undocumented migrants

• Senegal
• Turkey

Poverty and lack of opportunities are amongst the leading reasons behind undocumented migration. Salmane’s story is no different. Despite studying law and political science in his native country, he chose to leave Senegal. He ended up in Turkey, but he says this was never his preferred destination.

• France
• United Kingdom

This year and last have been full of reports of the ever-increasing numbers of migrants who are attempting to cross the Channel for a life in the UK. But as immigration rhetoric hardens, is this pushing migrants and asylum seekers still further into the shadows?

• France
• Italy

The right-wing League party in Italy is proposing the creation of a detention and repatriation center in Ventimiglia, on the border with France, to solve "the problem of migratory flows on the Italian-French border."

• Algeria
• Belgium
• Morocco

The Belgian government announced a breakthrough on Wednesday, as hundreds of migrants stopped their hunger strike in Brussels after authorities signalled their willingness to renegotiate the situation. However, it is not clear if they will ultimately gain the right to remain in the country.

• France

Undocumented workers who are victims of work-related accidents must take steps to ensure that they are taken care of and obtain compensation if required. InfoMigrants explains the necessary steps.

• Belgium
• Nepal

Concerns are growing over a hunger strike by hundreds of undocumented migrants in Belgium's capital. Four men have stitched their lips together in protest against the authorities' refusal to grant them legal status.

• Italy

In southern Sicily, NGOs have organizated a COVID-19 vaccination campaign that is open to all, including undocumented migrant farmworkers. They have set up centers in the towns of Ragusa and Vittoria.

• Italy

Foreigners without residency papers in the Italian region of Campania can now book vaccination appointments. According to the local health department in Caserta, there are between 25,000 and 35,000 undocumented foreigners to vaccinate.

• France

A publication by the far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) about the allegedly "high cost" of unaccompanied minors has provoked the ire of a number of French lawyers. They have decried the "unworthy comparisons" and the "inaccurate" and even "delusional" statements made by RN.

• Morocco
• Spain

20-year-old Ayoub snuck into Melilla as a minor and has been living in the small Spanish enclave for three years. Originally from a small village near Fez, he says he never wants to go back there "because life in Morocco offers me nothing." He told InfoMigrants he is "stuck" living on the streets and wants "more than anything" to get to the mainland to start a new life.

• France
• United Kingdom

British Home Secretary Priti Patel has urged TikTok and other social media platforms to remove posts which she says promote illegal migration.

• France

Two undocumented Malian workers living in Montreuil, France, were victims of serious work-related accidents in April. Bary Keita, 27, died of his injuries. Birima Konaté, 47, was seriously injured. In both cases, their employers tried to conceal the facts. Their families are now demanding the truth.