The ADA card issued to asylum seekers in France will no longer function as a cash withdrawal card from November 5. It will only work as a "payment card" in shops and markets. This has sparked criticism from migrant rights groups.
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The UNICEF says that nearly 25,000 children are stranded in Greece, Bulgaria and Hungary. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's party and its allies have won the parliamentary elections. And InfoMigrants speaks to Syrian school children about Germany's education system. Read more in today's news summary.
Refugees in the Kakuma camp in Kenya are struggling to get food and water. The Italian coast guard alongside NGOs managed to save 3,000 migrants in the Mediterranean this weekend and InfoMigrants gives you a look into the world's biggest refugee camps. All this and more in today's roundup
Nearly 100 African migrants are missing after a boat sank off the Libyan coast. Migrants returning home to the Gambia report of abuse in Libya, and a new documentary film tells the story of a migrant from Cameroon who traveled four years to reach Germany. This and more in today's news roundup.
More NGOs have come out to deny allegations by the EU border agency Frontex that they aid human traffickers. A new website tests politicians' promises on migration and the African network of Germany has launched a project about the dangers of illegal migration to Europe. All this and more in today's roundup
The UN says African migrants are being sold as slaves in Libya. 20 million people risk starvation in Africa due to famine, and elderly refugees face challenges in languages courses in Germany. All this and more in today's roundup.
The Grande Synthe migrant camp in Dunkirk was enveloped in a huge fire earlier on Tuesday. The UN has warned of "mass starvation" of people in Somalia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, and young migrants in Germany are being forced into prostitution. Read more in today's news summary.
A new report suggests more and more young migrants in Germany are turning to prostitution. Rwandan refugees share memories of their home country and the EU AFTER program in Italy aims to fight female genital mutiliation (FGM). All this and more in today's roundup.
World leaders are divided by US President Trump's decision to launch airstrikes on a Syrian airforce base. A report by the US-based Enough Project claims that the EU is helping fund a militia in Sudan to keep migrants from going to Europe, and Syrian migrants in Egypt have decided to stay there rather than make the journey to the West. All this and more in today's roundup.
Russia and European leaders clash at the UN following the gas attack in Syria. Afghan asylum seekers are being sent back to their country and Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has denied that Rohingya Muslims are being racially targeted. This and more in today's news summary.