The civil liberties commission of the European Parliament has called on the EU to take immediate action to prevent an outbreak of Covid-19 among refugees and migrants in the overcrowded camps on the Greek islands.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is sending coronavirus tests to northwestern Syria to combat a potential outbreak. The first case of Covid-19 in Syria was confirmed by the government on Monday.
Police and immigration authorities have discovered 64 bodies and 14 survivors in the back of a truck in Mozambique. The people are believed to be migrants from Ethiopia hoping to reach South Africa.
Cruises across Europe have been suspended because of the coronavirus emergency. Migrant sea rescue organization Sea-Watch wants the empty cruise ships to be used to evacuate migrants from the Greek islands.
Several migrants living in asylum shelters in Germany have tested positive for coronavirus. Strict social distancing measures to combat the virus outbreak are hard to adopt in centers where people live together in tight spaces.