The Italian unions Cgil and Filcams have asked to meet the prefects of Palermo and Trapani in order to put safeguard measures in place for female migrant workers. This follows the surfacing of the exploitation case of Nigerian women1
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced that nearly 50,000 migrants have voluntarily returned to their countries of origin in 2021, an increase of 18% compared to 2020.
After waiting for around one week, 380 people rescued from the Mediterranean by the humanitarian organization SOS Mediterranee have been allowed to land in Italy. The rescue ship Ocean Viking was granted permission to make port at S1
An aid organization has called for a ban on prostitution in Germany, saying that the country had become "Europe's brothel" due to lax laws governing sex work. It also asked for greater protections for sex workers ahead of the World1
Thousands of displaced Afghans who lived in the capital Kabul have returned to their homes in rural Afghanistan. Each family received $200 to buy food and other essentials from UN refugee agency UNHCR.