Abdulrazak Gurnah, who was born in Tanzania, has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee."
As part of kits for migrants rescued at sea The Ibby library on the island of Lampedusa has donated picture books to the NGO migrant rescue ships run by Sea Watch, Mediterranea and Open Arms.
A new illustrated book called "AJAJA=ayeeyo: Words that unite the Mediterranean" tells the stories of people who crossed the desert and the sea on rickety boats amidst violence and fear. The stories are inspired by the true stories of refugees in Sardinia.
Whether it’s to keep themselves warm, charge their phones or surf the internet, hundreds of migrants have in the past few years spent much of their days at the library located in the grounds of Paris’ science museum. At the library, they can take French or computer classes for free. InfoMigrants went to visit.
An Iranian refugee won Australia's most prestigious literary prize for a book he wrote on his mobile phone. The author, Behrouz Boochani, is however detained in Papua New Guinea and not allowed in Australia.
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.
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.
Making books and documents available for foreigners in order to foster integration - that's what the initiative Scaffali Interculturali (Intercultural Shelves) is doing in the Italian Valle d'Aosta region with the support of the local government.
The Athens-based NGO We Need Books fosters social inclusion for migrants through books. By creating the capital's first multilingual library, co-founders Ionna Nissiriou and Nadir Noori hope to help refugees and migrants blossom in Greece.
The book "Passaggi Migranti," by Chiara Longo Bifano and Stefano Natoli, uses stories of conversations with taxi drivers around the world to examine themes of migration.