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Mamadou Kouassi (on the far left, wearing a suit) with Moustapha Fall, Matteo Garrone and Paul Sarr at the 2023 Mostra Film Festival in Venice. | Photo: Societa Veneziana per il Cinema

Oscar-nominated 'Io Capitano’ shines a light on refugee journeys

The social mediator Mamadou Kouassi is one of the migrants whose story inspired Italian director Matteo Garrone’s international feature film 'Io Capitano'. He spoke to InfoMigrants about his life and odyssey from West Africa to Euro1

A life jacket in the Aegean Sea. | Photo: picture-alliance

Over 1,000 migrants have reached a tiny Greek island in recent months

The tiny Greek island of Gavdos has seen at least 1,180 migrants arrive since the beginning of 2024. Authorities on the island, which has a population of 70 people, say they are overwhelmed.

Many of the Bengali migrants, seen here sitting on the deck of the Life Support, came as laborers to Libya where they say they did not get paid and had their passports stolen. | Photo: Clare Roth/DW

Lost at sea: New constraints hinder Mediterranean rescuers

Last year was the deadliest stretch for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea since 2017. In March, DW accompanied a migrant rescue mission and found out what makes the crossings so dangerous.

A migrant set fire to his tent in Paris on March 23, 2024, to protest against police vinterference | Photo: CAD (Collectif Accès au Droit)

Paris: Migrant camp dismantled 'at night, far from cameras'

A recent video published on social media shows French police officers shining flashlights into migrant tents in the middle of the night before dismantling the camp. Some observers say that the police are aiming for discretion in the1

Migrants waiting to be transferred to other places from the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily | Photo: ARCHIVE ANSA / CIRO FUSCO.

Italy: nearly 136,000 asylum requests filed in 2023

The Italian Refugee Council (CIR) said 135,820 requests for international protection had been filed in 2023 in Italy - a third of the number of applications witnessed in Germany the same year.