After the new Italian government turned away a rescue boat with hundreds of migrants aboard, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he wants to expel 100,000 migrants from the country. Asylum experts are skeptical Salvini can achieve...
In recent days, 38 people have been arrested trying to cross into Albania. Authorities say more migrants are looking for alternative routes to get to Europe, as other countries close their borders.
Human Rights Watch has denounced that the failure of European policies cause suffering in the migrant population, issuing a number of recommendations for policies that are respectful of their human rights ahead of a summit of EU countries...
Germany's migration policy debacle is also making waves among Africans online. To the big question facing Chancellor Angela Merkel – whether or not to shut the door on asylum-seekers – some Africans are saying "Why not?"
Makayabu was young and early in her career when she had to leave Congo. First in her hometown Kinshasa and then in Cape Town, South Africa, she worked fourteen years as a journalist. But she is finding it hard to land a job of her choice...
The level of financial aid EU members provide to asylum-seekers can vary significantly from country to country. Germany, for instance, grants monthly allowances of up to €354. DW examines asylum benefits across the bloc.
Over 40,000 migrants have arrived in Europe so far this year, according to IOM. This is around half the number of arrivals in the same period in 2017. The UN migration agency reports that an estimated 857 people have died or went missing...
The migrants who arrived safely in Pozzallo tell of the horrors of the shipwreck in the Mediterranean in which 70 people are believed to have died, including a pregnant woman and a newborn baby.
The EU says plans to return migrants rescued at sea to detention centers in North Africa won't lead to inhumane conditions. Rights groups fear that refugees won't be treated with dignity, citing migrant camps in Libya.
What are the main events of the European refugee crisis? Infomigrants looks back on key developments of the last three years.
Running on a hardline platform against migration, the Northern League - or Lega Nord party - won the most seats in the Italian elections in March. Since then, Lega Nord member and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has pushed Italy...
Let’s say you’ve been granted refugee status in Germany and want to move to another city. That might not be so easy. Why? Let’s find out.
Based on Commission proposals, the Justice and Home Affairs Council adopted in September 2015 two Decisions to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from Italy and Greece, to assist them in dealing with the pressures of the refugee crisis....
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This is the testimony of Salem, an Eritrean woman who successfully relocated from Italy to Portugal. The mother of a beautiful baby called Joana, Salem fled her country to find freedom. She had the courage to speak up about smugglers...