Syrians in eastern Poland spoke to InfoMigrants about the violence they suffered at the hands of Belarusian soldiers as they tried to cross the border and their difficulties getting to Minsk.
For weeks, thousands of migrants have been camping out on the Belarusian side of the border with Poland in the cold of winter. Many of them still hope to eventually get into the EU. How do they live there?
While most migrant journeys across the Mediterranean tend to focus on using the shortest route to the EU, there is a new route opening up to Italy's Calabria region, which only a select few can afford. Criminal gangs meanwhile are m1
A giant puppet of a young refugee girl is part of "The Walk," an art initiative that traveled 8,000 kilometers in support of refugees. She is now a special guest at the Open Festival in the Netherlands.
Belarus has been accused of orchestrating the arrival of thousands of migrants at the European Union border since this summer in retaliation for sanctions imposed by Europe. Morocco and Turkey have already deployed a similar strateg1