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From file: Two Sudenese migrants looking at a beach in Slack, northern France, from where many migrants attempt to reach England via the Channel. Picture date September 8, 2021 | Photo: Mehdi Chebil/InfoMigrants

Belgium
France
Germany

Europe struggles to assist largest number of asylum seekers in six years

As the European Union continues to lack a unified migration policy and countries fail to provide basic necessities to asylum seekers, charities and regional networks rush to fill the gaps.

European Union

Fact check: Does being a minor guarantee you asylum in the EU?

The German Bundestag just passed a law making more migrants with a "tolerated stay" permit eligible for regular residency permits | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa/J. Büttner

Germany

Germany: Bundestag passes 'opportunity right of residency' law

News

From file: Cyprus has repatriated almost 7,000 migrants this year according to authorities. Others still waiting for decisions are resident at the Pournara Camp in Cyprus | Photo: Anupam Deb Kanunjna / InfoMigrants

Cyprus

Cyprus announces nearly 7,000 repatriations since January

From file: some of the 90 asylum seekers landed in Berlin | Photo: Michael Sohn/AP Photo/picture-alliance

France
Germany
Italy

German authorities fly 90 rescued migrants from Italy

A publicity poster from the film Tra le Onde --Amid the waves | Photo: ANSA / Eurofilm

Italy

Film 'Tra le onde' -- a tale of migration, love and dignity

Features

The Tunisian health system lacks so much funding that it doesn't manage to retain the doctors it trains | Photo: Moncef Slimi/DW

France
Germany
Tunisia

Employees wanted in Europe: A Tunisian perspective (2/2)

For many years, migrants have been trying to enter the EU by crossing the Evros River, which forms the border between Turkey and Greece | Photo: Ahmed Deeb/dpa/picture alliance

Greece

Mystery around alleged death of girl on Greek-Turkish border

The UK border police invests a lot of effort into detecting clandestine passengers in cargo traveling to the UK | Photo: Andrew Matthews/AP/picture-alliance

France
Germany
Nigeria

Hidden from sight: The dangers of clandestine migration journeys

Personal stories

Maïmouna's tale: 'Returning home from Libya, I was so scared of my family's judgment'

Maïmouna, a 33-year-old Ivorian, always dreamed of starting her own business in the Ivory Coast. Lacking funds, she decided to migrate to Europe to work. She hoped the money she'd earn could enable her to return home to realize her dream and help her family. But the journey through Libya, marred by kidnapping and imprisonment, killed all her hopes.

Samia, an Algerian in northern Serbia: 'The next step is Hungary but the children are tired'

Samia first left Algeria with her two small children to join her husband in Turkey. Together, they then took the Balkan route with the goal of reaching France, where Samia's sister lives. The family is now stuck in northern Serbia, where they are waiting to cross the Hungarian border.

Mazen, the ordeal of an abducted refugee teen in Libya

A 14-year-old Sudanese refugee boy, Mazen, was abducted in August near his house in Warshafana, Libya. He was first held in a militia prison and he is currently detained in a juvenile prison in the Tajoura area, east of Tripoli. His father told ANSA that he still doesn't know why his son is being held and that the boy is in poor health.