Elin Ersson prevented a plane from taking off that had an Afghan man aboard who was supposed to be deported back to his country. A Swedish court ruled that she will not have to spend time in jail, but ordered her to pay a fine.
European Union countries plus Norway and Switzerland saw a 10 percent drop in international protection requests in 2018 compared with 2017. The EU border agency, Frontex, also says arrivals via the Central Mediterranean route in January were 73 percent down on the previous month.
Refugee success stories show how migrants, after fleeing from war, have managed to build a new life in Italy in which they make a contribution to society. These stories include refugees such as Sohrab, 25, from Afghanistan; Charity, 25, from Cameroon; and Soumaila, 31, from Mali.
A Swedish activist is facing legal action for stopping a plane from flying with an Afghan deportee on board. While she may have had good intentions, the outcome took an unexpected turn. Did she make the right decision?
A total of four million refugee children around the world go without schooling, with numbers rising, according to a report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). It said girls are the most discriminated against.
In 2015, *Mohammed was arrested after being accused of selling Christian literature – a crime which carries the death penalty in his native Afghanistan. While in transit to the court, Mohammed managed to escape his captors after Taliban gunmen ambushed the police convoy he was traveling in. Now, he faces imminent deportation back to Afghanistan, because the country in which he sought refuge – Sweden – doesn’t consider his home province a conflict zone.
Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, has voted in favor of declaring four additional countries "safe countries of origin." However, the Bundesrat, the upper house, still has to ratify the decision. The addition of Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Georgia to list of safe nations is not without controversy.
The UN agency International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched the online platform E-Campus through which it is possible to follow courses on migration.
The government of Afghanistan has denied entry to a failed asylum seeker deported by Germany. The Afghans say the man was turned back at the border as per agreement with the German government because he's mentally ill.
The economic struggles in Iran have forced many Afghans to return to their home country. The trend is likely to continue.
The first deportation flight of 2019 took place Monday evening - in total, it was the 20th deportation flight of rejected asylum seekers back to Afghanistan. Pro-asylum groups have called for an end to the controversial flights.
68.8 million people around the world have been forced from home, among them 25.4 million refugees. The number is on the rise, as the UN refugee agency UNHCR reports, but fewer refugees are arriving in Germany.