Hungary moves to jail NGOs for helping migrants

Individuals or groups who help migrants not entitled to protection to submit requests for asylum or who help illegal migrants gain status to stay in Hungary will be liable to jail under legislation submitted to parliament on Tuesday (29 May).

Migrant hit by electricity in an attempt to enter Macedonia

Shaming the EU into leading on refugees

The chief of Refugees International says Europe is not living up to its promises on human rights. And if closing that gap means creating awkward moments, he's ready.

Emergency state to be extended due to migrants

Irregular migration exists and that is why it is necessary to extend the state of emergency at the northern and southern borders, CSOs representatives claim. The Government submitted a bill to the Parliament to extend the state of emergency until 31st of December 2018.

Bosnia Deploys Police to Border to Stop Migrants

Worried by a surge in illegal migration, Bosnia is to deploy more police to the border to prevent a growth in the migrant flow, the country's Prime Minister announced.

'We will decide who enters our countries!' Hungary and Poland REJECT EU refugee quotas

HUNGARY and Poland have dug in their heels over the European Union’s plans to settle refugees across the bloc and demanded member states have the final say over who enters their countries - not Brussels.

The EU’s refugee crisis: Effective handling or botched up policy?

Dealing with the refugee crisis has proved to be an insurmountable task for Europe, due to the apparent lack of a coherent immigration policy and political indecisiveness. Europe’s cohesion comes out shaken as a result, EURACTIV.gr reports.

Bosnian Authorities Mull Response to Sarajevo Migrant Camp

Migrants and refugees have set up camp in a Sarajevo park, highlighting a recent rise in people using Bosnia as a transit route as the authorities try to find a strategy to deal with them.

Epidemics threaten Syrian children’s lives in Greece refugee camps

Refugees, especially children, in in the Moria camp on the Medellie Greek island face the threat of diseases resulting from poor health and living conditions.

Libyan coastguard stops NGO boat from rescuing migrants after alert from Italy: witness

The Libyan coastguard on Sunday prevented a rescue ship belonging to two NGOs from approaching a boat in distress carrying migrants, an AFP photographer witnessed.

Migrant deportations often hit the wrong people, Merkel ally warns

Europe migrants: Austria to seize migrants' phones in asylum clampdown

Austria's government surged to power late last year with a promise to stop illegal migration and crack down on refugees, and its latest move is to target their phones

Macedonia adopt a new Law on International and temporary protection

Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA) would like to inform you that as of April 19th, 2018, the Law on International and Temporary Protection will enter into force, and as from that moment, the current Law on Asylum and Temporary Protection will cease to be valid.

New refugees in Greece can move freely, says court

New refugee and migrant arrivals in Greece will soon be able to move around the country freely without being restricted to the islands of the eastern Aegean where they arrive from neighboring Turkey, according to a Council of State ruling that emerged on Tuesday and upends a 2016 decision by the...

Myanmar's first Rohingya repatriation 'staged', rights groups say

Rohingya rights groups sceptical as Myanmar announces repatriation of first family of Rohingya refugees.