The charity Migrateful was set up two years ago to help refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in the UK teach cooking classes in a bid to help them on their journey to integration. It currently operates in London and Kent and is about to launch in Bristol.
At least 17 people have been killed after a bus carrying migrants overturned in eastern Turkey. About 50 people were also injured in the accident that took place in Van province.
Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg's foreign minister, has warned of a "huge wave of refugees" in case of an escalation of the conflict between the United States and Iran about uranium enrichment. The Islamic Republic of Iran is home to roughly one third of the 2.7 million Afghan refugees worldwide.
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has launched a series of consultations to better protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) refugees. Consultations will take place over the next few months in different parts of the world.
Turkish authorities said they stopped 636 migrants on Wednesday who were trying to reach EU countries irregularly. Meanwhile, migrant bodies continue to turn up at the border between Turkey and Iran, where the bodies of nine foreigners were found on Tuesday, as winter snow thawed.
Political decisions, persecution and economic conditions force Afghan refugees in different regions across the globe to return home, despite serious security and economic challenges in Afghanistan. InfoMigrants takes a closer look.
Refugee students in German universities experience vast differences compared to their home countries. Whether it is the curriculum, campus life or financial considerations, there is a lot they have to adjust to. InfoMigrants' Aasim Saleem spoke to students from three different regions to explore what the big differences really are.
There's a growing movement in Germany of people sheltering rejected asylum seekers who are at risk of being deported. They call it humane and an act of civil disobedience. But some critics warn that 'citizens' asylum' is illegal and may not help anyone in the long run.
That was the gist of a question posed in the German Parliament towards the end of February by a group of parliamentarians from the Left party, Die Linke. In detail, the inquiry asked whether a higher proportion of Iranians, than other nations, were having their attempts at asylum refused in Germany and if so why?
An Iranian refugee won Australia's most prestigious literary prize for a book he wrote on his mobile phone. The author, Behrouz Boochani, is however detained in Papua New Guinea and not allowed in Australia.
The economic struggles in Iran have forced many Afghans to return to their home country. The trend is likely to continue.
If the US were to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan, it could trigger a new wave of refugees to leave the country, experts warn. Estimates put the potential number of refugees in the hundreds of thousands.