The Italian coastguard rescued 45 migrants at the weekend after their boat capsized off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa. A search for several migrants reportedly still missing continued on Sunday.
The European agency Frontex reported Thursday that illegal border crossings at Europe's external borders in January fell by almost half from the previous year to about 5,800.
A Sudanese migrant has killed an immigration official in the southern French city of Pau after his asylum request was rejected. The 38-year-old assailant is now in police custody.
The European Commission has begun an infringement procedure against Hungary for its law on NGOs commonly known as 'Stop Soros', which bans foreign-funded organizations from providing assistance to migrants.
An asylum seeker from Cameroon has partially won a lawsuit against a German state because of a police operation in 2018. The court ruled that the use of force by police was unlawful.