The government of Afghanistan has denied entry to a failed asylum seeker deported by Germany. The Afghans say the man was turned back at the border as per agreement with the German government because he's mentally ill.
Refugees travel 2 billion kilometers each year to escape war and persecution. The UN Refugee Agency now wants people to walk, run or bike that distance to demonstrate their solidarity.
The number of undocumented migrants apprehended at Italy's border with Slovenia in 2018 has more than tripled compared to the previous year, according to police officials.
More than three years after nearly a million refugees and migrants entered Germany, hundreds of children who fled continue to disappear after arriving in the country. Recent figures from the German federal police agency have prompte1
At least 4,592 people have died or gone missing on migratory routes across the globe in 2018 - roughly half of them in the Mediterranean. But the actual number could be much higher.