Italy's regional governors have told a parliamentary committee that facilities for asylum seekers are not up to standard and described conditions for children and teenagers as 'completely inadequate.'
Belgium is running out of housing for migrants and is prioritizing women and families with children. This means young male refugees are left to their own devices, with many becoming homeless.
Greek migrant reception centers are overflowing and can barely cope, Greece's Refugee Council and aid organizations have warned. Asylum seekers in Kos don't have access to a doctor, new arrivals in Rhodes are met without housing and1
Thousands of Nigerians will likely be affected by German government plans to step up deportations of rejected asylum seekers. But experts warn about an insecure environment for migrants repatriated to Nigeria.
The Interior Ministry has rejected a report from newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung which claimed Germany plans to equate humanitarian workers saving lives at sea with people smugglers so that they can be prosecuted.