The founder of the StraBerry start-up will face trial in Italy on charges of exploiting 73 foreign laborers on berry farms in the Milan area. The first hearing of the trial will be held on July 13.
The war in Ukraine has made the situation for refugees around the world much more difficult, a representative of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.
As France hails a "great surge of generosity" from its citizens in welcoming refugees from Ukraine, some experts warn that Europe must prepare for a continuing influx of unvaccinated people.
A doctor in the southern Italian city of Bari has received an award for administering a record 25,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines with her mobile team. Their goal: To reach the most fragile members of the community, including migrants at reception centers and Afghan refugees.
The ASGI association has sounded an alarm in Italy over new rules, which require those accessing all public offices to have a Green Pass. This, they fear, could potentially compromise some migrants' potential to seek asylum.
A joint police operation between Greek and German forces has resulted in one arrest and four raided locations belonging to a smuggling ring operating between Germany and Greece.
A new administrative detention center (CRA) opened on January 17 in Lyon, in southeastern France. Over the past four years, French authorities have doubled the capacity of these facilities which are reserved for migrants awaiting deportation. Aid organizations once again condemn the "prisonization of detention centers" and the "criminalization of immigration."
Germany remains the number one destination country for migrants in Europe, according to the Migration Report 2020, published by the German government on Wednesday. Overall immigration to Germany, however, fell by 23.9% compared to numbers in 2019.
Undocumented Afghan migrants struggle to access healthcare in Turkey, including coronavirus vaccines. With famine looming over Afghanistan, many are forced to take drastic measures to survive.
In 2021, asylum applications made in Germany increased significantly, as people continue to flee Afghanistan and migration resumes following the coronavirus pandemic.
Since October, aid organization Samusocial de Paris has been offering COVID-19 vaccinations twice a week to homeless people, mainly migrants, at Porte de la Villette, in northern Paris. The organization has to face many challenges dealing with this mobile population with little access to the internet and which does not always speak French. InfoMigrants spoke with Maëlle Prioux, head of health projects at Samusocial and Samy Rasli, coordinator of public health actions at Samusocial.
In its offices in northern Paris, the French Office of Immigration and Integration (Ofii) is offering COVID-19 vaccinations to everyone who comes to file their asylum applications. For this population on the move, it is also an opportunity to take stock of their health in general.