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EU asylum claims drop to lowest level in 12 years amid border closures

Human rights advocates say coronavirus lockdowns have worsened the plight of people fleeing war, persecution and poverty by making many of them unable to lodge asylum applications.

Greece

'Devastating': Thousands of migrants face eviction in Greece

Athens says the move was necessary to alleviate pressure on the more than 32,500 migrants living in squalid camps on the Greek islands.

Greece

Two migrants test positive for COVID-19 in overcrowded Greek camp

Officials say the two who tested positive did not display symptoms of COVID-19. Other migrants in the facility and people who come in contact with them are being tested.

Germany

Why Germany's slaughterhouses are hot spots for the COVID-19 pandemic

Unions say much of the cheap meat on our supermarket shelves is slaughtered by migrant workers who earn low wages, live in cramped shared accommodation and operate in crowded working conditions even in the midst of a pandemic.

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World News

Euroviews. Before coronavirus, Europe lacked empathy for migrants. The pandemic can teach us compassion ǀ View

The EU should provide humanitarian assistance to people stranded in countries less capable to confront the crisis, not more speedboats to contain them there.

Greece

Greece transfers almost 400 migrants from Lesbos island to mainland

This is the first massive transfer of asylum seekers from Moria camp since the start of confinement imposed by the Greek government on March 23 to stem the spread of coronavirus.

Spain

Euroviews. Countries are suspending immigration detention due to coronavirus. Let’s keep it that way ǀ View

The Spanish authorities have not suddenly had a change of heart regarding the use of immigration detention but rather recognised what activists have been saying all along – health and legal issues make the system untenable.

Greece

Greek island migrant camps 'not prepared for COVID-19'

The warning comes after Greek authorities announced that 150 people tested positive at a locked-down migrant hotel in the country’s south.

Greece

Euroviews. Using empty Greek hotels to host refugees threatened by COVID-19 is a win-win scenario ǀ View

While the first attempt to use empty hotels for quarantining a thousand of the most vulnerable migrants on the Greek islands has just been announced by the European Commission, more remains to be done.

Greece

Greek migrant camp is set alight as clashes shake Chios island

Clashes broke out on the island of Chios when rumours circulated that a woman had died from COVID-19 but blood tests proved negative.

Italy

Mediterranean rescue charities disagree on whether to work during pandemic

Doctors Without Borders fell out with SOS Mediteranee after it put its rescue ship Ocean Viking into port in Marseille.

Libya

Euroviews. Ignoring COVID-19 cases at Libya migrant centres will have dire consequences for Europe ǀ View

Both individual countries like Italy and the EU overall will need to strike the political balance between the needs of their citizens and the humanitarian obligation to provide shelter for refugees and migrants.

World News

Five stories you may have missed because of the coronavirus pandemic

With all eyes on the coronavirus pandemic, what stories have slipped under the radar?

World News

Euroviews. COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate against refugees with disabilities. Neither should our response ǀ View

Security Council members vowed to do their best to make sure that the needs of people with disabilities were part in the humanitarian response in Syria and beyond. Now that the world is trying to defeat COVID-19, here’s your chance to make good on that promise.

United Kingdom

Man pleads guilty to manslaughter of 39 people in Essex lorry tragedy

Maurice Robinson pleads guilty to manslaughter of 39 people in Essex lorry tragedy

Luxembourg

Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic guilty of rejecting refugees - ECJ

Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic breached EU law by failing to take in refugees, rules European Court of Justice

World News

Euroviews. Love in the time of coronavirus: why our lives in crisis should foster empathy for refugees ǀ View

At present, being in exile from my homeland of Canada (which has virtually shut its borders), feeling cut off from my loved ones overseas, gripped by anxiety for their well-being as well as my own, I have a new and visceral appreciation for the experiences of people caught up in catastrophes.

Greece

NGO calls to evacuate migrant camps in Greece amid COVID-19 fears

People in Greece's migrant camps do not have sufficient access to water and soap and need to be evacuated immediately, says MSF.

Greece

Migrants in overcrowded Greek camps to be offered €2,000 to go home

The EU and Greek government have agreed a financial aid package to encourage migrants in overcrowded camps on Greek islands to voluntarily return to their country of origin.

World News

In pictures: what is going on at the Turkish-Greek border?

Pictures reveal the scale of the crisis on the Turkish-Greek border, where thousands of refugees and migrants have been trying to get to Greece since Turkey allowed them to cross the border.