Slovenia completes refugee resettlement program, IOM
Slovenia completed its first refugee resettlement has been completed with the October 10 arrival of the last Syrian family included in it.
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Khaled Hosseini's 'Sea Prayer' pays tribute to refugees gone missing
Afghan-American Khaled Hosseini's 2003 book The Kite Runner, about a young boy living in Afghanistan during the Taliban, riveted audiences and ranked at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Now, his latest novel highlights the travails migrants encounter when leaving their home country.
Over one-fifth of irregular migrants to EU arrive by land
Over one-fifth of migrants who arrive irregularly in Europe do so by land, according to the UN migration agency IOM. Between January and early September of this year, there were 17,966 land arrivals in Europe.
UNHCR ends asylum seeker registration in Turkey
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has ended its registration of asylum seekers in Turkey, passing the responsibility to Turkish authorities.
New influx of Afghan refugees in Turkey
Thousands of Afghans have arrived in Turkey since the beginning of the year, many of the recent arrivals fleeing from Iran. They often find little help in Turkey which hosts the world's largest refugee population.
More migrants on route from Turkey, +37% intercepted in 2018
An upswing has been seen recently in the number of migrants trying to get to Europe from Turkey, the vast majority of whom are using boats on the Aegean Sea to do so.
Migrant route from Turkey more popular, +60% stopped in 2018
The migrant route from Turkey to Europe is rising again in popularity. Nearly 15,000 people have been stopped in 2018 thus far by the Turkish Coast Guard, a 60% increase on the previous year.
Greek authorities accused of illegal pushbacks and violence against migrants
Growing numbers of migrants are trying to enter Greece via land routes from Turkey. At the same time, there are reports that Greek authorities are using practices including forced expulsions of migrants back across the border. InfoMigrants has received a video secretly filmed by a man who says he was the victim of such an operation.
Migration expert Gerald Knaus: 'We need solutions, not ideas'
He was instrumental in devising the EU-Turkey refugee deal, which was signed in 2016. But Gerald Knaus is far from thinking his work is done. The migration expert is trying to find new solutions to the changing patterns of Europe's refugee situation.
New migrant route involves sailboats from Turkey
A new migrant route from Turkey has been opened up by human traffickers - particularly Ukrainian and Russian - to transport migrants to Europe, mainly through Italy. In recent weeks, the smugglers have used sailboats and landed on the beaches of Sicily at night.
Migrant route from Turkey more popular
The migrant route from Turkey to Europe is rising in popularity. Some 14,470 people trying to use it have been stopped by the Turkish Coast Guard so far in 2018, a 60 percent increase on the previous year.
Dozens drown as migrant boat sinks off Cyprus
At least 30 people drowned when a boat carrying about 150 migrants sank off the coast of northern Cyprus on Wednesday. Around 20 are still missing.