum seekers Although there has been campaign discussion of Ireland’s housing and economy, there has been little about ‘direct provision’ and those in it. 07/02/2020
Now playing Next world news It's World Day Without Mobile Phones — unless you're a migrant For some, World Day Without Mobile Phones is a chance to forgo a luxury. For others, smartphones are a means of survival. 07/02/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK, French authorities intercept over 220 migrants in English Channel Ninety migrants were intercepted in British waters on Thursday — the highest number in a single day. 07/02/2020
Now playing Next Hungary Is Hungary 'starving' asylum seekers to deter immigration? The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Hungary for the 28th time this week to provide food to an asylum seeker in the transit zone. Human rights advocates say starvation is part of government tactics to deter migrants. 06/02/2020
Now playing Next France Police clear final migrant camp in northern Paris French police cleared the last migrant camp in Paris on Tuesday morning, fulfilling the government's promise to clear the northeast of the capital from illegal camps. 04/02/2020
Now playing Next Italy Italy accepts 363 migrants and refugees rescued at sea The Open Arms charity ship that rescued them had been repeatedly denied permission by both Italy and Malta to allow them to disembark. 01/02/2020
Now playing Next Malta Ocean Viking seeking safe port for 223 migrants Some pregnant women and children are among the passengers. 26/01/2020
Now playing Next Greece MSF raises the alarm over sick children at Moria migrant camp Youngsters with epilepsy, diabetes and heart disease are trapped on the overcrowded Greek camp. 25/01/2020
Now playing Next France France and Netherlands dismantle major migrant smuggling ring to UK French and Dutch police have arrested 23 people they suspect to have facilitated the illegal transport of 10,000 Kurdish migrants into the UK. 23/01/2020
Now playing Next no comment Migrants cross river from Guatemala to Mexico Hundreds of Central American migrants waded through the shallow Suchiate River from Guatemala into Mexic, in a new test of US President Donald Trump's “Central America” strategy to keep them away from the US border. 21/01/2020
Now playing Next Greece Significant rise in migrants entering EU from Turkey in 2019 More than 82,000 people attempted to enter Europe from the east Mediterranean in 2019, driven by instability in Syria and Afghanistan, according to the EU's border agency Frontex 17/01/2020
Now playing Next Greece A dozen migrants dead after their boat sinks off Greek island The vessel was carrying around 50 migrants and 21 of them were rescued. 11/01/2020
Now playing Next Greece Migrant-carrying car crashes in Greece after high-speed police chase Police chased the car for around 150 kilometres before it jumped a series of red lights and crashed in Thessaloniki. 10/01/2020
Now playing Next France Stowaway found dead in landing gear of Air France plane in Paris The body of the stowaway was found after the plane - coming from the Ivory Coast - had landed in Paris. 08/01/2020
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey warns Europe of new refugee wave as Syrian forces advance "Turkey cannot handle a new refugee wave from Syria," Erdogan said, adding that 80,000 people from Syria's Idlib had fled toward the Turkish border. 23/12/2019
Now playing Next Bosnia and Herzegovina 'Ashamed' European rights chief demands closure of Bosnia camp “This is not a place for human beings,” said Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe rights commissioner as she visited the Vucjak camp. “It should be closed." 03/12/2019
Now playing Next no comment Sunseekers spring into action as migrants arrive at Spanish beach Sunbathers soaking up the rays in the Canary Islands joined forces with emergency workers on November 29 after a rickety boat carrying two dozen migrants landed unexpectedly on a beach in the Spanish archipelago. 29/11/2019
Now playing Next France French police start moving migrants from northern Paris site On Thursday morning, between 200 and 300 people were moved by French police from an illegal site in northern Paris. 28/11/2019
Now playing Next world news Migrants tell of their 'Libyan hell' as they arrive in Europe The testimony of the 79 people rescued by the Aita Mari match with those of human rights organisations working in Libya: detention centres are places for torture and extortion. "You get arrested just because you are black," Ismail explained. 26/11/2019
Now playing Next Greece Greek PM tightens migrant controls: 'We are not an unfenced vineyard' Greece is to create a single border surveillance agency and employ 1,200 more guards to 'shut the door' on migrants not entitled to stay. 22/11/2019