refugee rights

• Germany

Being a refugee with a regular income can be expensive: German municipalities make refugees with personal earnings pay part of the rental fees if they live in shared accommodations. Hundreds of euros for a bed in a shared room are the norm. Researchers and refugee advocates criticize a lack of transparency and asylum seekers' little influence on their accommodation due to the difficulty of finding a regular apartment.

• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Lebanon

The charity Migrateful was set up two years ago to help refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in the UK teach cooking classes in a bid to help them on their journey to integration. It currently operates in London and Kent and is about to launch in Bristol.

• Italy
• Malta

The Times of Malta has published a report claiming that migrants were subjected to ill treatment on a film set for an Italian production. Among them was a pregnant women. Several crew members reportedly resigned following the incident.

• Gambia
• Germany

A media report that Hamburg footballer Bakary Jatta is playing under a false name has sparked investigations by the DFB (German FA) and city authorities. The report claims there are also doubts about Jatta's age.

• Germany
• Syria

One year after the introduction of family reunifications for refugees who have been given subsidiary protection in Germany, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called for the German government to also recognize siblings as family members that could become eligible for reunification.

• France

21 African migrants were detained by French police Saturday after they surged into the Pantheon mausoleum in Paris to push their claims for regularized status. The detainees will be held pending investigation into potentially "violating legislation on foreigners," the local prefecture said.

• Germany

It’s hard to imagine life without a bank account. In Europe, everyone, including refugees, asylum seekers and those with a tolerated stay have the right to a payment account with basic features. We look at the ins and outs of opening a bank account in Germany and everything that goes with it.

• Italy
• Vatican City

Migrants, refugees and trafficking victims have become “emblems of exclusion,” Pope Francis said in his message for the 2019 World Day of Migrants and Refugees which will be celebrated on September 29 this year. The attitude is “sounding an alarm bell for the moral decline we will face if we continue to give ground to this throw-away culture'', he added.

• Finland
• Greece
• Hungary

Each individual country in Europe has its own set of rules to naturalize into the country. No matter where you end up, it will take years and some money. In part 2, InfoMigrants takes a look at Poland, Finland, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary and Luxembourg.

• Côte d’Ivoire
• Italy

The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation has ruled in favor of a homosexual migrant from the Ivory Coast. He had been denied refugee status in Italy even though he said he faced serious threats from his family back home.

• Greece

Around 200 refugees in Greece will have to move out of accommodation that was provided to them through an EU funded scheme. Their cash assistance will also be stopped. The caps are necessary to assist newly arrived vulnerable persons, the UNHCR says.

• Hungary

"The global assault on NGOs has reached a crisis point," human rights organization Amnesty International claims. The organisation criticizes Hungary in particular; they believe the Orban government is harassing organizations that support migrants and refugees.