The trial involving Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and the migrant rescue organization Open Arms is back in the news once again. InfoMigrants looks in more detail at what the case is about.
In addition to being vulnerable to sexual violence, female migrants in France are subject to various forms of discrimination when seeking protection from the police, a new Amnesty International report finds.
The far-right AfD, leading in some polls, has campaigned aggressively against immigrants in state elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg. But those states also depend on immigrant labor.
Hundreds of migrants live in olive groves near Sfax, Tunisia, without any assistance. Many are injured in fights between migrant groups or at the hands of Tunisians. Others suffer from serious illnesses such as cholera or typhoid.
Anti-immigrant sentiments often demand that foreigners be "sent back to where they came from," especially in the run-up to elections. In the UK, in particular, migration and border control have been contentious issues for years, sin1