At least 39 Albanian child migrants have left the care of the UK authorities and gone missing in the period between January 1 and October 31 this year, according to the Kent County Council in England.
One of the few survivors of a migrant shipwreck that took place off the Syrian coastline in September has been released and repatriated to Lebanon after he was detained by Syrian authorities.
Greece has made dismantling migrant trafficking rings a "key national priority", according to statements made by the country's Minister of Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachi.
Germany is debating planned reforms concerning dual citizenship in the country. Citizenship laws vary widely across Europe.
With a million Ukrainian refugees and an expected 200,000 asylum claims, migration to Germany this year is set to surpass the 2015 European migrant crisis.