Europe was plunged into crisis in 2015 as more than a million migrants flooded into the continent, making the risky journey across the Aegean to Greece or braving a perilous Mediterranean crossing. A deal with Turkey has stemmed the flow but can the EU agree a common approach to tackling the mass movement of people?
Migrants
A new home in Europe?
Greece warms to EU asylum pact but refugee groups rage
Greece has cautiously welcomed a plan from Brussels to reform the EU's shaky asylum system, but charity groups working with refugees have blasted a continued "outrageous containment policy"
EU executive to propose overhaul of migration and asylum system
The European Commission will propose a revision of the migration and asylum system. At the same time, the International Organization for Migration demands attention to the fundamental right to asylum.
‘Just God, the water and us’: risking the Channel ‘death route’ to Britain
AFP followed two groups of migrants as they made the perilous journey from the French town of Grande-Synthe to Dover in the south of England via the choppy waters of the Channel
Five years on, Balkans still a road of hope for migrants
Half a decade on from Europe's refugee crisis, the world's attention has moved on -- but 35-year-old Moroccan Younes Qermoua is back on the Balkan route, where traffic is picking up
Europe still mired in division after migrant crisis
Since taking in more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in 2015, Europe has stepped up border controls but still falls short on common migration and asylum policies
EU agency: Central Med migrant crossings more than doubled in July
The number of illegal sea migration across the Mediterranean has doubled in July compared to the month before.
All in all nevertheless, migration figures within the EU have fallen in 2020 due to the corona virus travel restrictions.