John Psaropoulos

Al Jazeera takes a look at key events shap­ing Eu­ro­pean coun­tries’ re­sponse to mi­grant and refugee ar­rivals this year.

Eu­ro­pean pow­ers con­tin­ued to try and curb refugee and mi­grant ar­rivals this year, with some­times dead­ly con­se­quences.

Greece still lags be­hind the rest of Eu­rope, with 62 per­cent of the to­tal pop­u­la­tion ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed.

Athens cracks down on par­ents who refuse to send their chil­dren to school be­cause of mea­sures such as mask-wear­ing.

Key hy­dro­elec­tric projects are be­ing re­vived as part of a push by Athens to de­car­bonise and meet ir­ri­ga­tion needs.

Athens has re­strict­ed ser­vices to those in the process of ap­ply­ing for asy­lum, leav­ing many with­out guar­an­tees of food.

Cubans say hav­ing fled eco­nom­ic cri­sis at home, ap­ply­ing for asy­lum in Greece fraught with chal­lenges.

The find­ings in three ma­jor doc­u­ments will be guid­ing the de­ci­sions of world lead­ers in Glas­gow.

Ris­ing tem­per­a­tures have had dev­as­tat­ing ef­fects on the econ­o­my and oth­er as­pects of life in Greece.

Cli­mate change is now com­pound­ing decades of wa­ter mis­man­age­ment and un­sus­tain­able farm­ing prac­tices.