Lebanon is suffering from one of the worst economic crises the world has ever witnessed, forcing many of its citizens to seek a better life abroad. Some are joining other migrants to make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.
Thousands of migrants have arrived in Tunisia from neighbouring Libya in recent years. Often picked up at sea by the Tunisian coast guard after leaving Libyan beaches, they hope to quickly cross from Tunisia to Europe. But they all come up against the economic reality of the country. Due to a lack of work and income, they cannot pay the smugglers and find themselves "trapped" in the country.
Libya's coast guard has intercepted 280 migrants on five boats on their journey to Europe. They are now due to be sent back to their respective countries of origins.
Eighteen Italian associations have sent a letter to the government asking to eliminate legislative issues creating "illogical discriminations" to access the citizenship wage basic income (RdC) and universal benefits for dependent children.
The economic crisis in Lebanon has left 120,000 migrant workers in need of humanitarian assistance to survive, according to UN migration agency IOM.
Stigmatization, unemployment, insecurity: Many asylum seekers deported from Austria to Afghanistan say the reality is even worse than the media reports.
The refugee support association ICS in Trieste has reported that the city does not have a plan to assist homeless people during the 'cold emergency'. "Anyone in a situation of extreme need is set to be left on the street," ICS said.
Blueberries, redcurrants, cloud berries. Sweden’s forests are full of these tiny jewels growing wild, but the harvest and sorting is hard work. A Deutsche Welle documentary has lifted the lid on the thousands of mostly Thai migrant workers who suffer difficult conditions for the ‘privilege’ of being allowed to work at this job every year.
A new study undertaken in MSF emergency centers between June and July 2020 showed that there appears to be a higher coronavirus infection rate among the poorest in Paris, including migrants and those living in precarious economic and social situations.
In the shantytown of Karantina in Beirut, immigrants and the poor remain without aid. Some are still trapped amid the rubble of the area's buildings that were devastated by the fury of the port's explosion on August 4.
While much of Europe is seeing decreasing numbers of COVID-19 cases, the German development minister has warned that the pandemic has yet to reach its peak in some developing countries. More aid is necessary, he said.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a once reliable form of help to a halt: Remittances — that's money sent by people working abroad to their families back home. Many Africans working in Spain who were once able to support relatives in their home countries are now no longer able to do so. Although the strict lockdown measures are slowly being eased, many migrants lost their jobs.