Two Nigerian migrants have taken a case against Italy and Libya to a UN Committee. The two women, with the help of a legal rights association in Italy, claim that Italy and Libya failed to protect their human rights as women and left them at risk of trafficking, exploitation and abuse.
Being a woman and a foreigner proved to be a source of increased vulnerability in Italy during the pandemic. New figures show there was an unusually high decline in employment in 2020, primarily among foreigners, with women penalized the most.
Forced to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, members of the Afghan women's youth football team and their families have sought refuge in Portugal and are back training in the Lisbon suburbs.
The Geo Barents rescue ship, run by the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF), docked in a Sicilian port on Wednesday and disembarked the 60 migrants it had rescued just over a week earlier.
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Freshta Karimi, an Afghan lawyer and rights activist whose work has earned her repeated threats from the Taliban, was named the winner of a top human rights prize in Paris on Tuesday.
The bodies of eight migrants, thought to be of North African origin, have been found on beaches in southern Spain since Sunday. One child and three women were among the corpses. The authorities said they could have come from one or several small boats.
Migrants in Denmark could be forced to complete 37 hours' work a week in order to receive welfare benefits under a new government plan.
A Taliban spokesman has told an Austrian newspaper that the Taliban would accept any Afghan migrants whose asylum requests in Europe were rejected. Those with a criminal record would then face court in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Austria's interior minister is still in favor of deporting migrants with a criminal record.
FRANCE 24's continuing coverage of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan brings you a special edition this Friday dedicated to the plight of women and girls, "Afghanistan: Women's voices". In this exclusive report from Kabul, FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent and Cyril Payen talk to Afghan women who detail their experiences of living under Taliban rule and describe how deeply they now fear for the future.
It is well known that breastfeeding is generally good for babies and mothers. But while the practice is common in their country of origin, migrant mothers often tend to opt for formula in the new host countries. In Greece, one organization is trying to ensure that they get enough support to give their babies the best possible start in life.
UNICEF and Italy's National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP/INMP) have signed an agreement to boost safeguarding of the health of minors, women and families from the migrant community.
Iraq's displaced population is returning to their destroyed homes. For some Yazidi women, living in camps has been a chance to empowerment.