InfoMigrants

Sophie, an asylum seeker in Sweden: 'They won’t recognize that my son was born here'

Sophie* is from a West African country and arrived in Sweden in 2015. The following year, she gave birth to a baby boy in a Swedish hospital. Since then she has been fighting for her child to be documented as having been born on Swedish soil.

Meet Moheyman, the refugee nurse fighting coronavirus in Iran

In Iran, refugee Moheyman Alkhatavi, 24, is working relentlessly to assist Iranians and fellow refugees in the current coronavirus emergency. Iran has been one of the countries worst-hit by COVID-19.

Mounir's story: 'I quickly saw the border is not open at all'

InfoMigrants spoke to several migrants from Northern African on the Turkish-Greek border, who converged there after Ankara announced that the borders would be open. Among them was Mounir, a 43-year-old Moroccan from Casablanca, who says he soon felt disillusioned when he saw the border remained closed.

Moussa's story: 'They stole my phone, pretending they would help me get to Greece'

At the bus station in the small village of Edirne in Turkey we met Moussa, a 28-year-old migrant from Niger. Moussa told us he was robbed by men who pretended they would help him cross the Evros river to get to Greece.

Karim's* story: 'The worst experience of my life'

Karim (name changed) is one of the thousands of migrants in Turkey who tried to reach Greece after President Erdogan announced he would no longer stop refugees and migrants headed to Europe. During Karim's journey to the border, he claims that he and his friends were scammed and threatened. Eventually, unable to cross into Greece, he decided to return to Istanbul. He shared his story with InfoMigrants.