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Refugee weightlifter eager to compete for her new homeland, Germany

Yekta Jamali was 17 when she became the first female weightlifter to win a medal for Iran. It was also then that she decided to flee and seek asylum in Germany. She's already competed for the Olympic Refugee team, now she is set to represent Germany for the first time at the European Championships in Georgia, just months after receiving German citizenship.

'Authorities blame us for all the problems', say Senegalese migrants expelled from Mauritania

Since tightening its migration policy in 2025, Mauritania has carried out large-scale expulsions of undocumented migrants, but also sometimes of those with legal status. These individuals say daily life has become extremely difficult in a general context of hostility from the population, violence, and harassment by authorities. InfoMigrants collected the testimonies of three Senegalese nationals, all fishermen, who were affected by this anti-migrant policy.

Marie and her 7-year-old, imprisoned three times in Libya: 'I still have scars from how badly they beat me'

Marie and her seven-year-old daughter, Aya, are from Cameroon. They were imprisoned in the notorious Zawiya and Abu Salim prisons in Libya in 2024 and 2025, for several months each time. They now live in Zintan, south of the capital. Here is their story.

Mariam, a Guinean mother deported from Belarus without her baby

Mariam Soumah is a 23-year-old migrant from Guinea. It has been nine months since she last saw her baby daughter Sabina, to whom she gave birth in Belarus. That’s because Mariam was deported from Belarus, but without her baby. She’s fighting to be reunited with her.

Iranian athlete granted refuge in Italy: 'We athletes will be the voice of the people'

Hadi Tiranvalipour, a taekwondo champion forced to leave Iran and now a refugee in Italy, where he continues his sporting career, told his story to ANSA, expressing his support for the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom.