A Catholic charity in Italy, the Community of Sant’Egidio, has announced the arrival of the first group of Afghans via a 'humanitarian corridor'. The corridors were announced at the beginning of November.
A group of 95 refugees arrived in Berlin from Lebanon this week as part of the German state's refugee reception program. They flew into the capital on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, a four-year-old Iraqi girl was reported missing at the Polish-Belarus border. The child was separated from her parents after they crossed into Poland on Monday night.
The European Commission has said comments made by Pope Francis during a visit to Cyprus and Greece were aimed at "all those" involved in the theme of Europe-bound migration.
Polish authorities reported finding the body of a man and a Nigerian passport at a forest near the border with Belarus as groups of migrants remain stranded in poor conditions.