Bosnia and Herzegovina Hundreds of migrants stranded in freezing conditions at Bosnia camp Residents in the local town of Bihac have refused to allow the migrants to be moved to a centre there, leaving them stranded in the cold while disputes over their fate continue. 31/12/2020
Europe News Hungary asylum policies 'failed' to fulfill EU obligations, ECJ rules The EU top court said Budapest made it virtually impossible for people to make an asylum claim. 17/12/2020
Europe News Brussels wants to better integrate migrants. But how will they do it? The European Commission (EC) says that around 34 million people living in the EU were born outside the bloc and that everyone has the right to "realise their full potential". 24/11/2020
View Refugee-led organisations are critical to the fight against COVID-19 ǀ View The COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique challenge but also a major opportunity to highlight how refugee-led organisations are best placed to act both in emergencies and on long-term integration strategies. 06/10/2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina Hundreds of migrants evicted from UN-run camps in Bosnia On Wednesday, local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region sent police to evict several hundred people from the Bira camp in the town of Bihac. 01/10/2020
world news English Channel migrant smuggling ring dismantled, say police Security forces from France, Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands arrested twelve people suspected of smuggling migrants across the English Channel. 30/09/2020
no comment Makeshift migrant camps grow outside Bosnian towns The migrants have built tents in the forests after local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region decided last month to start pushing them away from urban areas, even kicking them out of the existing UN-run reception centers there 30/09/2020
Europe News New EU migration pact aims to increase member state contributions The long-overdue migration and asylum policy is set to be unveiled with mandatory measures on how to manage migration. 23/09/2020
Germany Thousands protest in Germany to demand EU action over Moria migrants The aunt of Alan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Mediterranean in 2015, joined protesters in Berlin to urge politicians to act. 20/09/2020
Italy NGO blasts Italy's blockade of its migrant rescue ship as 'political' The vessel was detained in the port of Palermo for 11 hours for an inspection the NGO Seawatch International called "arbitrary." 20/09/2020
Germany Germany to take in 1,500 migrants from Greek islands after Lesbos fire This represents a sharp increase from the initial pledge to host some of the 400 unaccompanied children evacuated from Lesbos to mainland Greece following the September 8 blaze. 15/09/2020
Greece Displaced migrants on Lesbos protest in wake of fire at Moria camp Over 12,000 people were left homeless after fires on Tuesday and Wednesday gutted the Moria camp in the midst of a coronavirus lockdown. 12/09/2020
Greece MEP says Moria migrant camp is an 'insult' to European values "Europe is not leaving up to its values by parking people in such camps. We should have acted earlier", says Greens EFA's co-president Philippe Lamberts. 11/09/2020
Germany Moria camp fire: France and Germany urge EU states to welcome migrants Berlin and Paris announced on Thursday that they will welcome unaccompanied minors following a devastating fire at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. They urged other member states to follow suit. 10/09/2020
View It’s time the EU ended the cynical stalling game endangering lives in the Mediterranean ǀ View Implementing a plan that reflects a shared responsibility among its member states is the only way the EU will end the deaths or indefinite languishing at sea of migrants crossing the Mediterranean for a better life. 07/09/2020
Italy Authorities move hundreds of migrants from crowded Lampedusa centre The move aimed to relieve some of the severe overcrowding at the centre, although it remains hugely oversubscribed. 06/09/2020
Italy New party representing second-generation migrants launches in Italy The party is called 'Future is Now' and was founded by the son of two Morrocan migrants. 04/09/2020
world news Alan Kurdi anniversary: Migrant children 'worse off' than 5 years ago Five years ago, the picture of three-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up dead on a Turkish beach shocked the world. Nevertheless, refugee and migrant children are "often worse off" now than in 2015, says Save the Children. 02/09/2020
Turkey Turkish lake turns into migrant graveyard Lake Van, Turkey's biggest lake in the far east of the country, makes up part of the deadly route for Afghan, Pakistani and other migrants seeking security and economic opportunities in Europe. 30/08/2020
Italy 'Unsustainable': Lampedusa calls for help after mass migrant arrival The Italian coast guard also transported to Lampedusa another 49 people on Saturday from Banksy's rescue ship Louise Michel. 30/08/2020
world news Migrant rescue ship seeking a port to dock at after Malta refusal A rescue ship with more than 200 migrants aboard is struggling to find a port that it can dock at. 28/08/2020
Greece Seven dead in Greece as car carrying migrants crashes into roadworks The migrants were believed to have recently entered the country when the crash happened, according to police. 05/08/2020
world news France, Italy agree to unify border forces to fight people smuggling Both countries' guards and officials will operate under one command to make them more effective. 01/08/2020
World How COVID-19 is complicating Europe's migrant problem The return of NGO migrant rescue ships to the Mediterranean has brought Europe's migrant problem back into focus. And the issue is being compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. 03/07/2020
world news The EU is paying migrants to go home and stay there. It's not working A Euronews investigation across seven African states over six months has uncovered massive failings in a programme that has so far paid for 80,000 migrants to go home. 19/06/2020
Portugal Climate change is fuelling fiercer fires and forcing people to migrate Chris and Julie survived the fires in Pedrógão Grande on June 17, 2017. Haunted by the experience, they have migrated to cooler climes on Portugal’s coast. 17/06/2020
