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Irregular migrants from Niger and Egypt are seen boarding a bus before being sent to their home countries in Tripoli, Libya on July 25, 2024. | Photo: Muhammed Semiz / Anadolu

Italy
Libya
European Union

Tripoli seeks to present itself as a migration hub amid human rights concerns

Tripoli is attempting to promote itself as a central player in Mediterranean migration control. However, Libya's efforts have been criticized for failing to address underlying issues and improve the treatment of migrants.

Two underage migrants escape from an industrial estate next to Tarajal beach, in the city of Ceuta, Spanish enclave in northern Africa, 21 May 2021 (Photo used as illustration) | Photo: Brais Lorenzo / EPA

Spain

Spain: Three parties sink reform for migrant minors

File photo. An asylum seeker in Germany holding a payment card (January 2024) | Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/picture-alliance

Germany

Germany: Court rules fixed cash amount for payment card unlawful

News

File photo: Migrants on a rubber boat in the English Channel, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, October 2, 2023 | Photo: Reuters

France
United Kingdom

Prolific Albanian smuggler sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for Channel crossings

The 463 people expelled from Libya arrived in the town of Dirkou, in eastern Niger, on July 18, according to Alarme Phone Sahara | Source: Alarme Phone Sahara @AlarmephoneS

Libya
Niger

Niger: Libya expels over 400 Nigerien migrants to desert

There were some 300 people on a boat that later capsized, the IOM said | Photo:Luca Zennaro/EPA

Gambia
Mauritania
Senegal

Dozens killed, many missing in migrant wreck off Mauritania

Features

Maso competed in the 50-meter freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics | Photo: Kyodo/picture alliance

France
Germany
Syria

Paris 2024: Refugee swimmer sees need for better integration

An asylum seeker inside the Malakasa reception and identification center, where many of the survivors from Pylos were taken (Photo used as illustration) | Photo: George Schinas / Nur Photo/ picture alliance

Germany
Greece
Syria

'Limbo and uncertainty': Life after surviving the Pylos shipwreck

From file: Some of the wild berries picked in Finland | Source: Press Release Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Finnish Migration Service

Finland
Thailand

Finland: New rules for wild-berry pickers

Personal stories

Hans' tale: 'I dream of seeing the Olympics in Paris'

The Bulgarian state intends to increase the arrivals of Indian workers in the coming months, to respond to the labor shortage in certain sectors. But what are the working conditions like? And what future is there for these workers in Europe? Hans is one of them, here is his story.

Emma's tale: 'They consider us worthless'

Emma* escaped her violent ex-husband in South Africa at the end of 2022 and fled to Ireland. With her new partner and three children (4, 11 and 13 years old), she is housed in a reception center around thirty kilometers from Dublin while awaiting the outcome of her asylum application. The 33-year-old mother says she experiences daily hardship at the center, feeling isolated from everything. Here is her story.

Prison, punishment and pushbacks: From Eritrea to Libya to Italy

InfoMigrants spoke with Eritrean migrants aboard Emergency's Life Support search-and-rescue vessel in March 2024. Two of their stories highlight the grim reality of life for sub-Saharan migrants in Libya, where both lived for over three years before managing to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.