Lampedusa, February 3, 2023. At least eight migrants were found dead and around 40 were rescued by the Italian coast guard overnight on a ship off the coast of the island of Lampedusa | Photo: Picture-alliance/handout guardia costiera
  • Italy
  • Tunisia

Ten migrants die off Lampedusa, as Italy continues controversial decree

The Italian coast guard has recovered the bodies of five migrant men and three migrant women in the Mediterranean. One of the women reportedly was pregnant. The bodies of two people were still missing after initial search operations.

The ECHR in Strasbourg has already issued several rulings against Hungary's border policies | Photo: Imago/Winfried Rothermel
  • Hungary
  • Serbia
  • Syria

Hungary fined €40,000 over unlawful death of refugee on border
From file: Dunja Mijatovic is the Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights | Photo: EPA/Jean-Christophe Bott
  • Italy

Europe's rights commissioner urges Italy to revoke anti-migration decree

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From file: Riot police officers cordon off the area after migrants arrive on Spanish soil and crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain, Friday, June 24, 2022 | Photo: AP Photo/Javier Bernardo
  • Morocco
  • Spain

Spain and Morocco mend ties with migration agreements
A drawing of the 2021 DiMMi competition, or Multimedial Diaries by Migrants | Credit: DiMMi – Diari Multimediali Migranti
  • Italy

Call for entries: DiMMi in Italy launches prize to feature migrant voices
The Mesnil-Amelot migrant detention center, near Paris. Photo : Maëva Poulet / InfoMigrants
  • France
  • Iran

French officials issue deportation notices to Iranians despite ban
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Features

From file: Afghans with their belongings cross into Pakistan on September 7, 2021 | Photo: Saeed Ali Achakzai/Reuters
  • Germany

Too poor to migrate? Climate change weakens economic growth, migration in Global South
Astoun, a former refugee from Syria, is a rescue worker on board the Ocean Viking. January 7, 2023 | Photo: Michael Bunel
  • Italy
  • Lebanon
  • Syria

From refugee to rescue worker: 'Someone has to do the task, and I’m up to it.'
InfoMigrants reported from Brussels on January 24, 2023 | Credit: InfoMigrants
  • Belgium

Asylum seekers in Brussels sleeping out in the cold
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Personal stories

The story of Ibrahima: From migrant to delegate in transit center

Malian migrant Ibrahima has been chosen as a delegate of his country in a transit center managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Agadez, a city of Niger in the heart of the Sahara desert.

Fawwaz' story: The tragedy of a Syrian killed by those who should have protected him

The tragic story of Fawwaz as told by his relatives to ANSA bears many similarities to that of many Syrians, betrayed and cheated by human smugglers and soldiers when crossing borders.

Richie Nath: Painting against the Burmese military dictatorship

Richie Nath is 27-year-old painter who fled Myanmar after the 2021 military coup. He is now a refugee in Paris where he continues to paint artworks criticizing the Burmese military junta's brutal repression of dissent. Rights groups and investigative media have documented Myanmar's systematic killing, enforced disappearance, torture, rape and other sexual violence against protesters since the coup and the country's continued ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas since 2012.
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Understanding Europe

Checkpoint Paris offers free STI testing, treatment and prevention regardless of healthcare coverage
  • France

LGBTQ+ migrants get free sexual healthcare in Paris clinic
People in a dinghy off the coast of Libya with a ship in the background | Photo: Picture-alliance/AP Photo/O.Calvo
  • Italy
  • Libya
  • Spain

Looking for a missing loved one: How do I even begin to search and who can help?
Screenshot of the Amal Frankfurt website in Dari from January 10, 2022 | Source: amalfrankfurt.de
  • Germany

Germany: Wide variety of information services for newcomers by refugee journalists
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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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