Immigration

The European Union urged its 28 nations Wednesday to swiftly endorse its plan to relocate 40,000 migrants as 1,000 more migrants arrived in Greece in just one day.

Over 3,000 children requested asylum in Serbia since the beginning of the year, over 1,300 of them children without parental escort.

At the same time, "is not known how many children are staying or transiting through the country without requesting asylum," Director of the Center for Protection and Assistance to Asylum Seekers Rados Djurovic stated on Wednesday.

The bureau in Attica responsible for processing asylum applications will not be able to operate properly over the coming days due to staff shortages, authorities said Monday.

By Francesco Guarascio

The European Commission is set to propose next week that 40,000 asylum seekers who have arrived by boat in Italy and Greece should be relocated across the continent in response to what it considers an emergency situation in both countries.

British Prime Minister David Camerion has unveiled new measures aimed at cutting immigration to the UK.

Prime Minister David Cameron on May 21 announced plans to crack down on illegal immigration and tighten Britain's borders as new official figures showed a significant rise in the number of long-term migrants.

The European Union forged ahead Wednesday with a plan to ease pressure on nations dealing with an influx of Mediterranean migrants by requiring other countries to share the burden, despite some strong opposition.

Forty-five asylum seekers and 4 traffickers have been detained while trying to cross into Bulgaria from the Turkish side of the border.

The migrants were discovered in two vans while their drivers' documents were being checked by police, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.

Thirty of the potential asylum seekers were Syrians, and the other fifty were from Iraq.

Turkey captured 1,029 migrants, many of whom were found crossing the country's borders illegally, including 406 people who attempted to cross into Turkey from Syria, on May 5.

The captured migrants also included three people who crossed into Turkey illegally via Iraq and 113 people who entered illegally via its border with Iran, according to data given by the Turkish General Staff.

Newer EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe, including Croatia, could come under pressure to take in more asylum-seekers as Germany voices irritation about the numbers heading for a select few countries.