The remains of a migrant boat on the French coast | Photo: Reuters
  • Afghanistan
  • France
  • Iraq

Families wait for the truth after Channel tragedy

Four Afghans are waiting in France to find out if they might be related to migrants who died in the Channel shipwreck on November 24. The shipwreck claimed the lives of 27 people. So far, just one victim has been identified.

Jean* from Cameroon escaped from a Libyan prison | Photo: Majda Bouazza/InfoMigrants
  • Cameroon
  • Germany
  • Libya

Jean: 'I was kidnapped in Tripoli'
From file: National flag of Ireland
  • Ireland

Ireland: New scheme to regularize undocumented migrants

News

A policeman surveys the coastline in the north of France | Photo: Reuters
  • France
  • United Kingdom

Channel shipwreck: France launches appeal to identify victims
A Western Union sing in Munich, Germany | Photo: Alexander Pohl/imago
  • Gambia
  • European Union

'Critical lifeline' – migrant remittances to grow 7% in 2021
The now closed former camp for asylum seekers on Samos, Greece, on October 22, 2021 | Photo: EPA/Michael Svarnias
  • Greece

Amnesty accuses Greece of illegally detaining migrants in Samos camp
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Features

Migrants cross the Alps from Italy to France at night in February 2021 | Photo: Mehdi Chebil / InfoMigrants
  • Italy

Tales from the Border (6/8): Italian Alps -- Crossing by night
The German Federal Police and the Office for Migration and Refugees have set up a special center to receive new arrivals in Brandenburg | Photo: picture-alliance
  • Belarus
  • Germany
  • Poland

Poland to Germany: 'Just cross the bridge'
It all began in 2014 when Michael Kurzwelly started a choir with asylum seekers and locals from Frankfurt and Słubice | Photo: Michael Kurzwelly
  • Cameroon
  • Germany
  • Poland

Słubfurt: A welcoming space for migrants between Germany and Poland
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Personal stories

'My plan has always been to get to the UK': 21-year-old Harish, stuck between borders

21-year-old Harish from Iraqi Kurdistan has been living in one of the Grande-Synthe camps, near Calais, for 10 days. In the course of just a few weeks of travelling around Europe, Harish has found himself at the heart of the two major hotspots of the migratory crisis, on the Polish border and the French coast.

Amer's story: From Damascus to the border with Poland

This is the story of Amer, a former Syrian school teacher who ended up in Belarus from Damascus in search of a better future in Europe. He has been living in a basement on the outskirts of Minsk while waiting for a call from a smuggler who is supposed to take him to Germany.

Anthony's story: 'I suffered in Africa and I'm coming to suffer here again'

Anthony from Liberia has spent the past seven months in a reception center for asylum seekers in the town of Eisenhüttenstadt in east Germany, near the Polish border. This is his story.
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Understanding Europe

In some countries in the EU, subsidiary protection and refugee status have different entitlements | Photo: picture alliance
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy

What is the difference between refugee status and subsidiary protection?
In Germany, undocumented workers are often found on building sites | Photo: Pixabay
  • France

France: What should undocumented workers do when they suffer a work-related injury?
From file: Spain's southwestern province of Huelva produces up to 97% of Spanish strawberries. Most of them are picked by female migrant workers from Morocco | Photo: Prelsi/Interfresa
  • European Union

Immigration to Europe: What category do I fit into?
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The European Union

Credit: European Commission
  • European Union

Fighting migrant smuggling: 2021-2025 EU action plan

Credit: European Commission
  • 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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