Life torn apart: Return from Austria to Afghanistan
Stigmatization, unemployment, insecurity: Many asylum seekers deported from Austria to Afghanistan say the reality is even worse than the media reports.
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Trieste: Homeless without emergency assistance ahead of winter cold
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.
Thai migrant workers pay for the ‘privilege’ of picking berries in Sweden
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.
MSF study: Migrants and the poor showing higher coronavirus infection rates in Paris
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.
The forgotten residents of Beirut's Karantina
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.
Coronavirus: Germany warns of 'wave of refugees' unless aid budget increased
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.
Remittances run dry during coronavirus pandemic
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.
How COVID-19 changed the dynamics for refugee organizations
Life in Malawi's biggest refugee camp has been turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. But not every change has been for the worse. Inspirational refugee leader Innocent Magambi tells us what he would like to keep from the crisis.
Help for migrants in corona-hit Italy
Italy is one of the worst-hit countries in the ongoing global crisis with the novel coronavirus. Being also on the frontlines of migration to Europe, many asylum seekers are now finding themselves in particular need of help, as most Italian government departments are now effectively closed because of ongoing quarantine measures.
Nearly half of Afghan women want to leave the country
A new Gallup poll reveals that nearly half of all Afghan women would leave their war-torn country if they could. The news comes as Afghans prepare to head to elections in less than a week.
The Guinean village abandoned by its youth
The Guinean region of Mamou has long seen its young people leave to seek their luck in the bigger cities. But things have gotten particularly bad in the last five years due to the mass exodus to Europe. We visited Dara, a village where elders have to split the heavy farming workload between themselves to survive.
Man dies in fire in migrant shanty town in Italy
A man from Senegal was killed in an overnight fire at a shanty town mostly inhabited by irregular migrant workers and refugees. This is not the first time this area in southern Italy saw a destructive blaze.