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A police checkpoint at the German-Polish border. Internal border controls have frustrated many citizens of the Schengen 'borderless' zone | Photo: Paul Glaser / picture alliance
  • European Union

Reform of the Schengen Code: Free movement or authorized pushbacks?

New rules approved by the European Parliament will remove some of the barriers to free movement within the passport-free Schengen zone. But opponents fear they will have disastrous consequences for migrants.

From file: The justice minister said Ireland had reached "a crossroads" | Photo: Niall Carson / picture alliance / empics
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom

Asylum seekers trying to escape Rwanda policy fleeing to Ireland
Fisherman Birane Mbaye, points at a group picture on his wall which shows his fishermen friends, three of whom have succeeded in their journey to reach Spain, one who died at sea and others who are still in Fass Boye, Senegal, March 19, 2024. | Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
  • Senegal
  • Spain

A Senegalese fisherman haunted by migrant boat disaster

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The province of Almeria, in Spain, welcomes a large proportion of migrants arriving by sea from north Africa | Photo credit: FlickrCC
  • Algeria
  • Morocco
  • Spain

'Four elected officials have left': Another Moroccan politician boards migrant boat for Spain
From file: A wrecked boat off Djerba island, Tunisia, 2018 | Photo: picture-alliance/N. Seliverstova
  • Italy
  • Tunisia

Tunisia: 14 bodies recovered off Djerba
The German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea Watch 3 with hundreds of migrants on board arrives in the port of Pozzallo, Sicily, southern Italy | Photo: ARCHIVE/ANSA/FRANCESCO RUTA
  • Italy
  • Libya

Sea-Watch warns Italian authorities, loses legal battle against Frontex
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Features

The world's largest displacement crisis: Over 8.5 million people have been displaced by the war in Sudan | Photo: LUIS TATO/AFP
  • Chad
  • Egypt
  • Germany

Sudanese refugees in Germany decry forgotten war
File photo: Three-quarters of the workers from the Western Balkans are in construction | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa/B. Roessler
  • Ireland
  • Spain

Brain waste: Immigrants overqualified but underemployed and underpaid
From file: Young players after a match between two academies in Barcelona, Spain | Photo: Michaël Da Costa
  • Spain

Africa's young soccer players exploited, abandoned to their fate in Spain
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Personal stories

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.

From Eritrean migrant to activist, the story of Abraham Tesfai

The 34-year-old Abraham Tesfai has spoken to ANSA about an odyssey that saw him flee Eritrea to reach Lampedusa after crossing Sudan, Libya and the Mediterranean. Today, he lives in Bologna, central Italy, where he has become an activist.

How one Iranian LGBTQ+ activist found a new life in Germany

Sareh Hamdani was arrested in October 2021 while trying to cross Iran's border with Turkey. She was then sentenced to death for the alleged crime of promoting homosexuality. After protests in Germany, she was released on bail and was finally able to flee.
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Understanding Europe

Finland is expected to tighten its asylum and citizenship laws following reform proposals by the government | Photo: picture alliance
  • Finland

Finland: Stricter asylum and citizenship laws proposed by goverment
On Wednesday (April 10) deputies in the European Parliament voted in favor of the new EU migration pact | Photo: Reuters
  • European Union

New EU Migration Pact explained
From file: A DIW study has found that making asylum seekers wait longer to receive full healthcare benefits does not save money in the long term | Source: DIW press office www.diw.de
  • Germany

Asylum in Germany: Longer wait to access healthcare does not reduce costs, study finds
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The European Union

Credit: European Commission
  • Ukraine
  • European Union

Are you seeking refuge from the war in Ukraine? Beware of human traffickers when on the move
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  • Ukraine
  • European Union

Information for people fleeing the war in Ukraine
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  • European Union

Fighting migrant smuggling: 2021-2025 EU action plan

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