Demonstrators in Copenhagen protest against the deportation of Syrian families to their homeland last year | Photo: Thibault Savary/AFP/Getty Images
  • Albania
  • France
  • Germany

EU countries again carrying out more deportations

The number of deportation orders issued in the European Union is on the rise, according to Eurostat figures. Almost 100,000 people were ordered out of the 27-member bloc in the second quarter of 2022.

Pencil drawing by Daniel who is currently detained in the Kybartai camp in Lithuania | Photo: Gabriela Ramírez
  • Lithuania

Refugees in Lithuania create art to cope with detention

Young refugees in the Gashora Transit Center in Rwanda | Photo: DW/A.Ngarambe
  • Rwanda
  • United Kingdom

Rwanda: 'promised land' for refugees turns out to be a mirage

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The odds are often against migrants who set off in frail boats such as these to navigate the Atlantic's perilous currents | Photo: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
  • Canary Islands
  • Spain

4 dead, dozens missing as migrant boat sinks off Canary Islands
From file: Refugees and migrants disembark from 'Blue Star Chios' ferry as they arrive at the port of Lavrio, Greece 29 September 2020 | Photo: Yannis Kolesidis / EPA
  • Greece

Greece has helped relocate over 1,200 unaccompanied minors
An image of the march on Lampedusa for the anniversary of the shipwreck on October 3, 2013 | Photo: Concetta Rizzo / ANSA
  • Italy

Lampedusa commemorates 368 migrants who died at sea in 2013
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Features

Compared to other crime areas, such as drug trafficking or trafficking of weapons, it is more challenging to identify the indicators of trafficking in human beings in an online environment | Photo: Picture-alliance
  • Netherlands

Hackathon uncovers human trafficking of refugees
More and more Russian men are trying to leave the country to avoid being recruited for the war in Ukraine | Photo: Alexey Malgavko/Reuters
  • Germany
  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Ukrainians in Germany oppose asylum for Russian deserters
Jihad Michlawi, 31 recounts his experiences to Associated Press at his home in the Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud, Lebanon, on September 27, 2022 | Photo: Bilal Hussein / picture alliance/AP
  • Lebanon
  • Palestinian Territories
  • Syria

'I heard him calling for me': Survivor's account of capsized boat in Mediterranean
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Personal stories

Nilofar's tale: 'This is my golden time, I don't want to spend it in displacement'

Nilofar arrived in Turkey on an evacuation flight from Afghanistan. She already had a residency visa for Turkey, but when it ran out, and finding no work, she attempted to travel the Balkan Route to Europe. This is her story:

The Escape Diaries: 'I feel hurt; my education and life have been shattered'

In the second part of her story, Ghanaian medical student Dorcas Djabatey, who was studying in Ukraine before the war broke out, talks about her escape from Sumy, why she feels let down and her future.

The Escape Diaries: 'The thirst to be successful led me to Ukraine'

Nigerian student Collins Okoro came to Ukraine with the hopes that it would catapult his career but now the war has changed that. But could Berlin offer better opportunities? Here is his story.
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Understanding Europe

Many Bangladeshi migrants in Greece are employed in garment factories | Photo: Arafatul Islam
  • Bangladesh
  • Egypt
  • Greece

Working in Greece: what you need to know
Around 130 migrants were able to remain in Melilla after 'jumping' the border fence on June 24, 2022. At least 27 lost their lives | Photo: Private
  • Chad
  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Morocco

'Hot returns': Are pushbacks at Europe's land borders lawful?
French Interior inister Gérald Darmanin seen in Calais on November 28, 2021 | Photo: Reuters
  • France

France: Everything to know about the deportation of foreigners - with or without papers
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The European Union

Credit: European Commission
  • Ukraine
  • European Union

Are you seeking refuge from the war in Ukraine? Beware of human traffickers when on the move
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  • Ukraine
  • European Union

Information for people fleeing the war in Ukraine
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  • European Union

Fighting migrant smuggling: 2021-2025 EU action plan

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