A new multi-language online portal for migrants in the German city of Frankfurt is just one of a variety of newcomer-focused news and information services in Germany. InfoMigrants has compiled a list with offers for refugees, often made by refugees.
A data-driven documentary produced for the BBC's "Africa Eye" program reveals details on the deadly events that took place on the border of Spain's Melilla enclave on June 24, leaving at least 23 migrants dead and many others still unaccounted for. The film raises some serious accusations against both the Spanish and Moroccan governments.
EU border agency Frontex has responded to an investigation indicating it covered up pushbacks of migrants in Greece. While the agency acknowledged a number of wrongdoings and shortcomings, it also said they are "practices of the past."
Thousands of Afghans are still having to wait for an appointment to apply for a German visa to join their families, who have already left the country. The security situation as well as human rights in Afghanistan have worsened since the August 2021 takeover by the Taliban.
The Mexican government has welcomed 124 media workers and their family members from Afghanistan, as people continue to flee the country after the Taliban takeover.
DW and other major German news outlets have made an urgent appeal to Chancellor Angela Merkel to quickly evacuate Afghan journalists who put their lives at risk to report from the conflict zone.
There has been a reduction in news and headlines on migration in the Italian media in 2020, while on a lexical level the derogatory and legally incorrect term "illegal" has made a return. That's according to the 8th annual report on media and migration in Italy, "News in Transit", by the Carta Association of Rome.
Migration and refugees make the news more often in Germany than in nearly all other European countries. But researchers say that across Europe, media coverage rarely gives migrants themselves a voice.