According to estimates by the Pakistani authorities, some 30,000 to 40,000 people from Pakistan attempt illegal passage to Europe via Iran and Turkey every year. InfoMigrants spoke to an expert to find out which factors lead to this trend.
The European Union started pouring money to Libya to improve the conditions in the detention centers and to stop the flow of migrants to Europe. But an Associated Press (AP) investigation has found that parts of these funds have facilitated an intertwined and highly lucrative web of businesses that thrive on the misery of migrants in Libya.
No running water, no electricity, putrid toilets, no heating – many have long called for the Vucjak migrant camp in Bosnia to be closed. Today, authorities reportedly started transferring migrants out of the camp, after announcing its closure last week.
Children make up over 45% of the people living in and around Greece's infamous Moria camp. These thousands of children are living in unbearable conditions and with very few facilities. InfoMigrants takes a closer look at some of the basic amenities that are there for Moria's children.
This camp is not Moria: Even though set up right outside the notorious Moria refugee camp, living conditions at the "CampUS" migrant camp are significantly better than inside Moria. "CampUS" is run by a Dutch NGO, Movement on the Ground, which puts a focus on community and empowerment.
Border restrictions or not, human smuggling from Greece to Western Europe is still happening. InfoMigrants' reporters were recently in the Greek capital to investigate. This is their account.
Afghan migrant Samiullah is one of many who have arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos in recent months. Samiullah complains of abuse in Turkey, but his decision to migrate to Greece was also based on rumors that are circulating among migrant groups in Turkey. Here is Samiullah's story.
Migrants at the Malakasa (Gerakini) migrant camp near Athens say they are lacking adequate facilities and that they share makeshift tents with up to 7 people. The attention is on the Greek island migrant hotspots, and help is not available for those on the mainland, one Afghan migrant told us.
The Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece, was designed for 3,000 people. There's currently over 13,000 people living there. InfoMigrants visited the camp in October 2019.
Every migrant and refugee has a story. InfoMigrants recently spoke to some people on the Greek island of Lesbos and heard their stories. Here are three such stories from migrants and refugees from different parts of the world.
Pakistani migrant Naseer Ahmed lives at the Moria Refugee Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos in a makeshift tent. He has Hepatitis C but is not permitted to travel to Athens to receive treatment. We talked to him in early October.
Humanitarian efforts and media attention have picked up following the arrival of over 10,000 refugees and migrants in Greece last month. But the situation on the ground remains critical and experts are skeptical it will change any time soon. InfoMigrants’ reporters Aasim Saleem and Amanullah Jawad were in Greece to find out more.