As EU leaders discussed migration at the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday, migrants and refugees themselves gathered next door to discuss their challenges at a first refugee and migrant summit at EU level.
The German Parliament has rejected a proposal that would list several North African countries as safe countries that migrants could be deported to. The liberal party FDP is still looking for further nations to be classified as "safe1
EU leaders met this week to work out long-standing divisions over migration and suggested enhanced cooperation with North African countries. Differences remained on sharing the distribution of migrants.
A 22-year-old from Gambia who had been living in Italy for two years committed suicide. The Babele association said that his asylum request had been rejected and that ''he wanted to go back to Africa but he was afraid that he would1
Amnesty International has launched a legal challenge against the Hungarian government, filing an appeal with the constitutional court on an immigration law that the rights organization has called ''shameful''.