A Christian Iraqi who burned the Quran in Stockholm said "freedom of speech" in Sweden is a "big lie." His desecration of the Islamic holy book sparked anger across the Muslim world and complicated Sweden-Turkey ties.
Police are investigating how 14 people stowed away inside a shipping container that arrived at an Irish port from Belgium earlier this week.
The German state of Thuringia Germany is the second state to suspend the potential deportation of Yazidis. Over 200,000 Yazidis live in Germany, making it home to the largest Yazidi diaspora community in the world.
Shahab Smoqi says he fears for his life after Germany rejected his asylum application. The 21-year-old IT consultant from Shingal, Iraq, has been living in Hamburg for several years -- after escaping persecution against Yazidis back home.
Countries across the European Union are changing their tactics in meeting migration flows, not only by tightening border controls but also by upping the number of deportations of failed asylum seekers. Germany in particular is seeking partnerships to make deportations much easier. According to an investigation, its government has all but signed a secret pact with Iraq to this effect.
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia has announced a ban on the deportation of Yazidi women and children. Yazidis have been victims of an attempted genocide by IS militias in Syria and northern Iraq.
One year after the introduction of the Opportunity Residence law, more than 47,000 migrants who have been living in Germany for years with 'tolerated status' have received a temporary residence permit.
A Bremen court has ruled that migrants receiving church asylum are not entitled to all social benefits available to them if they reside outside the district that was assigned to them by local authorities. The new ruling could set a precedent across Germany.
Two people drowned on Wednesday when their boat capsized in the English Channel. Fifty-eight others, including a seven-year-old girl, were also on board the small vessel which was bound for the UK.
Migrant women and children are exposed to heightened risks of abuse as they journey to Europe. After escaping violence in their homeland, there is no guarantee that they will find safety upon arrival. InfoMigrants investigates in Bulgaria.
Finland has proposed closing its border with Russia, which it accuses of turning a blind eye to undocumented migrants crossing into the nordic state.
A group of Yazidi asylum seekers have been on hunger strike outside the German Agency for Refugees and Asylum (BAMF) in Berlin. They fear the threat of being sent back to Iraq.