The aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling on western countries to evacuate migrants who are trapped in Libya. MSF has proposed extending legal routes such as humanitarian corridors to bring migrants to safety in Europe.
A new, free app called Workeen was launched in Italy on the occasion of World Refugee Day. It is to help migrants, refugees and asylum seekers find work through a "serious game."
Joy is a young refugee in Italy who was the victim of superstition in Nigeria. The young woman, who now lives in Turin, was kidnapped from her home in Nigeria by men who wanted to sacrifice her because she was born with albinism.
Berthin Nzonza, a refugee in Italy and founder of the association 'Mosaico,' which works in refugee support in Turin, is calling on the public to not forget about the migrant crisis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. His appeal comes just ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20.
The international relief agency the Order of Malta, Malteser International, has urged the international community to do more to help developing countries meet refugees' needs.
Amidst ongoing clashes in Tripoli, the UN refugee agency UNHCR moved 131 refugees out of Libya to its Emergency Transit Mechanism in Niger, where the refugees will receive humanitarian assistance.
On World Refugee Day, Oxfam called on governments around the world to increase their efforts to take in those fleeing their home countries due to conflict and persecution.
This month, displaced people are cooking up exotic dishes in nearly 150 restaurant kitchens across the world. The Refugee Food festival promotes positive attitudes — and helps trainee chefs launch new careers.
After more than three decades of refugee and humanitarian work around the world, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi seems more determined than ever to help forcibly displaced people. On World Refugee Day, InfoMigrants spoke to the UNHCR chief about the most emotional moments of his career, how to tackle the root causes of migration and what UNHCR is doing to help vulnerable refugees.
The UN Refugee agency UNHCR is promoting dozens of initiatives across Italy for World Refugee Day on June 20. The goal is to share refugees' stories through art, music and gastronomy.
Various NGO's, charity organizations and the Migration Policy Ministry itself are hosting a plethora of events around Athens to celebrate World Refugee Day.
About 355,000 refugees from Burundi and DR Congo live in western Tanzania, where they are barred from working or setting foot outside their makeshift camps. The conditions are "miserable," as Prosper Kwigize reports.