At least 40 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, including women and infants, drowned off Tunisia’s coast. While rights groups warn of mounting repression and the growing dangers faced by migrants seeking safety in Europe.
A tunnel suspected of being used to smuggle migrants was uncovered at the Poland-Belarusian border. In the last few years, other tunnels have reportedly been discovered at borders in Lithuania and Hungary.
A network of organizations advocating for the rights of undocumented migrants documented at least 142 individuals prosecuted for helping migrants in 2024 and warned of an increasing trend of punishing humanitarian aid. Aid workers f1
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Association of Italian Businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AiiBh) have forged an agreement to promote legal migration pathways in support of labor mobility in the Balkan c1
Dutch Migration and Foreign Affairs Minister David van Weel has told the Financial Times that his government will send dozens of migrants, whose asylum requests have been denied, to Uganda.