Migrant rights groups have slammed Austria's decision to use temporary tents to shelter asylum seekers as winter approaches. Austrian authorities, however, said the country is facing a dire shortage of beds in government housing.
Vessels operated by private aid organizations have taken aboard dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean by boat, in a string of rescue operations at the weekend. Meanwhile, over 800 migrants were intercepted1
Berlin's governing mayor, Franziska Giffey, has warned that the city will soon be "at capacity" and will no longer have enough accommodation or money to adequately provide for refugees.
A two-week-old baby girl was reported missing after a migrant boat capsized. In several operations, by both NGO rescue ships and Italian military vessels, over 300 people were rescued in the Mediterranean this weekend.
According to the humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch, Turkish authorities have rounded up hundreds of Syrian refugees, including unaccompanied children, and forced them back to northern Syria.