The European Union Agency for Asylum, EUAA, says new refugee applications in the 27-country bloc are at a five-year high, mainly being submitted by Afghans and Syrians. On Wednesday, 19 refugees were found dead on the border between Turkey and EU-nation Greece.

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights office says Belarus and Poland are pushing refugees back and forth across their border and leaving them without enough food and other basic necessities.

Armed police smash up a refugee camp near the northern French port of Dunkirk.

A row has broken out between Britain and France who both blame each other for the ongoing refugee crisis, with campaigners warning of more casualties in a year having already seen record crossings and record deaths.

Tehran says its goal of participating in the upcoming Vienna talks with the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal is the removal of anti-Iran sanctions.

Italy's Interior Ministry announced that almost twice as many refugees have reached the Italian shores since the beginning of 2021 compared to last year.

This episode looks at the migrant crisis in the US borders at a time the United Nations has voiced concern at the US pushback of refugees who may need asylum.

Tens of thousands of US-bound refugees are stranded in a huge open-air prison in southern Mexico.

Turkish officials say some 95,000 illegal migrants have crossed the country’s borders this year alone, while Ankara says it’s taking extreme measures to prevent the refugee influx.

An analyst says the United States bears the main responsibility for the Afghan refugee crisis after 20 years of war in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover of the country.