Latvian border crossing dangerous and largely unmonitored by NGOs
More migrants have been intercepted along the Latvian border in the past year, where they find themselves detained and subject to abuse by border agents.
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Germany: Faster procedure for visas issued to earthquake victims
Germany has issued over 1,000 visas to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria using a new procedure, according to the foreign ministry. Yet the bureaucratic hurdles to obtain visas remain high. Meanwhile, Afghan women demand more Ge1
Meloni Council of Ministers meeting to be held Thursday at site of shipwreck
A Meloni Council of Ministers meeting will be held in Cutro, the site of the deadly migrant shipwreck late last month, on Thursday (March 9).
Germany: First woman of African descent awarded Women's Prize for championing gender equality
Psychotherapist and social entrepreneur Amal Abbass has been awarded this year's Women's Prize in Berlin on the eve of International Women's Day. The German of Sudanese descent has been working against discrimination for decades.
Female Afghan reporter among the victims of deadly Cutro shipwreck
Torpekai Amarkhel was fleeing the Taliban when she died alongside her husband and two children in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy last month. A third child is still missing.