In southeastern Spain around 200 migrant workers were evacuated on Monday when the camp where they were living was engulfed by fire. The blaze happened on the same day authorities planned to demolish the site.
After escaping the Taliban in August 2021, a group of Afghans spent over one year in Kosovo and three other countries, living with great uncertainty before the small Baltic country of Latvia accepted them. InfoMigrants spoke to one of the Afghan refugees who made it to the Latvian capital Riga.
On Wednesday, a baby boy was born on board the migrant rescue ship Geo Barents in the central Mediterranean. The baby’s mother fled Libya with her three other sons. A second woman on board was also nine months pregnant. Both have now been evacuated.
The chaotic scenes at Kabul airport last year have come to symbolize the pivotal moment of the violent Taliban takeover in August 2021. But not everyone who scrambled to get onboard a flight succeeded at the time -- even if they qualified.
Thanks to a humanitarian corridors project, on Wednesday, 37 Syrian nationals including 13 minors arrived in Rome on a flight from Beirut. On October 28, another 29 refugees are due to arrive from Lebanon.
The mayor of France's coastal town of Nice has closed down a local migrant camp after obtaining a court order. However, questions remain about the legality of his actions.
Twenty-seven persons who suffered abuse and torture in Libyan detention centers have found shelter in Italy and will have access to specialized medical assistance. The group was evacuated at the end of June with a humanitarian flight from Libya to Italy; approximately half are now hosted in apartments offered by Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
The German government has said that nearly 12,000 Afghans are still waiting for their evacuation to Germany. That's about one third of the number of people who were granted admission approval since the Taliban takeover.
Migrants have been protesting in front of the UNHCR office building in Tunis for weeks. They are trying to draw the attention of the media and humanitarian organizations to their living conditions, and to demand that the UNHCR expedite their requests for international protection.
In front of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Tunisian capital, dozens of migrants have been camping for several weeks in plastic tents. They want the UN to process their requests to be evacuated from the country.
Refugees and migrants are protesting in front of the UNCHR offices in Zarzis in southeastern Tunisia demanding evacuation to other countries.
Fleeing the horrors of war, many of Ukraine's Jewish population have fled to Moldova. From there, the refugees are being picked up by Israeli aid organizations to be flown to safety in Tel Aviv.