As the EU decides to strengthen Frontex and combat what it says is in part a Russia-orchestrated migrant crisis, activists fear the move could lead to pushbacks driving migrants back into authoritarian regimes.

A woman in her eighth month of pregnancy swam for two hours to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco so her child could be born in Europe. The story of Fatima, the young woman of Algerian origin, is similar to that of dozens1

Human Rights Watch claims that, as part of EU-funded efforts to control migration, Cypriot authorities have forcibly returned Syrian refugees to Lebanon, where they were subsequently deported by Lebanese security agencies.

For several months, a growing number of Moroccan migrants have been documenting their crossings to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on social media. Images of Chaimae El Grini, a 19-year-old Moroccan woman smiling in a wetsuit and flipp1