The private rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, run by the German organization Sea Watch, has been seized by Italian authorities after an inspection uncovered "administrative" and "safety" irregularities, which could "compromise the vessel, its...
The transfer of a group of unaccompanied migrant children from Greece to Portugal this week has brought them a step closer to a life of safety. But as tens of thousands of children remain behind in squalid migrant camps, their mental...
Pope Francis has likened the living conditions in migrant detention centers in Libya to concentration camps. The comments came during a mass commemorating the pontiff's journey to the Italian island of Lampedusa seven years ago.
On Tuesday, July 7, a Hungarian court sentenced four migrants to one year in jail each. The court judged they entered the country illegally by tearing down a fence at the border.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a seasonal support project for one million people including internally displaced persons, refugees, returnees, and vulnerable families experiencing food insecurity in Mali.
The Italian Refugee Council (CIR) has launched a project called ''La bellezza dell'integrazione'' (The beauty of integration) which organizes training courses for 120 refugees who have been granted international protection, the humanitarian...
Sol Escobar is the chairperson of the Cambridge Assessment Refugee Support Committee in the UK. At the beginning of 2019 she went to Calais as a relief volunteer -- a trip that convinced her that she needed to do more to communicate refugee...
Will you be sent back to Italy if you had your fingerprints taken there, but then applied for asylum in another EU country? What happens if you are to be deported under Dublin but you refuse? We put these questions and more to a number...
The transfer of a group of unaccompanied migrant children from Greece to Portugal this week has brought them a step closer to a life of safety. But as tens of thousands of children remain behind in squalid migrant camps, their mental...
Some believe that if they give birth on European soil, they will somehow receive a residency permit or some form of protection. Let's look at what the law says about this.
The amnesty to regularize undocumented workers came as part of a detailed "relaunch decree" from the Italian government totaling €55 billion. Here we break down who might be eligible and how you can apply.
The novel coronavirus is highly contagious and can spread at an exponential pace. Migrants and refugees living in communal facilities are one of the highest risk groups during the COVID-19 pandemic because social distancing is virtually...
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 woman who successfully relocated from Italy to Portugal. The mother of a beautiful baby called Joana, Salem fled her country to find freedom. She had the courage to speak up about smugglers...