Armed attacks in South Sudan have forced some 30,000 people to flee their homes in recent weeks, according to UN figures. The region surrounding the eastern African nation, which has been plagued by violent conflict for years, could be the breeding ground for the next major migration movement.
Over two million people have fled South Sudan due to fighting and extreme weather events; well over one million South Sudanese nationals have been internally displaced. One of them is Alok, whose story was recently recounted by IOM (UN Migration Agency).
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has urged global leaders to curb the most devastating humanitarian consequences of the climate crisis and avert a catastrophic future for millions of displaced people.
Around 64,000 people are considered missing in Africa — almost half of them children. War, disasters and crises tear families apart. Many dream of being reunited with their loved ones. But where should the search start?
Only 68% percent of refugee children have access to primary school education, and only 37% to secondary school education, according to a new report by UNHCR.
Fourteen people have been sentenced to eight months in prison in Morocco for offenses connected to a mass crossing into Melilla in June. The men were arrested the day before around 2,000 migrants tried to scale the fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave.
At least 95 refugees from various African countries and Syria have arrived in Italy on a UNHCR charter flight. The migrants were victims of torture and other serious forms of abuse.
UNHCR has launched a music campaign on social media giant TikTok to promote solidarity with refugees. The initiative is aimed at raising funds and drawing attention to the tens of millions of displaced people around the world.
Fight irregular migration, return and reintegrate migrants, create more legal pathways to the EU: The European Union set high goals with its Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. DW examines whether the EUTF achieved them.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has praised Egypt's efforts to stop migrants trying to reach Europe by departing from the country's Mediterranean coast.
A Nigerian film and the Berlinale's first South Sudanese entry revisit the issue of migration from an African perspective. DW talked to filmmakers Ike Nnaebue and Akuol de Mabior.
Twenty refugees from Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo arrived in Italy on September 11 thanks to the project University Corridors for Refugees. They will be able to continue their studies at 10 Italian universities through a scholarship.