A shipwreck in the Aegean, off the Greek island of Leros, has left at least five migrants dead, four of whom were children. Between 36 and 41 migrants were rescued, said the Greek coast guard.
The voice of Pope Francis is very important in Africa, said UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi during a visit to Vatican City and Rome. He met with Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as well as Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
Ireland's Minister for Integration says Ireland should prepare to accept more than 80,000 new asylum seekers over the course of this year. Meanwhile, protesters declare "Ireland is full".
The war in Ukraine has caused the largest refugee movement since WWII with 8 million Ukrainians fleeing the country. Many nations have been generous helping these refugees, a senior UN official told DW.
A migrant has died in an accident involving a fully loaded minibus in northeastern Greece. Another three migrants were seriously injured, Greek state radio reported. Smugglers in the region are known to repeatedly try to bring migrants from the Greek-Turkish border into western Greece, frequently leading to fatal accidents.
UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi has appealed to the de facto Afghan authorities to revoke the directive limiting Afghan women's possibility to work with NGOs. The ban will "temporarily stop critical activities in support of Afghan people, especially women and children," UNHCR stated.
The number of people arriving in the European Union irregularly has seen a sharp rise this year – despite new border fortifications in Greece, Poland, Spain and other countries intended to prevent just that. We take a look at how the EU is trying to seal off its external borders against migrants and the consequences for the most important migration routes to Europe in 2022.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine combined with worsening emergencies in African countries, Afghanistan and other regions has pushed the number of refugees globally over the 100 million mark, the UNHCR declared.
As the UN registers more than 100 million people trying to escape war, persecution and hunger, those trying to help migrants and refugees may feel like they have little to celebrate. But the fight for better humanitarian assistance and peace-building continues.
Switzerland has announced a temporary halt to its participation in a UN program to take in vulnerable refugees. The government says the influx of war refugees from Ukraine has pushed it to the limit.
The number of migrants entering the EU irregularly has continued to rise, according to the border agency Frontex. The largest number -- around 140,000 -- traveled through the Western Balkans.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees called on the EU to place the migration routes in the Mediterranean at the center of its action.