The municipal administration of Jesi, in central Italy, has organized an initiative which brings seniors and migrants together to share their experiences and get to know each other. The goal: to fight prejudices and to foster integration.
UN refugee agency UNHCR said Tuesday it has relocated 150 refugees held at a detention center in Libya, after transferring another group of refugees last week. The UN agency stressed in a statement that Libya is dangerous and migrants apprehended at sea should not be taken back to the country. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has also raised the alarm.
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj issued an appeal to "hurry" because the worsening situation in Libya could push "800,000 migrants and Libyans to invade Italy and Europe." He said among this enormous group of migrants there are also criminals and above all jihadists linked to the so-called Islamic State group ISIS.
Migrants locked in detention camps in Tripoli face increasing danger as the prospect of a drawn-out siege looms. Inconsistent responses from Europe to the crisis have left them little hope.
Kelly Clements is Deputy High Commissioner for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR. She sat down with InfoMigrants' Emma Wallis to talk about her work and about how she and her team are working to empower refugees around the world.
University of the People is set to offer free online education for Arabic-speaking refugees who lack access to higher education. The initiative, which will also be run mainly by refugees, hopes to help students to create a better future for themselves and their communities.
Lebanon is continuing to send back small groups of refugees to Syria. In the past 24 hours, dozens of refugees who had fled the war in Syria have been returned from different parts of Lebanon.
Many migrants and refugees are sending money to family members in their home country. But what's the best way to do this? What are the legal restrictions? Sertan Sanderson explains everything you need to know in the latest episode of FactCheck.
A report by a coalition of Croatian NGOs denounced the country's authorities continuing practice of illegal push-backs, abuse and violence against migrants at the border between Croatia and Bosnia.
Lampedusa Mayor Salvatore ‘Totò’ Martello met with European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos in Brussels and told the commissioner that migrant landings on the Sicilian island "haven't ever stopped.”
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, was set up with a temporary mandate in 1950. Nearly 70 years later it is still trying to empower refugees and improve their situations wherever they are. InfoMigrants spoke with Deputy High Commissioner Kelly Clements when she was in Bonn, and asked her about the situation in Europe.
Many refugees and asylum seekers in Germany want to live in big cities. Why? Is a major city better than a village or a small town? We talked to an expert - a former refugee and social worker helping asylum seekers in a rural district in Northern Germany.