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The tailor's tale: From Gambia to Sicily and the start of new projects

Faburama Ceesay is Gambian. After leaving Gambia, he traveled through Africa to Sicily by crossing the Mediterranean on a small boat. Once there, he found love and a job, and today manages a social tailoring workshop in Sicily, with plans for more in the future.

'We're suffering here': Abdoulaye, housed in a reception center in Madrid

For five months, Abdoulaye* has been living at the Alcalá de Henares migrant reception center near Madrid. The limitations on his freedom and lack of access to medical care have taken a heavy toll on the young man’s well-being.

Somali woman who nearly died on migrant boat says she would do it all again

Plagued by decades of political unrest and extreme weather events more and more Somalis are seeking to emigrate. Many of them hope to journey to the French Overseas Territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean to escape from poverty and persecution. French authorities estimate that there are over 100,000 migrants living in Mayotte now.

Syrian refugee in Turkey says he is not ready to return

Many Syrians remain unsure about what steps they should take after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad. One Syrian living in Istanbul highlights that many questions remain about the country's security situation.

Italian by birth, foreigner by law

Abe received her Italian citizenship in high school, while her older brother, Alan, had to wait until he turned 18 to apply. Under Italian law, children like Abe who are born in Italy to immigrant parents are not automatically granted citizenship.