Kalina Yordanova is a clinical psychologist in Bulgaria who has been working with refugees since 2009. She has recently been applying her expertise to help Ukrainians via an online platform called 'Кожа'.
Lena* is a communications professional. She ran her own agency in Ukraine and was used to being independent. Five days after the war started, she felt she had no other option but to flee Kyiv with her son. She is now in Bulgaria, attempting to put her life back together again "from scratch."
Charities have raised concerns over the welfare of lone refugee children in the UK, who have been placed in accommodation by the Home Office.
The number of migrants trying to reach Poland from Belarus is on the rise. Polish authorities said on Tuesday that 134 people had attempted to cross the border over the previous 24 hours – a 'record this year'.
According to the head of migrant aid group Pro Asyl in Germany, accommodation and reception facilities is the main problem facing Ukrainians newly arrived in Germany.
The Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has warned States and front-line civil society organizations that it is necessary to urgently adopt measures to protect those fleeing war in Ukraine from human traffickers, in particular minors and orphans.
In 2021, asylum applications made in Germany increased significantly, as people continue to flee Afghanistan and migration resumes following the coronavirus pandemic.
An Afghan girl evacuated from Kabul over the summer managed to hold on to her treasured pet, a Mynah bird. But for health reasons the bird was not allowed to fly all the way to France with the girl. That’s when the French ambassador to the UAE promised to take care of the bird for her.
In February 2020, Paul, a father from Côte d'Ivoire, first spoke with InfoMigrants about his chaotic situation in Paris where he was surviving without fixed accommodation with his then 4-year-old twin daughters. Contacted again by InfoMigrants a year and a half later, Paul reveals that his life has "clearly" improved. His daughters have been granted asylum, although he has not. They also went back to school. Here is his story.
Two Afghan refugee children in Poland have died after ingesting poisonous mushrooms. The two children were aged five and six.
The organization Save The Children reports that some 80,000 minors have abandoned their homes since the start of June to flee violence. The organization warned on August 2 that they are in "dire need" of food, shelter and medical care.
UNICEF and Italy's National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP/INMP) have signed an agreement to boost safeguarding of the health of minors, women and families from the migrant community.