SOS Mediterranee estimates it could take "four long days" for the 113 rescued migrants on Ocean Viking to reach the Italian port city of Ravenna. Pregnant women, three babies and dozens of unaccompanied minors are on board.
After a commercial flight from Morocco to Turkey made an emergency landing in Barcelona yesterday, 28 of the passengers fled across the tarmac in an apparent attempt to get into the country using irregular means.
'Being pregnant or a minor guarantees you asylum in the European Union.' This is a common myth told by smugglers to people who wish to reach the EU. InfoMigrants takes a look at the facts.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has convicted Hungary of inhuman and degrading treatment of an Iraqi refugee family. The family in question was detained in the transit zone between Serbia and Hungary for more than four months in 2017.
After receiving threats in Côte d'Ivoire, 19-year-old Sarah fled to Libya. Shortly after her arrival, she was arrested and imprisoned in Tajoura, a suburb of Tripoli. She says the prison guards raped her every night until she gave birth to her son. Today, the young woman dreams of crossing the Mediterranean Sea. This is her story.
As another body was discovered in the Channel on Friday, the British government is facing mounting criticism over its handling of Channel migrants both as they attempt to cross and after they arrive in the UK.
On Monday, January 25, 373 migrants on board the Ocean Viking were disembarked in the port of Augusta in Sicily. The migrants had been rescued from three different small boats in the space of 48 hours.
36 migrants from Iran and Afghanistan, traveling from Turkey, were rescued off the coast of Lesbos on Sunday. The migrants were taken to Petra port on the island where they were tested for the novel coronavirus, and then taken into quarantine.
Pregnant and afraid, refugee and migrant women worry that they could catch the coronavirus when they give birth in Greece's public hospitals. But they have little choice.
Zeinab and her husband fled Afghanistan two years ago and arrived at the overcrowded Moria refugee camp in October. Eight months into her pregnancy, Zeinab sleeps in a tent on rough terrain, surrounded by what international NGOs and the EU have slammed as appalling conditions. Zeineb is scared about the future but tries hard not to be discouraged. InfoMigrants' reporter Holly Young spoke to Zeinab on Lesbos.
Mary is Ghanaian and several months pregnant. She lives in Hamburg, but she has no residence permit or health insurance – which could pose a risk to her and her baby. Many migrants without documents don’t seek important medical treatment because they are scared of being deported.
A highly pregnant migrant from Ethiopia currently residing in Germany is expected to be deported to Poland, where she had first filed for asylum. The case is considered to be a particularly challenging implementation of the so-called Dublin agreement.