According to Germany's asylum office BAMF, anchor centers for asylum seekers still aren't living up to their promise of speeding up asylum procedures. While the government defended the facilities, others criticized it.
A boy has died in a fire at the Thiva camp for asylum seekers north of Athens. He was seven or eight years old and reportedly from a Kurdish family.
Members of Libyan government ministries and other officials are this week taking part in an online course in migrant and refugee protection. It is hoped that the course will enable the sharing of best practices and experience, the o1
Save The Children has warned that hundreds of unaccompanied minors and children with their families are trapped along the Balkan route and are suffering pushbacks from EU nations, trafficking, and exploitation.
A joint media investigation in the UK has uncovered cases of sexual harassment and intimidation of asylum seekers being housed in hotels. The claims come amid growing pressure on the government over its accommodation policy.