The "unprecedented" election pits Europe against the US as current incumbent Antonio Vitorino faces a challenge from his deputy Amy Pope. The agency helps address the needs of over 280 million migrants around the world.
Amid a row between Italy and France over migration policy, the French authorities have begun using drones at the border with Italy to track migrant numbers. Italy says France's interpretation of the figures is false.
A new report released by Border Forensics concludes that migrants have almost no chance of surviving when crossing the desert from Niger to Libya. Ever since the introduction of border control laws in 2015, migrants have been forced1
European governments are increasingly focused on detaining migrants and returning them to their home countries. But PICUM, a Brussels-based NGO, says they are illegal measures that won't deter asylum seekers.
Algeria has been deporting African migrants to neighboring Niger for years. Authorities force thousands to cross the border through the desert to Assamaka, where the humanitarian situation reportedly is catastrophic.