The UN refugee agency has organized its first art competition, the Youth with Refugees Art Contest. The contest was aimed at young designers from all over the world and inspired by the theme "everyone counts in the fight against the virus, including refugees."
The UN Migration Agency IOM has joined with various groups to produce a music video in order to "celebrate the extraordinary contributions of displaced people and migrants to our world."
Basma Jabr, a young Syrian singer, has worked hard to get her music heard by audiences in Austria where she settled after fleeing war in Syria. Since coming to Austria, she has learned how music helps bring different cultures closer together
What is life like for the children of migrants in Italy? That's the focus of a new web series, which tells the stories of young second-generation immigrants. The goal: To fight prejudice and stereotypes.
The Italian Refugee Council (CIR) has launched a project called ''La bellezza dell'integrazione'' (The beauty of integration) which organizes training courses for 120 refugees who have been granted international protection, the humanitarian organization said on July 7.
A concert directed by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti will open on July 5 as part of the Ravenna Festival -- "Le vie dell'amicizia" (The roads of friendship) in the ancient town of Paestum near the Campania city of Salerno. The event is dedicated to the plight of Syrians in a country long ravaged by war.
A monument on the island of Lampedusa by the artist Christo and titled "Gateway to Europe" was "packed up" with plastic bags and tape on the night of June 2. Despite wrapping being a signature style of the artist, who died late last month, the move has sparked controversy.
This is the story of Kilson, a young Angolan who is blocked in Italy due to the coronavirus, following a theatre workshop in Palermo, where he arrived in March. "Now I find myself with an expired tourist visa and continually calling the embassy to know what my future will be if the quarantine continues for a long time," he said.
In the Netherlands, migrant children are finding ways to cope with "the new normal" under virus containment measures. Together with a local non-profit group they have come up with some creative solutions.
Artist und activist Zehra Doan is auctioning of one of her artworks to help fund the migrant rescue missions of NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans.
A German broadcaster has demanded "clear answers" from the pop star after a video surfaced of him singing apparent anti-migrant lyrics. But Xavier Naidoo hit back, saying he is against "exclusion and racial hatred."
Migration was on the big screen at the most recent edition of the Berlinale, the Berlin film festival. One of the films with that subject at its heart was "Eyimofe" (This is my desire), a Nigerian film that examined dreams of migration through two characters living in Lagos. InfoMigrants caught up with the film’s director and screenwriter, brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri.