InfoMigrants speaks to journalist Gabriela Ramírez about the detention of refugees in Lithuania and a creative project that seeks to help them cope with their situation.
The 'Fly With Me' Afghan kite flying festival took place in different cities all across Europe, to show solidarity with Afghanistan. Participants enjoyed a showcase of Afghan culture with music, poetry and dance, before hoisting their handmade kites into the sky.
Jawed Taiman was a child when his family fled Afghanistan. His film-making took him back to the country, only to be forced out again. He spoke to InfoMigrants about his connection with Afghanistan, and the events there which left him feeling broken.
The Tate gallery in Liverpool, UK has just opened an exhibition of a 2016 video installation by the artist Candice Breitz. In it, she looks at the global nature of refugee’s stories, and asks: In our media-saturated world, are we more likely to listen to a Hollywood actor recounting a refugee story, or the unknown refugee themselves?
Cartoonist Hossein Rezaei was evacuated on one of the last planes leaving Afghanistan before the Taliban seized power. For the past 10 years, he has been using his drawings to document life in his home country.
Italian actor Germano Gentile has gotten a lot of attention for his starring role in 'Il Legionario'. The award-winning film tells the story of a young police officer who is torn between his work and his family when he's ordered to clear a building occupied by migrants, including his mother and brother.
Hossien Rezaye arrived in Amsterdam on one of the final flights out of Kabul. A combination of timing and luck allowed him a narrow escape from the Taliban as the extremists encroached on Afghanistan's capital. He was evacuated to the Netherlands with help from The Cartoon Movement – an Amsterdam-based NGO – and the Dutch Foreign Ministry.
A giant puppet of a young refugee girl is part of "The Walk," an art initiative that traveled 8,000 kilometers in support of refugees. She is now a special guest at the Open Festival in the Netherlands.
Can music change perceptions about migrants and refugees? The Citizens of the World Choir in London is trying to do precisely that. Its members welcomed Little Amal to London -- at a very special venue.
Some Afghan women refugees who fled to India a few years ago have found livelihood in a startup that aims to build sustainable communities of artisans. The women who work here have faced tremendous hardships in the past. Now they worry for their relatives back home under the Taliban rule.
"We are also artists" is a new exhibition launched by a collective of migrants and residents in the Calais area. The organizers say it's a way to remind us that "migrants" are above all human beings.
Veteran mayor Leoluca Orlando has transformed the Sicilian capital from a Mafia stronghold into a beacon of migrants' rights, and opera has been key. But Palermo's inclusive vision may be about to die.