The EU has unlocked €3 billion ($3.7 billion) for projects to help Syrian refugees in Turkey in a second payment from the 2016 migration deal. More than a million refugees have already benefited from the funds.
Countries who refuse to take back migrants living illegally in the EU could face problems in the future when their citizens apply for visas. New rules proposed by the EC would set stricter conditions.
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a new guide on age assessment of migrant minors, with a multidisciplinary and holistic approach for protecting the best interests of the child.
The lack of data on migrant flows perpetuates the invisibility of migrant women's deaths, the International Organisation for Migration said recently.
The Italian authorities have asked for 108 people implicated in the probe into alleged mafia infiltration in the management of a migrant reception centre in the province of Crotone in Calabria will be sent to trial.