Undocumented migrants who leave their countries in the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region are increasingly risking death as they near their destination in southern Africa. Many of them are young Ethiopians.
The organization Human Rights Watch accuses the EU's border agency Frontex of being complicit in abuse in Libya. It says the use of aerial surveillance enabled the Libyan coast guard to return migrants to that country.
The volunteer rescuers of the National Society for Rescue at Sea (SNSM) carry out thousands of operations each year off the French coast, particularly in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais regions. Faced with an increasing number of migrant1
Where can European cities find accommodation for the increasing number of asylum seekers and refugees? The German city of Hamburg has found an answer with 'tiny houses'.
Volunteers dressed up as Father Christmas visited migrants and other marginalized groups camping in Calais, or living rough, over the weekend. They distributed food, treats and donations of clothes and shoes to those in need.