War, disasters, economic crises: Every year, millions of people around the world are forced to leave their homes. DW illustrates who is going where and why, who is taking in refugees, and who is sealing themselves off.
The International Centre for Climate Change and Development says governments should create a legal status for those displaced due to climate change and help shift public attitudes toward refugees.
Around 5,000 migrants are currently being held in Libyan detention centers, according to official numbers. The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says this figure is just the tip of the iceberg, with many more suffering in unofficial detention facilities.
A young Afghan man opted against taking a risky migration route to Europe, choosing instead to stay in his home country to start a local business. The International Organization for Migration, a UN agency, helped fund it.
Twenty-two Syrian migrants who have spent more than five months in Libya are on a hunger strike to demand their release, a human rights group has said. Thousands of migrants are detained under appalling conditions in the north African country.
The bodies were found in Cutro in eastern Italy. The migrants reportedly drowned after their boat broke up against rocky reefs.
As the death toll from the Syrian and Turkish earthquake keeps climbing, millions of people in Idlib province in northwestern Syria are in desperate need. The UN, and individuals, are doing what they can to help.
Malian migrant Ibrahima has been chosen as a delegate of his country in a transit center managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Agadez, a city of Niger in the heart of the Sahara desert.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on January 11 issued a statement urging Sweden’s rotating presidency of the European Union to safeguard those who are forced to flee their home countries.
Every year, hundreds of migrants disappear on migration journeys across the world, the Central Mediterranean being the deadliest route with most recorded deaths. Where can relatives of missing loved ones turn for help?
The number of migrants who were intercepted at sea and brought back to Libya by Libyan authorities last year is equal to 24,684 persons, a 24% decrease compared to 2021 when they were 32,425.
Tunisian authorities say they rescued a group of 108 migrants from their sinking boats on New Year's Eve. The number of migrants attempting the dangerous crossing from North Africa to Italy has been on the rise in recent months.