More than 50 migrants discovered in truck in North Macedonia
Police in North Macedonia say that they have discovered 53 people crammed inside a truck. The driver of the vehicle was reportedly arrested during the police operation.
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Indian asylum seeker hospitalized as he continues hunger strike in Ireland
An Indian asylum seeker who is fighting for his right to stay in Ireland has been hospitalized on day nine of his hunger strike. Nadim Hussain is pleading to be granted permission to remain in Ireland; he says he will be killed if he returns to India.
'Greatest challenge to human rights' – UN demands support for rising number of 'environmental migrants'
The UN human rights chief has called on countries to take in people uprooted by natural disasters. According to a new World Bank report, climate change could cause some 216 million people in six regions to move within their countries by 2050.
Video: Afghanistan's Hazara refugee women stitch future dreams
Some Afghan women refugees who fled to India a few years ago have found livelihood in a startup that aims to build sustainable communities of artisans. The women who work here have faced tremendous hardships in the past. Now they worry for their relatives back home under the Taliban rule.
Why Afghan asylum-seekers are protesting in India
Several thousand Afghan nationals who arrived in India over the past few decades are demanding greater rights for themselves, just as the country begins to take in those fleeing the current crisis.
Are India's emergency visas for Afghans issued based on religion?
India's past citizenship policy, which critics say excludes Muslims, has raised questions as to who is eligible for special new humanitarian visas for Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban.
Extreme weather displaces record numbers of people as temperatures rise
More than 40 million people were driven from their homes by continued conflict and worsening weather in 2020 as the climate grew increasingly chaotic.
UN: Women, kids and migrants at greater risk in second Covid wave
The UN special rapporteur on trafficking, Siobhán Mullally, told the UN General Assembly that the second wave of COVID-19 had increased exploitation risks for women, children, migrants, and other vulnerable people.
More than 80,000 applications for migrant regularization in Italy
A total of 80,366 applications for migrant regularization in Italy have been submitted in the first month of the scheme, which began on June 1 as part of post-COVID-19 relaunch measures. The vast majority of the cases have already been processed. However, the Italian interior ministry said the number of applications is continually growing.
Extreme weather disasters and wars displace millions
Forced from their homes by floods, storms and wars, millions of internally displaced people are now at risk of a pandemic.
No country is free from modern slavery, but would you know it if you saw it?
Slavery isn't a thing of the past, but a reality for more than 40 million people around the globe. DW talks to one of the world's oldest anti-slavery organization about why slavery still exists today.
International migrants: 'Small' number, big money
A very small percentage of the world‘s population resides outside the country in which they were born. According to the UN migration agency's latest figures, most of them migrate to find work, sending home more than half a trillion dollars.