migrant routes

• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Yemen

Dozens of migrants from Ethiopia were flown home on Tuesday from Yemen. This was the first repatriation flight from the war-torn nation since 2019, according to the IOM.

• Turkey
• Greece

Three months ago, 28-year-old Stephanie* flew from Kinshasa to Istanbul to join her husband. To reach Europe, the young woman took a boat from Turkey. She said that her boat was turned back by the Greek coast guard, and that she and the other migrants were threatened with guns. This is her story.

• Canary Islands
• Morocco
• Spain

Almost 2,100 migrants are estimated to have died trying to reach Spain by sea during the first half of 2021. The death toll is close to figures for the entire previous year, according to the non-governmental organization Caminando Fronteras.

• Western Sahara
• Spain

More than 40 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from West Africa have reportedly died in shipwrecks in the past few days. Several hundred others made the crossing to arrive in Spanish territory.

• Morocco
• Spain

A new guide in several languages aims to help families and loved ones who are searching for missing migrants. The guide also highlights the rights of families and the responsibilities of countries for those who are missing.

• Croatia
• Bosnia & Herzegovina

In the town of Velika Kledusa, most migrants have only one ambition: to get to Croatia and continue their journey to western Europe. Some of them have already attempted the crossing more than twenty times. Each time they try, they risk being pushed back by force by Croatian police.

• Italy
• Libya

The incoming Libyan prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, has said that he wants to strengthen Libya's "privileged relationship" with Italy, focusing in particular on immigration.

• Italy

Italian authorities at the Port of Salerno on January 14 discovered 26 migrants who had illegally entered the country on a ship from Turkey. They had hid for more than three days inside two containers.

• Turkey
• Greece

Refugees and migrants in Greece trying to reach western Europe have accused EU border protection agency Frontex of taking part in illegal deportations known as "pushbacks." DW reports.

• Slovenia
• Italy

The incoming police commissioner of Italy's northeastern city of Trieste, Irene Tittoni, has promised to pay special attention to migration on the so-called "Balkan route." She also wants joint activities with neighboring Slovenia to restart soon.

• Germany

Several Afghan migrants were found after they jumped out of truck carrying tree trunks. The driver was completely unaware that the men were in the truck until he stopped just across the German border.

• Spain
• Gambia
• Senegal

A boat carrying mainly Senegalese migrants washed up in the Cape Verde archipelago off West Africa on Sunday night after being adrift at sea for several days. Several hundred more migrants also arrived in the Canary Islands.