Pollsters at Gallup International have discovered that 36% of people around the world would prefer to live in another country. DW spoke with Gallup International President Kancho Stoychev about the findings.
With a million Ukrainian refugees and an expected 200,000 asylum claims, migration to Germany this year is set to surpass the 2015 European migrant crisis.
Record numbers of people are moving to the UK even as the pro-Brexit government promises to crack down on immigration. Roughly 50,000 EU citizens left the UK over a one-year period, while 331,000 non-EU citizens arrived.
The movement of highly skilled labor from developing countries to richer ones is largely seen as a negative trend. But voluntary migration is nuanced and complex.
Amnesty International denounced the fact that "since president Kaïs Saïed power grab on 25 July, 2021" the condition of human rights in Tunisia "has significantly regressed". The NGO asks for the repeal of all measures that do not respect and uphold human rights standards.
As part of his official visit to Zambia, Italian president Sergio Mattarella has asked to open official channels in the countries of origin of migrants and not to push back boats carrying them.
The number of Italian citizens who have chosen to live abroad is higher than the number of immigrants who reside in Italy, new research shows. The COVID-19 pandemic, legal barriers and other obstacles have impeded the growth of Italy's immigrant population, the Catholic foundation has said.
A new report released by the Tunisian National Institute of Statistics provides an insight into migration trends from Tunisia's perspective. The report found that nearly one in five of those polled, aged 15 and older, said they would like to emigrate.
During a visit to Algeria, Italian president Sergio Mattarella said on the issue of migration that "Europe and Africa are called upon to do more, as part of collaboration that is open, effective and sincere, where the positions may at times be distant but always respectful and constructive."
The overall number of foreigners who registered in Italy's civil registry in 2019 dropped by 7.3% on 2018 figures. Registrations by migrants from Africa decreased by 28%, according to the Italian statistics bureau ISTAT.
For more than a decade, Palestinians in Gaza have been largely trapped. Now, many of those who managed to migrate are returning, as the COVID-19 pandemic thwarts any hope of a future abroad.
Tunisia prevented several departures of migrants to Italy at the start of the week, officials say. But Tunisian migrants continue to arrive on Italian shores: 71 migrants made it to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Tuesday.