EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has accussed Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko of trying to 'destabilize the EU' by letting migrants cross into Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
French maritime authorities have rescued another 108 migrants attempting to cross the Channel between Britain and France. The migrants were in four separate boats which got into trouble near the French coast.
Latvia has become the latest Baltic state to start pushing back migrants hoping to cross its border from Belarus. Dozens were turned back on Tuesday night under a new state of emergency declared by the government in Riga.
Germany and the Netherlands reversed course and decided to allow failed Afghan asylum seekers to stay temporarily amid the growing conflict in Afghanistan.
The IOM is warning migrants of the dangers posed by landmines, as well as other risks such as drowning, abuse, exploitation and gender-based violence along the Balkan route.