Migrants in Lithuania: 'The situation is very bad'
Around 800 migrants are stuck at the Rudninkai camp in Lithuania after crossing the border from Belarus. They say the situation is very bad and complain about lack of medical care and inedible food.
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'I don't know what to do now': African students in Lithuania stuck after crossing from Belarus
More than 4,000 migrants have arrived in Lithuania since the beginning of the year. In 2020, just 80 arrived. All have come from neighboring Belarus. Among those migrants are young African students who were tempted to cross the bord1
To get to Europe, Tunisian migrants turn to 'self-smuggling'
Instead of paying human traffickers, increasing numbers of Tunisians are buying their own boats and organizing do-it-yourself ocean journeys to Europe. It appears to be a growing trend.
Video: A Senegalese migrant stranded in Turkey
Poverty and lack of opportunities are amongst the leading reasons behind undocumented migration. Salmane’s story is no different. Despite studying law and political science in his native country, he chose to leave Senegal. He ended1
Life in the shadows? What awaits migrants crossing the Channel to the UK
This year and last have been full of reports of the ever-increasing numbers of migrants who are attempting to cross the Channel for a life in the UK. But as immigration rhetoric hardens, is this pushing migrants and asylum seekers s1