Sertan Sanderson

During a trip to Germany, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to "reset" his country's relations with the European Union after Brexit. One of the big themes of the meeting was to discuss the launch of a "joint action plan to tackle illegal migration," according to Starmer.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has voiced opposition to Germany’s plans to impose tighter checks on its land borders. He said the move amounted to a unilateral scrapping of Europe's open-border Schengen zone. He also claimed that this would further burden frontline states -- such as Greece -- and was backed up by Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is about to sign two migration agreements — one with Kenia and the other with Uzbekistan. But will these pacts, which are designed to facilitate the return of failed asylum seekers from these two countries, make even a dent in Germany’s immigration policy?

Sleeping on a runway sounds like an adventure right out of someone's bucket list. But for thousands of people, this is their daily reality at the Tegel asylum housing center in Berlin. With plans to expand the notoriously unwelcoming facility, Germany's Der Spiegel magazine took a closer look at what goes on there, finding some shocking truths.

The Greek government has denied claims that Germany's tighter border controls would lead to "thousands" of migrants being returned to Greece. Greek Migration Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos stressed that Germany's border controls had nothing to do with any asylum seekers being sent back to Greece.

Turkish authorities say they have stopped nearly 190,000 migrants from reaching the EU by boat in the past five years. This comes as the government has tightened its migration policy.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has expressed concern that conflict in the Middle East could lead to additional migration into the bloc. Ahead of a key EU summit later in the week, she stressed that migration movements borne out of conflicts needed to be managed better across the bloc.

A new investigation details instances of severe human rights abuses at Turkish migrant detention centers — including alleged coercion into signing "voluntary" deportation papers.

According to a recent study, many Afghan nationals in Germany say they experience discrimination — especially on the housing market. Often, they report that the degree of discrimination they experience is in proportion to their economic situation.

When asylum accommodation centers in Europe close, there's usually a reaction from the public, reaching from opposition to support to concern. However in Switzerland, there are not as many people seeking asylum as there are housing spots available. Authorities have therefore decided to close several asylum centers across the country to save money -- with hardly any response from the public at all.