At least four migrants are missing off the Greek Aegean island of Samos, the Greek coast guard said Thursday. Officials from the EU border agency Frontex and the Greek coast guard pulled 18 people to safety from a small motorboat in1
Belgium says there has been a massive drop in the number of irregular migrants using it as a transit country to reach Britain.
A Syrian woman in Berlin has died more than two weeks after a fire at a residential building that also housed refugees. While authorities are still investigating for a possible arson attack, activists and different media are questio1
Nearly one million asylum claims were lodged in the EU, Switzerland and Norway last year, the most since 2016. Syrians and Afghans remained the main applicants, while claims from Turkish nationals more than doubled.
Fast-track temporary visas for survivors of the Syrian-Turkish earthquakes are available only to Turkish nationals, despite widespread reports that Syrians were also eligible under new special procedures.