Human migration

124 children without parental care have been found in Serbia since the beginning of the migrant crisis, Aleksandar Vulin said on Thursday.

The labor and social affairs minister noted that special attention must be devoted to this problem.

Bulgarian authorities detained on Wednesday 43 illegal immigrants at the dam near the village of Topolyane, located in the municipality of Radnevo.

None of them was in the possession of identity documents and they identified themselves as refugees coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) MP, Dieter Dombrowski, has called on the Bulgarian prosecution to investigate the death of the Afghan migrant, which occurred near the country's border with Turkey last week.

The European Union has been struggling to cope with the steady influx of people fleeing from turmoil, conflicts and harsh conditions in the Middle East, Africa and Asia for years. But the matters came to a tipping point after mainly Syrian and Afghan refugees pushed their way onto the EU over the summer amid several drowning incidents in the Mediterranean Sea.

Tents at the Brezice transit camp in Slovenia were reportedly set on fire by migrants, who were discontent with the slow process of registration and the poor living conditions.

According to witnesses, the migrants complained of the lack of food, water and blankets and the slow process of moving them to the Austrian border, the BBC reports.

A small boat carrying refugees sank northeast of Samos island in the sea area.

According to information, the boat capsized for unknown reasons and dozens of refugees fell in the water.

16 refugees were rescued by a Turkish fishing boat, while 15 more are missing.

Bulgaria's Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova promised to facilitate the procedure on the issuing of visas to Turkish citizens.

Angelkova hopes that the facilitated visa procedure for Turkish tourists will compensate the decrease in the number of Russian visitors to the country.

"Serbia is ready for an open dialogue on possible solutions for migrant crisis with all regional, European and international partners," says Aleksandar Vucic.

The Serbian prime minister made the statement during his meeting on Monday in Belgrade with Director of the UNHCR Office in Serbia Hans Friedrich Schodder.

Forensic examination results expected to establish how an Afghan migrant died near Bulgaria's border with Turkey last week are to be announced on Monday.

Police say a bullet that a border officer fired in the air as a warning sign rebounded off a bridge hitting a 25-year-old man who died from his wounds as emergency teams were fighting for his lie.

EU member states should be reminded that shooting at people crossing their respective borders cannot solve the migrant crisis, ALDE MEP Gérard Deprez has warned.