A European watchdog raised concerns after German police allegedly squeezed the genitals of an Afghan deportee. While deportations are professionally conducted, there is room for improvement, the rights committee said.
Human trafficking between Africa and Europe has not only thrived in recent years, it has grown into a highly abusive system involving corrupt elites and political networks. Jan Philipp-Scholz, the author of a new book on the migration business, has spoken with migrants in Africa on nearly every step of their journey. Their testimonies reveal the extent of abuse and human rights violations happening on Europe’s doorstep.
Two Saudi Arabian women who fled their families to Georgia this week have been offered help by authorities. The sisters are the latest in a stream of women using Twitter to escape the Saudi male guardianship system.
It has become increasingly difficult for refugees to make their way from Greece to Central Europe. Even in the face of police violence and the risk of arrest, thousands still embark on the dangerous journey.
Refugees and migrants in Algeria are facing difficult times. Amid the country's ongoing political transformation, authorities choose to deal with sub-Saharan migrants in the country by deporting them to Niger – into the middle of the desert.
A rights group has accused EU governments of "fueling a growing humanitarian crisis" on the bloc's border with Bosnia. Many of the migrants stuck there face dire living conditions.
The 15 minors stuck on board the Sea-Watch 3 for almost two weeks spoke to ANSA about their journey and their future dreams in Europe. They had been refused entry to Italian ports after being rescued at sea in January. Their traumatic experiences continue to haunt them.
A single meal a day, no cleaning services, migrants forced to light fires to cook - these were among the conditions at some migrant reception centers in Prato, Italy, an inquiry has found. The head of the consortium that ran these centers has been accused of misusing public funds and defrauding the state. She has been placed under house arrest.
A trial of 32 guards and workers accused of abusing refugees and migrants at a reception center in 2014 has started. The case in the small western town of Burbach has triggered widespread outrage and has forced regional governments to reassess the standards at such facilities.
Nineteen NGOs have signed a joint statement saying that the conditions at the Moria migrant reception center are worse than ever. They have called for an improvement in conditions and a reduction in the severe overcrowding of the camps on country's islands.
It took an Eritrean migrant saved by the Italian coast guard ship Diciotti three and a half years to go from Sudan to Milan, Italy. ''One dies in Libya,'' Josief said.
The 27 unaccompanied minors who disembarked the Italian Coast Guard ship Diciotti were "skeletons, tired, exhausted, confused", according to accounts from NGO workers who met them as they landed in Catania.