Challenging stereotypes - A beauty salon for everyone
At the "Grand Beauty" salon in Leipzig, people with a refugee or migrant background work as hairdressers, make-up artists and manicurists on a donation basis, with the goal to uproot prejudices.
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Migrants 'living in swamps' after storms hit northern France
Migrants in northern France have been hard hit by Storm Ciaran and other bad weather which has torn through northern France and the Channel coasts in the last few weeks.
Videos of migrants being tortured in Libya published on social media
In videos published by the NGO Refugees in Libya on its X account, three men and two women are violently beaten by human traffickers. The victims, believed to be detained in the town of Bani Walid, can be seen pleading for help.
Migrant mothers are victims of a 'motherhood penalty' at work
Being a mother keeps migrant women away from the job market in worrying proportions in several countries, according to two studies published by the OECD. In France, the gap in employment between foreign-born and native mothers is gr1
Migrants allege forced and 'extremely invasive' body searches at EU borders
Migrants have alleged they were forced to undress and were subjected to genital searches at the Greek border, as well as being subjected to violence and had their belongings stolen.