Two Afghan youths jailed for starting Moria fire
Two Afghan youths have been sentenced to five years in prison each. A juvenile court on Lesbos found them guilty of starting the fire that destroyed the Moria refugee camp in September last year.
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Libya: 70 migrants freed from Bani Walid secret prisons
Seventy migrants who were reportedly beaten and tortured in six secret prisons in the Libyan city of Bani Walid have been released. The city is considered a hub of human trafficking in Libya.
UK: People smugglers could face life in prison
The British government says it plans to crack down on people bringing migrants across the English Channel. The Prime Minister announced that penalties for smugglers would be "stiffened".
UK court sentences smugglers to prison over deaths of Vietnamese migrants in truck
The ringleaders of a human smuggling group have been handed prison terms for their involvement in a plot that led to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants. Their bodies were found in a truck near London in 2019.
UK: Deportation flight to Jamaica takes off, 13 on board
A deportation flight from the UK to Jamaica took off in the early hours of Wednesday morning. On board were 13 men of the original 50 destined for the flight. Campaigners continue to protest, saying that the UK's deportation laws "condone child cruelty" by separating parents from children.
Italy upholds jail sentences for Tunisia-Sicily 'luxury' migrant smuggling trips
An Italian prosecutor's office has upheld jail sentences imposed on six individuals of Italian and Tunisian nationality that ran ''luxury'' trips between Tunisia and Sicily for migrants. The ruse was discovered in a 2017 operation against clandestine migration.
Bosnian minister proposes deportation and incarceration of migrants
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, the security minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina suggested that migrants should be deported from the country. He alleged that refugees and migrants posed an economic burden amid the pandemic — as well as a security threat. The mood against migrants in Bosnia is beginning to turn sour.
Love in exile (2/3)
They come from all over the world and have recently arrived in Europe in search of a better life. On the road to exile, some have found love, others have just missed it. Some say they were able to overcome a daily reality of hunger, beatings and humiliations with the help of their loved one. Others discovered that their relationships exacerbated the pain of leaving home. InfoMigrants met some of them. Here is the story of Jalal, a Somali migrant abducted by traffickers in southern Libya. The 24-year-old spent several months in an underground prison. It was in this hellhole with no daylight that he met Leila, the woman of his life.
Council of Europe criticizes Danish migrant detention centers
A recent report released by the Council of Europe has called on the Danish government to improve the conditions in two of its migrant detention centers.
Born in Evin prison: An Iranian migrant in Germany
Maryam Zaree, daughter of Iranian parents, is a successful actress and director based in Berlin. As a teenager, she found out a well-kept secret: that she was born inside Iran's infamous Evin prison. Now Zaree produced a documentary to come to terms with her parents' silence and to shed light on her own migration history.