From file: Migrants queue near a train station in Milan, Italy | Photo: Daniel dal Zennaro/ANSA
  • Italy

'Migrants need to come before propaganda' – Milan's deputy mayor

As large numbers of migrants continue to reach Italian shores, many of those who end up in the northern region of Milan are minors traveling alone. That poses special challenges for the city, the deputy mayor Lamberto Bertolé tell...

The intervention of the firefighters for the fire that broke out in the ghetto of Borgo Mezzanone, in the Foggia area, destroying a dozen shacks, October 1, 2022 | Photo: ANSA/ UFFICIO STAMPA VIGILI DEL FUOCO
  • Italy

Italy: Unions in Puglia urge actions to leave 'ghettos' behind
In the Ain Zara center, 'when it rains outside, it also rains inside' | Photo: Private
  • Libya
  • Sudan

'I can't imagine the future' – Ajabana, 'exhausted' after nine months of detention in Libya

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The court found migrant camps in the Netherlands did not meet European standards | Photo: Vincent Jannink / ANP / picture-alliance
  • Netherlands

Dutch court orders government to clean up inhumane immigration centers
The Italian Vice Deputy for Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, welcomes a group of refugees at Fiumicino airport, 25 July, 2022 | Photo: ARCHIVE/ANSA/Telenews
  • Belgium
  • Italy

Humanitarian corridors bring refugees to Italy and Belgium
Local residents helped authorities to rescue migrants on the Greek island of Kythera early Thursday, October 6, 2022. The migrants’ sailboat had crashed into cliffs and sunk | Photo: picture/alliance / Ippolytos Prekas / kythera.news via AP
  • Greece

Greece: At least 18 dead, dozens missing in migrant boat accidents
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Features

In the port of Crotone, about 50 boats used by migrants to reach Italy are placed under guard | Photo : InfoMigrants
  • Italy

Calabria, the land across the Mediterranean where migrants are 'treated well'
Deborah (L) and Mimi (R) work at the Women and Girls Safe Space | Photo: Emma Wallis / InfoMigrants
  • Italy

'Aunties' helping to create a safe space for women and girls in Palermo
A group of migrants rescued from a boat in the Channel arrived on Dungeness beach in southern England on May 15, 2022 | Photo: Stuart Brock/AA/picture alliance
  • France
  • United Kingdom

UK government intent on deporting Channel migrants
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Personal stories

Lampedusa, the stories of migrants who survived shipwrecks

Survivors of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean told their stories during a meeting with European students at a recent event on Lampedusa to commemorate two deadly shipwrecks in 2013 in which some 390 migrants died.

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.
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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

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  • 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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