EU, African leaders meet in Paris to discuss migrant crisis: Leaders from seven African and European countries meet in Paris on Monday for a mini-summit to discuss how to ease the EU’s migrant crisis. Click here to read more.

The Sahara route: a journey more deadly than the crossing from the coast: Many African migrants from Sub-Sahara travel through the Sahara desert and North Africa on the way to Europe. They often face the danger of being abandoned in the hot desert by human smugglers. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the desert is the much bigger cemetery that the Mediterranean Sea. Click here  to read more.

Murky lists determine who get to cross Serbia-Hungary border - and how quickly:  Thousands of migrants in Serbia are waiting to cross the border into EU-member state Hungary. Their fates depend on informal “waiting lists” that determine the ten candidates permitted to leave Serbian territory per day. But the opacity of the system leaves ample room for irregularities. Click here to read more. 

NGOs say authorities offering no response after Rome clashes: NGOs are denouncing the authorities' lack of response in Rome following clashes that took place between migrants and police in the city's Piazza Indipendenza. Migrants were camping there after having been evicted from a building they were squatting in nearby. Click here to read more. 

Germany's Angela Merkel: 'Refugees must be distributed fairly': Chancellor Merkel has called in an interview for EU countries to show solidarity in taking in refugees. But she said her decision to open Germany's borders in 2015 was one she would take again in the same circumstances. Click here to read more. 

About 9,000 migrants officially housed in Rome structures: Nearly 9,000 migrants are currently housed in Rome and its province in 70 different structures, but there are also many others who come to the capital on their own and don't filter through official assistance channels. Click here  to read more.