A boat carrying hundreds of migrants arrived on Lampedusa island Monday night (September 27, 2021) | Source: Screenshot Associated Press (APTN)
  • Italy

686 migrants arrive on Lampedusa aboard old fishing boat

Within just a few hours, over 800 migrants hailing from Syria, Bangladesh, Morocco and Egypt landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa on several boats. Italian media reported that women and children were among the 686 passengers of1

Poland says more troops will be sent to the border in the wake of four deaths there | Photo: picture-alliance
  • Belarus
  • Poland

Poland seeks extension of state of emergency on Belarus border
Migrants at a refugee camp south of Vilnius, Lithuania | Photo: Mindaugas Kulbis/AP/Picture-alliance
  • Lithuania

Migrant child dies in Lithuania after heart and lung problems

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Migrants are attended by Spanish authorities after their arrival at Orzola's port in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, 26 September 2021 | Photo: ARCHIVE/EPA/JAVIER FUENTES FIGUEROA
  • European Union

Asylum requests in EU up in second trimester of 2021
Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska (C) poses together with his counterparts from Cyprus Nikos Nouris (L), Greek Immigration and Asylum Policies Minister Notis Mitarachi (2L), Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese (2R) and Malta's Interior Minister Byron Camilleri at the beginning of EU MED5 group's meeting in Malaga, southern Spain, September 25, 2021 | Photo:EPA/DANIEL PEREZ
  • Italy

EU migration pact in parts 'unacceptable', says Italian interior minister Lamorgese
Migrants are attended by Spanish authorities after their arrival at Orzola port in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, September 26, 2021 | Photo: IMAGO
  • Canary Islands
  • Spain

IOM: Over 780 migrant deaths on Atlantic route this year
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Features

Adults and minors refugees and migrants stand behind razor wire at Kara Tepe camp on Lesbos island, Greece on September 19, 2020 | Photo: EPA/Vangelis Papantonis
  • Greece
  • Turkey

Greece's asylum policy has been getting stricter instead of simpler over the past year
Polish border patrol officers guard a group of migrants who attempted to cross the border between Belarus and Poland near the village of Usnarz Gorny | Photo: Reuters
  • Belarus
  • Poland

'This is like death': Polish border guard pushbacks put migrants' lives at risk

Lutfullah Mashal worked as a translator for German military and police trainers in Afghanistan | Photo: Oliver Weiken/dpa/picture-alliance
  • Afghanistan
  • Germany

Left behind: Afghans unable to get on the evacuation flights still hope for help
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Personal stories

'After the fire in Moria, we were full of hope of getting out of Lesbos'

Christian* arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos from Turkey in September 2019. This young Congolese man lived for more than a year in the overcrowded Moria camp and then on the street after a fire destroyed it. He is currently living in the new Kara Tepe camp, which was supposed to be a temporary solution. But he tells InfoMigrants how this situation does not seem to be changing.

'My daughters were granted asylum': An Ivorian father in France says his situation improved

In February 2020, Paul, a father from Côte d'Ivoire, first spoke with InfoMigrants about his chaotic situation in Paris where he was surviving without fixed accommodation with his then 4-year-old twin daughters. Contacted again by InfoMigrants a year and a half later, Paul reveals that his life has "clearly" improved. His daughters have been granted asylum, although he has not. They also went back to school. Here is his story.

Afghan teacher arrives in Italy: 'School is our future'

An Afghan teacher who has just arrived in Sardinia said in a recent interview that the situation back home collapsed suddenly, leading her to flee the Afghanistan of the Taliban. With her is an 18-year-old student.

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Understanding Europe

Who will succeed Angela Merkel? Depending on the results of Germany's parliamentary election on September 26, it could be Olaf Scholz (SPD), Armin Laschet (CDU) or Annalena Baebock (Greens) | Photo: imago
  • Germany

German election: How do political parties view migrants' issues?
Germany issues the most Blue Cards in the EU, often to engineers, computer scientists and doctors | Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa
  • Germany

EU Blue Card: More flexible rules for skilled migrants in Europe
Dozens of tent camps have been erected at Ramstein to provide the evacuees with shelter | Photo: picture-alliance/ASSOCIATED PRESS/Olivier Douliery
  • Germany

What is the status of Afghans evacuated to Germany?
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  • European Union

Fighting migrant smuggling: 2021-2025 EU action plan

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  • European Union

Entering the EU - online visa application process and digital visa

Logo for New Pact on Asylum and Integration | Credit: EU Commission
  • European Union

EU: The New Pact on Migration and Asylum
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