Refugees rescue NGOs in Germany have strongly refuted claims they were working with people smugglers to save migrants coming to Europe by sea. An InfoMigrants special tells the story of AfricanTide, an organization to help migrants and Iraqi refugees look forward to reuniting with their families. Read more in today's roundup.
Media sources claim that the German government will resume deportations to Afghanistan next week. Tunisia starts a campaign against human trafficking and InfoMigrants takes a look at Spain's asylum policy. All this and more in today's roundup.
A video on a teen migrant has been released as part of the new campaign "Briser le tabou," or breaking the taboo - against human trafficking in Tunisia. The campaign was launched by the Tunisian Forum on human rights (Ftdes) and the association of Lawyers Without Borders (Asf), Spanish NGO Novact,with the patronage of the European Union.
The number of migrants who left Tunisia for Italy increased by 45 percent from 2015 to 2016. According to the Observatoire Maghrébin des Migrations, the increase is due to unfavorable economic conditions and a lack of employment chances in Tunisia.
The anti-mafia police in Palermo have uncovered a criminal group that organized illegal migrant crossings from Tunisia to Italy aboard fast powerboats. The group has been conducting activities "threatening national security," prosecutors in Palermo said Tuesday.
Germany has passed a new set of laws for quicker deportation of rejected asylum seekers. Families of over 500 Tunisian youths who went missing in 2011 on their way to Europe, are pleading to governments for help in finding them and MSF's Dr. Stoebe writes about his personal experiences at detention centers in Libya. This and more in today's summary.
The families of the Tunisian association La Terre Pour Tous are seeking the truth about what happened to 504 Tunisian youths who disappeared in 2011 in a journey to Italy. They have put pressure on governments to help, meanwhile raising awareness on the dangers of crossing the Mediterranean.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has officially presented its 'Aware Migrants' campaign in Tunisia. The goal is to inform migrants about the dangers of crossing the desert and the Mediterranean Sea.
©ANSA What is life like under a veil for a young Muslim girl whose parents were immigrants? Takoua Ben Mohamed tells her story in a graphic novel with a heavy dose of irony, recounting daily travails, problems, misunderstandings, and criticism from her Italian peers and ultra-conservative Muslims. The book, "Sotto il Velo" [under the veil], published by Becco Giallo, has become a bestseller.
The German upper chamber of parliament has rejected a law that that would have eased deportations of refugees to North African countries. Austria and Slovenia are warning that the so-called Balkan route is not yet closed, and EU leaders are looking to punish those countries in the bloc not taking steps to resolve the migrant crisis to Europe. All this and more in today's news roundup.
Germany will give Tunisia 250 million euros to support development projects in poor areas, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in Tunis. Germany and Tunisia have also signed a new immigration deal.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to North Africa where she intends to discuss migration and development in the region. Activists have called on her to also address human rights abuses.