InfoMigrants

Amer's story: From Damascus to the border with Poland

This is the story of Amer, a former Syrian school teacher who ended up in Belarus from Damascus in search of a better future in Europe. He has been living in a basement on the outskirts of Minsk while waiting for a call from a smuggler who is supposed to take him to Germany.

Anthony's story: 'I suffered in Africa and I'm coming to suffer here again'

Anthony from Liberia has spent the past seven months in a reception center for asylum seekers in the town of Eisenhüttenstadt in east Germany, near the Polish border. This is his story.

Determined to leave: 'Either I die at sea or I manage to get to Europe'

Ali has boarded a dinghy seven times in an attempt to reach the island of Lampedusa, located about 260 kilometers from the southern Tunisian city of Zarzis. This 27-year-old Tunisian, whose older brother disappeared at sea, remains determined to try his luck again, despite the risks. He tells InfoMigrants his story.

Lithuania migrant camp: 'We Black women are not believed when we say we are in pain'

Emerald* arrived in Lithuania in early July. This young Congolese woman lived for a while in the Pabadré camp before being moved to another camp, Medininkai, on the Belarusian border. She spoke to InfoMigrants about her daily life, between practical difficulties and despair at having her asylum application rejected.

'How do I mourn my brother, without a body or a grave?', asks family of teenager killed in Libyan prison

One day in August, Phyllie received a phone call she had hoped she would never get. Her 19-year-old brother Daouda had been killed in a Libyan prison while trying to escape. This 43-year-old woman, who lives in France, tells InfoMigrants that she does not know how to mourn her brother without being able to recover his body and give him a proper burial.