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The 'Yolo' café has become an important cultural center for the Syrian community in Istanbul. It was founded by Bayan, a young woman of Syrian origin, and her boyfriend. The café organizes Arabic-language courses for refugees living in Turkey.
Survivors of the February 26 shipwreck off Steccato di Cutro in the southern Calabria region and a 17-year-old Pakistani national accused of smuggling have appeared in court.
The EU border agency Frontex is to provide more support to Greece to deport rejected asylum seekers. The agency has been criticized for covering up human rights abuses against migrants at Greece's external borders.
The Turkish coast guard said it has rescued 38 people and recovered four bodies after two migrant boats are reported to have sunk off Turkey on Tuesday.
Another arrest has been made in connection with a fatal shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy that killed at least 72 people last month. Meanwhile, there’s growing disagreement about where the remains of the victims should be buried.
Germany has issued over 1,000 visas to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria using a new procedure, according to the foreign ministry. Yet the bureaucratic hurdles to obtain visas remain high. Meanwhile, Afghan women demand more German help for Afghans at risk from the Taliban.
According to the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais, Greek border authorities have taken at least €2.2 million in cash and goods from migrants and refugees during alleged pushbacks along the Turkish border over the past six years.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the multinational Amazon company are working together to assist persons affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, according to an IOM press release dated February 28.
About 40,000 Syrians have returned from Turkey to rebel-held regions of northwestern Syria. This follows an easing of restrictions on the movements of Syrian nationals, which had been in place prior to the deadly earthquake of February 6.
Sunday's shipwreck off the Calabrian coast of Italy was one of the country's deadliest in years. Rescue workers say new laws governing Mediterranean rescue missions will increase the number of these types of wrecks.
Turkey is accusing Greece of blocking migrants in the Aegean Sea, forcing them to take longer journeys directly to southern Italy. Crammed in the hold of large sail ships or rusty fishing boats, migrants travel on desperate journeys that can last as long as a week, with little food and water, after having paid smugglers thousands of euros.