At least 200 children have died this year on the central Mediterranean migration route from North Africa to Italy, an average of over one per day. The figures are released by UNICEF ahead of the G7 meeting in Taormina.
Hundreds of migrants are living on the streets of Grande-Synthe in northern France, a charity said Wednesday, more than a month after a fire destroyed the town’s humanitarian refugee camp.
Migration and the refugee crisis are on the agenda as G7 leaders meet in Taormina, Italy. 200 children have died crossing the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, and many migrants are without shelter in northern France after fires destroyed...
Today's picture shows a girl collecting paper boats in Palermo, Italy. The symbolic gesture is part of UNICEF's initiative to call for protection of migrant children as G7 heads of states meet in Toarmina today.
Six months after the demolition of the so-called 'Jungle' camp, a new report by British human rights organization 'Refugee Rights Data Project' examines the situation of migrant minors still living in the Calais area.
A refugee camp in Jordan has become the first in the world to be powered by renewable energy. The solar-powered Azraq camp is now changing the lives of some 20,000 Syrian refugees. Last week, the UN refugee agency and its partners switched...
The German NGO Jugend Rettet has stated in a Facebook post that the Libyan Coast Guard opened fire at migrant boats during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean. In response, the Libyan Coast Guard demanded proof of the accusations....
Hundreds of migrants will be transferred from the makeshift camp at the old Athens Elliniko airport to other facilities in Greece. Despite demands by human rights organizations, no deadlines were set as of yet.
The Italian coast guard and rescue agencies said that they had found dozens of bodies in the water, "mostly toddlers." The Libyan coast guard has been criticized recently for its treatment of the would-be migrants.
In France, equality between women and men is taken very seriously, by both society and the law. Though there are some lapses in its application, gender equality is an ideal toward which French society strives. How is it applied?
'Know Your Rights' is a free, multilingual handbook for Italians and foreigners to inform them on their rights during identification procedures, searches, arrest or detention by Italian security forces. Special sections cover the rights...
Last year’s deal between the European Union (EU) and Turkey meant greater cooperation on dealing with migrants reaching European shores. What’s behind the deal and how has it played out so far?
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 successfully relocated from Italy to Portugal, mother of beautiful baby Joana. Salem fled her country to find freedom, she has the courage to speak up about the smugglers, and to recount her...