Six refugees who originally had arrived in Italy by crossing the Mediterranean have started working alongside Italian archeologists who are excavating sites on the Italian island of Sicily.
Migrants hosted at a facility in the north-western Italian port city of Genoa have been forced to live in dire conditions, with only one meal a day while staying in rooms which reportedly are infested with insects and parasites. A local politician said he could not believe the run-down state of the facility.
He once had to flee his homeland but now he is on track to become Germany's youngest grandmaster: Hussain Besou's talent and ambition could catapult him into the highest echelons of chess. Later this month, the 11-year-old Syrian will play for the German national team in Croatia as the youngest national player ever.
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has announced that 35 Italian universities will take part in the fifth edition of University for Refugees (UNICORE) -- a scholarship program designed to enable refugee students to continue their higher education in Italy. The selection process is based on both merit and motivation.
Earlier in the week on Tuesday evening, a group of more than 200 young migrants alongside several organizations, who work with migrants and asylum seekers, occupied an abandoned school in Paris' 16th arrondissement.
Lengthy asylum processes and the uneven implementation of educational programs for asylum seekers across the European Union are hurting unaccompanied minors' prospects of integration and employment, according to ECRE.
Five German police officers have been charged over the death of a 16-year-old Senegalese boy who was shot last year. The police operation was "disproportionate from the start," Dortmund prosecutors have said.
After the New Year's Eve attacks on police and rescue workers in several German cities, the political debate about the causes of the violence and Germany's integration policy continues to gain momentum. In Berlin, 145 people, most of whom were under the age of 25, were arrested by police in connection with the riots.
Across the Middle East, hundreds of people have been deciding to embark on dangerous journeys at sea to seek better opportunities. Some are trying to escape the Syrian war, others from economic hardship in Lebanon, and some want to overcome the legacy of decades of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians – only to meet their death.
Tunisia has been going through a severe economic and political crisis in the last few years. More than one out of three young persons is unemployed. The route to Europe, which is lacking qualified personnel in many sectors, seems like the only way forward.
Over the past ten years, 52 migrants coming to the UK have succeeded in falsely registering as underage upon arrival - while in fact allegedly aged 30 or older. Under 18s are eligible for special protections, now the UK government says it wants to crack down on potential exploitation of this loophole.
A police officer shot a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor several times with a submachine gun in front of a youth welfare facility in the German city of Dortmund. The shooting has prompted protests and questions in Germany.