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Sea-Eye rescuers with migrants in the Mediterranean, November 14, 2022 | Photo: picture alliance / ROPI | JOE RABE

Do NGO ships encourage more migrants to cross the Mediterranean?

A recent fact-checking investigation into the claim that NGO search and rescue operations act as a pull factor for migrants has concluded that it is 'mostly false'.

The Irish government has run out of asylum seeker accommodation and has been using hotels and even tents to cope with the growing numbers arriving in the country | Photo: picture alliance/empics/N. Carson

Ireland: Protests and new policy proposals place focus on migration

Ireland's Minister for Integration says Ireland should prepare to accept more than 80,000 new asylum seekers over the course of this year. Meanwhile, protesters declare "Ireland is full".

Members of the crew of Iuventa, a search and rescue ship run by Jugend Rettet, face criminal accusations. The ship was seized five years ago | Source: Iuventa10

Charged with saving migrants' lives – rescuers facing criminal prosecution

A case against search and rescue volunteers Sarah Mardini and Sean Binder in Greece has been shelved for now. But hundreds more people across Europe still face charges such as migrant smuggling, despite growing calls to end the crim1

Syrian student Rim meets the University of Siena's Dean Roberto Di Pietra, Professor Federico Lenzerini, and General Director Emanuele Fidora and Professor Vanna Micheli of the NGO Caritas in Siena | Photo: Siena University

Syrian refugee wins scholarship for the University of Siena in Italy

Syrian refugee Rim recently moved from Nigeria to Italy to study at the University of Siena. She received a scholarship through a program supported by UN refugee agency UNHCR.

Faraidoon is just one of an estimated 3,000 asylum seekers sleeping rough in Belgium due to lack of accommodation | Photo: Mia Bucher / dpa / picture alliance

Asylum seekers in tents on the streets of Belgium and the Netherlands

In the EU capital city Brussels, an estimated 3,000 migrants and asylum seekers sleep homeless or in temporary accommodation. It is a similar story in neighboring Netherlands.