The Hollywood actress Katie Holmes and her daughter were on the Greek island of Lesbos last week working with refugees in the Moria refugee camp. Both Katie Holmes and the organization she was working with, (New York based) Artolution, posted photos on Instagram about the experience.
Italy's hardline migrant policy has fueled a debate in the country over how to address new arrivals. In an effort to foster cohesion and understanding, one artist is covering her local village in golden blankets.
Zena is an artist, a writer and an architect from Damascus. Being a refugee in Berlin has raised a lot of existential questions for her in her life.
Music school students and migrants from hosting centers in Palermo, Sicily, are performing in a multi-cultural orchestra to promote integration.
An Italian coroner has written a book about migrants who died trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean. One of the most heart-rending is that of a 14-year-old from Mali who died in a boat in the Mediterranean on April 18, 2015, who was carrying his school report card with him.
Aram fled Syria in 2015. The 27-year old artist found safety in Berlin, Germany, but also misses home: "The sky color is different. The smell of the air is different. When it rains it’s different here than where I come from."
The film "Dove bisogna stare" (Where You Need to Stay) tells the story of four women volunteers who work with migrants in Italy. The documentary, which was created in collaboration with Doctors Without Borders, will begin screening in Italian theatres on January 17.
Fifteen Afghan girls founded the "Migratory Birds" — a newspaper made by refugees for refugees. For the young authors, reporting about their own lives is an act of self-empowerment.
Migrants are working as museum guides in Florence, to talk about the city's and Italy's heritage. The hope is that by reinterpreting the city's culture for visitors they will improve their own integration. That's all thanks to a project called Amir.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR has launched a book in Italy called 'Anche Superman era un rifugiato' (Superman was a refugee too) with stories about refugees by 12 writers and 12 illustrators set in the present and past.
Can you create art out of the traumas many refugees had to undergo to reach Europe? An exhibition in a small village in northwest Germany sponsored by the Malteser charity is doing just that in hopes of helping refugees to process their experiences.
Dance and music help integrate women migrant victims of abuse with "Creta", a production which recently went on a Mediterranean tour in Cairo and Jordan.