The Refugees Welcome project, which offers the possibility for families to host refugees in their personal homes, has resumed following the coronavirus lockdown in Italy. Eighty families that applied for the programme are currently being evaluated to participate.
Many of the migrants saved by the Ocean Viking private rescue boat celebrate their arrival in Italy, as they know they've made it to the European Union. But there's still a long road full of uncertainties ahead for the new arrivals. For the time being, however, they focus on sharing their hopes and dreams.
Dozens of migrants who were imprisoned at a detention camp in Libya have shared their personal testimony of torture and violence at the hands of three men who were arrested on Monday in Messina. The accused are currently being held in pre-trial detention.
In the past few months, smugglers seem to have established a new clandestine route to bring African migrants to Europe. An increasing number of Cameroonians now find themselves 'trapped' in Cyprus after being sold a 'smuggle package' to Italy. Although Syrians still top the list of asylum seekers in Cyprus, Cameroonians are quickly catching up, and a growing number of other Africans are joining them. InfoMigrants went to Nicosia to investigate.
The UN has called on Spain to protect a Cameroonian adolescent girl who fled a forced marriage with an elderly man. A medical examiner had declared her an adult despite evidence to the contrary and expelled her from a migrant center.
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.
Following an attack against a city in north-eastern Nigeria, an estimated 30,000 Nigerians have fled to Cameroon, the NGO Action Against Hunger reports.
Since the summer of 2018, hundreds of young migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa have arrived in Bayonne in France, located just 30 kilometers from the Spanish border. Some of them have been taken in by local families. Sixteen-year-old Ulrith from Cameroon is one of the migrant minors who received a warm welcome when he was taken in by Stéphanie and Pierre, who have four children. This is his story.
Arriving illegally in France in 2013, Francis Ngannou today goes head-to-head with the greatest fighters of MMA, a discipline combining the techniques of judo, karate, jiu-jitsu and Thai boxing. The 32-year-old Cameroonian now earns his living from the sport in Las Vegas. InfoMigrants retraces the path that took the champion from sleeping in a Parisian parking lot to his extraordinary destiny. For the first time, he recounts the story of his exile and success.
A group of 121 migrants from Cameroon have returned home from Libya. The migrants were flown home on a charter flight as part of a program promoted by the European Union.
Thousands of people have sought refuge in Nigeria after fleeing the Anglophone regions of Cameroon due to new violence there, according to UN Refugee Agency UNHCR.
A year after the signing of a refugee deal between Europe and Turkey, nearly 60,000 migrants are still stuck in Greece. What is life like for them? InfoMigrants went to investigate.