refugee

• Cameroon
• Japan
• United Kingdom

Cyrille Tchatchet II is about to make history at the Tokyo Olympics: The weightlifter was selected for the International Olympic Committee's refugee team, making him the first UK-based refugee Olympian. But he never forgets the difficult journey he suffered to get there.

• Afghanistan
• France
• Germany

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has urged Germany to show continued leadership on refugee policy after Angela Merkel steps down, as a new report shows that Germany is the top country for asylum claims in Europe.

• United Kingdom

The British sea rescue charity Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) remains defiant amid criticism following a rescue operation in the Channel shortly before new restrictive immigration legislation was published by the government.

• France

A new app has been launched in southern France to help asylum seekers with their administrative status, accommodation, health or even their everyday needs. It's available in six languages.

• Denmark
• Rwanda

Denmark and Rwanda have signed a memorandum on asylum and migration, setting out plans to shift asylum procedures outside of the EU. Thereby the signatories aim to change the current "unfair and unethical" asylum system.

• Afghanistan
• Germany

The Afghan born fashion model and entrepreneur Zohre Esmaeli was this year’s guest speaker at the "Days of Exile" event hosted by the Körber-Stiftung, a foundation based in Hamburg, Germany.

• Germany

A study from the Institute for Employment Research in Germany has found that female refugees face more obstacles to joining the job market than their male counterparts.

• United Kingdom

An independent inquiry has concluded that the suicide of 19-year-old Eritrean refugee Mulubrhane Medhane Kfleyosus in 2019 was due to a failure to address his mental health condition, The Guardian reports. Three of his fellow teenage refugees had already taken their own lives in the previous 16 months.

• Japan

UNHCR has launched a social media campaign with a video to support the Refugee Olympic and Paralympic teams.

• Afghanistan
• Sweden

Norlla Amiri, a refugee in Sweden since he was a child, is the first Afghan to become a professional football player in the Swedish top league. This is his story.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Greece
• Spain

In recent months, numerous fires have broken out in migrant camps across Europe, totally or partially destroying living spaces. Although some of these fires are caused by arson attacks, the majority are accidental, say the NGOs involved.

• France

In France, refugee status can be divided into two categories: The conventional refugee, whose protection is granted under the Geneva Convention, and the constitutional refugee, based on the French constitution. InfoMigrants takes a look at the requirements for this little-known second category.