The island of Chios is located near the Turkish coast. Photo : InfoMigrants
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'I had dreams and desires': Migrants prosecuted as smugglers languish in a Greek prison (3/3)

In a prison on the island of Chios, a dozen migrants, mostly Syrians, are serving sentences after Greek justice prosecuted them as smugglers. InfoMigrants met with them. Charlotte Oberti reports.

Ylva Johansson, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Gunnar Strommer, Sweden’s Minister of Justice and Maria Malmer Stenergard, Sweden’s Minister of Migration, attend a press conference at the first informal ministerial meeting during the Swedish EU Presidency, Stockholm, Sweden, January 26, 2023 | Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
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  • European Union

EU migration ministers reach consensus over returning irregular migrants

The Sea-Eye 4 impounded in the port of Palermo | Photo: Screenshot from Twitter @seaeyeorg
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Italy: League wants to further restrict immigration law amid allies' opposition

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Transgender activist Shakiro has been granted asylum after a long struggle | Photo: Reuters
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  • Cameroon
  • Nigeria

Cameroonian transgender activist arrives in Belgium after receiving asylum
Some 700 people demonstrated in Grevesmühlen against plans to build a new asylum reception center in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany, January 26, 2023 | Photo: Picture-alliance
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Hundreds protest construction of asylum accommodation in north Germany
From file: Many unaccompanied minors don't have any documentation on them to prove their age | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa/U. Deck
  • United Kingdom

UK: Over 100 organizations call for independent probe into missing migrant children

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ECPAT's title photo on its Twitter account shows what appear to be young migrants standing on a UK beach | Source: @ECPATUK
  • United Kingdom

'More than 200' migrant children went missing in the UK, admits minister
Members of the crew of Iuventa, a search and rescue ship run by Jugend Rettet, face criminal accusations. The ship was seized five years ago | Source: Iuventa10
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Charged with saving migrants' lives – rescuers facing criminal prosecution
Sea-Eye rescuers with migrants in the Mediterranean, November 14, 2022 | Photo: picture alliance / ROPI | JOE RABE
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Do NGO ships encourage more migrants to cross the Mediterranean?
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Personal stories

The story of Ibrahima: From migrant to delegate in transit center

Malian migrant Ibrahima has been chosen as a delegate of his country in a transit center managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Agadez, a city of Niger in the heart of the Sahara desert.

Fawwaz' story: The tragedy of a Syrian killed by those who should have protected him

The tragic story of Fawwaz as told by his relatives to ANSA bears many similarities to that of many Syrians, betrayed and cheated by human smugglers and soldiers when crossing borders.

Richie Nath: Painting against the Burmese military dictatorship

Richie Nath is 27-year-old painter who fled Myanmar after the 2021 military coup. He is now a refugee in Paris where he continues to paint artworks criticizing the Burmese military junta's brutal repression of dissent. Rights groups and investigative media have documented Myanmar's systematic killing, enforced disappearance, torture, rape and other sexual violence against protesters since the coup and the country's continued ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas since 2012.
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Understanding Europe

Checkpoint Paris offers free STI testing, treatment and prevention regardless of healthcare coverage
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LGBTQ+ migrants get free sexual healthcare in Paris clinic
People in a dinghy off the coast of Libya with a ship in the background | Photo: Picture-alliance/AP Photo/O.Calvo
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  • Libya
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Looking for a missing loved one: How do I even begin to search and who can help?
Screenshot of the Amal Frankfurt website in Dari from January 10, 2022 | Source: amalfrankfurt.de
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Germany: Wide variety of information services for newcomers by refugee journalists
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The European Union

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  • European Union

Are you seeking refuge from the war in Ukraine? Beware of human traffickers when on the move
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Information for people fleeing the war in Ukraine
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Fighting migrant smuggling: 2021-2025 EU action plan

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