Understanding Europe

Fact check: What happens to migrants after smugglers take them to Cyprus?
A member of the military carries a young child, part of a group of people thought to be migrants after being rescued following a boat incident in the Channel, in Dover, England, Monday, May 23, 2022 | Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA via AP
Migrants rescued by the humanitarian group Sea-Eye arrive in Messina, Italy, on June 22, 2022 | Photo: Gabriele Maricchiolo/NurPhoto/picture alliance
French Interior  inister Gérald Darmanin seen in Calais on November 28, 2021 | Photo: Reuters
A person holding up a certificate of a 'Duldung' | Photo: Wolfgang Kumm/dpa/picture-alliance