Europe 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
no comment French police dismantle large migrant camp in Calais Tuesday's operation is thought to be the biggest of its kind since the Calais Jungle - home to up to 8,000 migrants - was dismantled in 2016. 29/09/2020
Germany Town in former East Germany offers to take in 75 migrants Despite the popularity of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) in the region, the German town of Neuruppin has said it is keen to welcome migrants to move to and settle in the town. 27/09/2020
no comment Alan Kurdi migrant rescue ship docks in Sardinia The Alan Kurdi ship of the German aid group Sea-Eye docked Friday in the Sardinia port of Olbia to disembark 125 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea. 25/09/2020
Greece Greece accused of 'pushing back' migrants at sea to Turkey Turkey has accused the European Union of turning a blind eye to what it says is a blatant abuse of human rights. 25/09/2020
View David Miliband: It’s time the EU restarts and scales up refugee resettlement after COVID-19 ǀ View Resettlement programmes were put on pause by coronavirus pandemic, leaving refugees heading to EU countries to start a new life in limbo. The EU's new Migration Pact needs to be more ambitious in what it can do for those needed sanctuary. 21/09/2020
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
Greece Migrants moved to new camp on Lesbos after blaze at overcrowded Moria It comes after fire destroyed the Moria migrant camp, which was home to more than 12,500 migrants. Its capacity was 2,700 people. 17/09/2020
Greece Greece: Rescue operation continues after migrant boat sinks off Crete Dozens have been rescued after a migrant smuggling boat sank off the southern Greek island of Crete. Three bodies have been recovered and it's not known if others are missing. 15/09/2020
Europe Migrants rescued by Danish tanker 38 days ago transferred to NGO ship The Mediterranea NGO said however that Malta has refused them access to a port to disembark the migrants. 11/09/2020
no comment Thousands of migrants, still living on the streets, protest in Lesbos Thousands of protesting migrants left homeless on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp gathered on a road leading to the island's main town Friday, demanding to be allowed to leave. 11/09/2020
Greece New fire at overcrowded migrant camp on Greek island of Lesbos 4,000 migrants who had left the camp for the island's main port of Mytilini to board ships for the mainland threw stones at police blocking the road. 10/09/2020
no comment Lesbos' migrants sleep on the streets after fire at Moria camp Thousands of migrants slept on the streets on the Greek island of Lesbos after being evacuated from their camp as fires broke out early on Wednesday. 09/09/2020
Greece Thousands of migrants flee massive fire at Lesbos camp Some 12,500 people were living at the Moria camp and the surrounding area. 09/09/2020
View It’s time the EU ended the cynical stalling game endangering lives in the Mediterranean ǀ View 07/09/2020
France Protests call for closure of migrant detention centre in Marseille Dozens of people protested outside a migrant detention centre in the French city of Marseille on Saturday, insisting those inside were at risk of catching COVID-19 05/09/2020
United Kingdom English Channel migrants 'forced onto boats' to make perilous crossing Dan O'Mahoney, charged with stopping the sea journeys from France to England, says many migrants are at the mercy of smugglers and unaware of their destination. 03/09/2020
Greece COVID-19: Crowded Greek refugee camp quarantined after case confirmed As of Aug. 31, the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos housed 12,714 people, well over its capacity of 2,757. 02/09/2020
