What are the key policies and events that shaped migration towards and within Europe in 2024? Here's a look at some of the most important moments and developments of 2024.

Former Afghanistan international footballers, Shabnam and Mariam Ruhin, are fighting for official recognition of Afghanistan's women's national team. The sisters want to give their former teammates a voice again.

Italy's right-wing government wants to set an example the rest of the EU can follow with its migration policy. But it ran into legal obstacles with its cornerstone project – to process asylum claims in Albania.

At least 270 migrants have died in the UK while awaiting their asylum decisions in the past ten years. Charities blame slow processing times, hostile border policies, and a lack of legal migration routes as alternatives for the worr1