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.
With more than 70 million displaced people worldwide, working out how to provide them with shelter is a huge challenge. Designing a place that could become their home for decades is even harder, especially when there is little political will.
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.
Thousands of migrants and refugees are stranded in Bosnia on their way to Western Europe. They are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. The international Red Cross says some have died while trying to find shelter.
Over the last 10 days, in four separate operations, French police have demolished make-shift migrant camps in northern Paris; the operations, say the city authorities, are part of their efforts to bring everyone indoors during the coldest months of the year. But some 800 migrants are thought to still be sleeping rough on the streets and many people are being missed, or ejected by the system.
A crowdfunding project wants to help those affected by the new security and migration decree in Italy. The goal: To provide shelter and services for families who have been forced to leave state accommodation.
The UN Migration Agency IOM wants Greece to set up more shelters for unaccompanied minor migrants as winter approaches. IOM staff teams have been deployed to eight facilities temporarily set up in hotels.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has announced that he will reduce the capacity of the Mineo migrant reception center in Sicily. The center is considered the largest in Europe, and has made headlines in recent years with episodes of serious violence and corruption scandals.
In the La Chapelle neighborhood in the north of Paris, hundreds of migrants live in deplorable conditions. There are many young men among them, but also minors and families with little children. They live alongside crack addicts who were themselves displaced when police cleared their makeshift encampment earlier this summer. This is the account of a day in a neighborhood marked by despair.
Berlin's Office for Refugee Affairs has invited in media to show how things have changed since Germany opened its doors to asylum seekers in 2015. Experts on the tour criticized the government's new anchor center plans.
Eight people stand accused of numerous crimes including deliberate attacks on refugee centers. After a yearlong trial and ample evidence, the legal points hinge on the very nature of the group's structure and intent.
An estimated 600 migrants are currently living in the streets of Brussels. In response, city residents have come together to set up a system of homestays and a citizen association has opened up a shelter. The result? Thanks to the people of Brussels, no migrants have to sleep rough.