Irregular migration to Europe is on the rise again, as the number of Afghan arrivals continues to grow in particular, many of whom come by boat from Turkey. The EU has reportedly reached its highest level of migrants setting of from1

Two Afghan refugee children in Poland have died after ingesting poisonous mushrooms. The two children were aged five and six.

The route from Africa to Spain continues to claim victims. On Thursday last week, a young migrant died while attempting to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, while a new shipwreck with 64 people missing was reported1

Around 17,000 refugees from Afghanistan are at American military bases in Germany waiting for onward transport to the United States.