Czechia reintroduces border checks with Slovakia
The Czech government is temporarily reintroducing border checks with Slovakia in order to prevent irregular migrants from entering the country.
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'I feel lost and depressed': Undocumented delivery workers for Uber Eats
They are undocumented, live in social hotels and seedy apartments, and eat with the help of food banks. InfoMigrants met with Uber Eats riders who work for a meager income in Paris. Many had their accounts kicked off the restaurant delivery platform following 'fraud' dismissals.
Sub-Saharan migrant killed by Moroccan police
A young woman was reportedly shot dead by Moroccan police as she was about to board a migrant boat headed for the Canary Islands.
Video: Migrant from Bangladesh hopes to get legal status in Greece
Bailey Begum from Bangladesh works as a street food vendor in Athens. She has been living in Greece for four years without documents. Now she's hoping for a change: the Greek government announced it wants to regularize thousands of undocumented Bangladeshi migrants already working in Greece.
Thousands apply for Irish regularization scheme before deadline ends
The Irish government scheme has enabled people from all around the globe to gain regular legal status in the EU nation. However, some people did not qualify despite spending long periods of time in Ireland.
Italy: Police dismantle gang forging documents for migrants
The Italian police have arrested four people and carried out 70 searches in dismantling a criminal network involved in forging Italian documents for undocumented foreigners in the country.
City Card: Welcome news for undocumented migrants in Zürich
Getting married, receiving a registered letter or reporting a violent crime: in Switzerland's biggest city, these are all activities that are impossible for thousands of migrants without legal status. But a new ID card for the undocumented is set to change that.
'Despite all my efforts, I am still a migrant:' The blind spot of Moroccan migration policy
Morocco launched a new policy guaranteeing certain basic rights for migrants and refugees nearly a decade ago. It has since offered two regularization amnesties for undocumented migrants. But with progress now stalled, many see no escape but to return to their home countries.
Spain: Shacks destroyed by fire in a camp for undocumented migrant workers
The migrant camp at Palos de la Frontera, in the southern Spanish region of Huelva, was ravaged by a fire at the weekend. About 100 shacks were destroyed and one person, suffering from burns to the arm, had to be admitted to hospital. The camp was home to hundreds of undocumented migrant workers who were picking fruits and vegetables in the region.
Girl born on migrant boat granted Spanish nationality
A Spanish court has granted a little girl, born on a migrant boat in 2018, Spanish nationality, in a first in the country. Until now, the little girl had been stateless and could not access healthcare or education.
'By night I sleep under a bridge in Ventimiglia, by day I moonlight in the fields'
Ahmed Qatib is 33 years old and from Morocco. He has been stuck in Italy for four months. The border with France is impenetrable. With few options available, he has taken to sleeping on the streets in the Italian border town of Ventimiglia and working in agriculture where he is paid a pittance. This is his story.
Greek system leaves migrants out in the cold
For weeks, migrants on the Greek mainland have been barred from claiming asylum. Locked out of the system, many are forced to sleep outdoors or to go without food – in spite of the freezing winter conditions.