The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said that 6,413 migrants and refugees have reached Europe by sea in 2019 as of February 3. A total of 208 were reported to have died during the crossing over the same period.
Many girls and women in Africa suffer from the effects of female genital mutilation (FGM), although it is banned in several countries. Doctors on the ground and in Germany provide medical and psychological help.
The UN migration agency IOM has over the past week taken 233 Ethiopian migrants out of Yemen on two trips via sea with the aim of returning them to their countries of origin.