A group of 17 Syrian migrants, including eight children, have been rescued by police from a small island in the Evros River in north-eastern Greece. They were taken to a pre-removal detention center near the Turkish border.
A migrant has died in the French port town of Calais after he was hit by a truck. An official at the local prosecutors office said he "was apparently crossing the motorway when he was hit."
The federal government has given in to demands from the states to pay more towards supporting the rising number of refugees.
The Italian city of Florence has raised concerns about a growing number of unaccompanied migrant minors, saying that over 430 are currently in the regional capital's municipality alone. Calls have been made for more investment in th1
France is pushing back even unaccompanied minor migrants at the Italian border at Ventimiglia, the head of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) mobile clinic assisting migrants in transit between the two countries told ANSA in an inter1