A giant puppet representing a Syrian girl is set to travel 8,000 kilometers – from a Turkish city near the Syrian border to England – to raise awareness for the plight of refugee children. Several of her puppeteers are refugees.
The UN refugee agency declared the winners of an art competition for schoolchildren in Greece this week. Among them is an 11-year-old Syrian refugee. The goal of the contest was to send a message about the importance of unity, solidarity and equality.
A group of scouts from the city of Taranto in southern Italy has met with asylum seekers to mark World Thinking Day. The scouts donated "tiles of peace", which will be installed in three symbolic locations of the city.
A memorial and a theater will be created at a former quarry on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The memorial will be dedicated to those who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean, especially the more than 360 migrants who died in the tragic October 2013 shipwreck.
The film "Borga" tells the story of a Ghanaian migrant who wants to make it big in Europe. But the reality of his new life in Germany largely shatters those dreams.
"Temple of Refuge" illustrates Iraqi-Kurdish migrant Sartep Namiq's journey to Berlin. It was commissioned with the help of a unique organization.
2020 has been a difficult year for many people the world over. A global health pandemic, economic problems and even more people displaced than before were just some of the challenges we all faced. But to try and spread a bit of cheer as the year comes to a close, InfoMigrants decided to look back at some of the positive stories we featured. Here’s a few focusing on how migrants helped their communities pull through the dark times.
Ibrahim Kamara left The Gambia and arrived in Cyprus in 2018. Although he didn’t know where Cyprus was, or really intend to land there, he has made the best of his situation. Today he has found happiness and a way to live in peace on the Mediterranean island that has become his new home. InfoMigrants caught up with him by telephone.
"The writer from a country without bookshops" is a portrait of exiled poet Juan Tomas Avila Laurel, highlighting the long, brutal rule over his homeland, Equatorial Guinea.
A new music video, created by Together Productions and I Speak Music and supported by the IOM and other partners, brings musicians and artists from around the world together in a collaborative project to connect people in solidarity with displaced communities.
When hundreds of thousands of refugees crossed Germany’s borders in 2015, Chancellor Angela Merkel promised: "We can do it!" This is the story of how Iraqi refugee Raisan Hameed became a successful photography student.
The documentary film "No Borders. Stream of Conscience" by Italian director Mauto Caputo tells the story of migrants on the Balkan Route. Caputo spent a year and a half filming in the Karst Plateau region, along the border between Italy and Slovenia. He recently spoke to ANSA about the experience.