The Lebanon Humanitarian INGO Forum (LHIF), which comprises 51 international NGOs, has urged Lebanese authorities to stop demolishing refugee shelters. LHIF said demolitions carried out by troops are traumatic for refugees who have fled war.
The refugee crisis in Greece continues as EU border agency Frontex announced that the flow of people into some parts of the country has increased by a quarter compared to last year.
Unaccompanied minor refugees and migrants in Greece are at risk of violence and abuse and often live in catastrophic conditions, a new report by the Germany-based organization "Equal Rights Beyond Borders" finds.
Europe is the dream destination for many refugees from Africa and the Middle East. Many try to cross the Mediterranean Sea by boat — some landing on a Greek island. But it's not easy for refugees in Greece, with overcrowded camps and bad living conditions. Yet on the little Greek island of Leros, it's different. But how? This report by Michael Lehman is presented by Kathleen Schuster.
Police on the Greek island of Lesvos arrested 13 asylum seekers after violent clashes at the Moria refugee camp following a surge in arrivals at the overcrowded facility.
Lebanese security forces have destroyed 20 refugee homes for breaking building regulations that refugees have to abide by. Aid organizations have said they expect further demolitions to follow.
To mark World Refugee Day this June, the UNHCR is encouraging people around the world to count the steps they walk, run and cycle and register on a website. The aim? To cover the distance that refugees are forced to walk every year in order to reach safety. The campaign aims to honor the efforts families make to survive, the UNHCR says.
As many as 25,000 Syrian refugees in the Lebanese city of Arsal have been told that their homes are to be demolished from July 1. The government has extended a June 9 deadline to begin removing all refugee shelters built with materials other than timber and plastic sheeting. InfoMigrants visited one of the settlements in the city, where residents fear they will soon be left homeless.
Migration is the theme of a new mini-series, co-produced by French and German media. Under the title “Eden”, five different human stories across six episodes are woven together in an attempt to portray the extent that the current migration context has touched everyone’s lives in Europe.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has published a report "Including the Excluded" on the organization's work to provide medical care to migrants and refugees living at the occupied former Olympic village in Turin known as the ex-MOI. MSF said it allowed marginalized people to enjoy their "right to health."
The conflict over Western Sahara has smoldered for more than 40 years. Morocco's offer of autonomy for the region is now on the negotiating table, but that's not enough for many of the Saharawis exiled in Algeria.
Three years after the signing of the EU-Turkey deal, some 12,000 people are still holding out on the Greek islands' 'hotspots,' while thousands more live across the mainland in dire, unhealthy and dangerous conditions. Calling Greece a "dumping ground," Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called on European leaders to take action to end the "harmful policy of containment."