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File photo: Activists take part in 'Walk for Freedom' to protest against human trafficking in Berlin | Photo: Reuters/F.Bensch

Germany
Italy
Spain

Online trafficking networks target women and juvenile migrants

Experts and rights groups say that digitalization has influenced all aspects of trafficking and has amplified the reach, scale, and speed of trafficking.

File photo: Afghan refugees arrive in Germany on an evacuation program in 2021 | Photo: Patrick Pleul /picture alliance/dpa/dpa-Zentralbild

Afghanistan
Germany

German government takes 3,000 Afghans via admissions program

Luna Solomon competes in the 10-meter air rifle women's qualification rounds at Paris 2024 on July 28 | Photo: Amr Alfiky / Reuters

Eritrea
Switzerland

Luna Solomon: From Eritrea to the Paris Olympics

News

File photo: Razor wire is seen along the southern side of a U.N buffer zone that cuts across the ethnically divided Cyprus, March 9, 2021 | Photo: Picture alliance/ASSOCIATED PRESS/Petros Karadjias

Cyprus
Lebanon

Cyprus: Migrants stranded in UN buffer zone

RESTRICTED USE !!! DW ONLY!!!! Greece has recently installed a 5-meter high fence on its border with Turkey | Photo: Byron Smith/Getty Images

Croatia
Greece
Hungary

EU agency finds 'widespread rights violations' at borders

IOM Director General Amy Pope (on the right) with residents of Schisto reception facility for asylum seekers, outside Athens, Greece | Photo: IOM/Christine Nikolaidou

Greece

IOM Chief welcomes further protection of migrants in Greece

Features

Many migrants from West Africa cross the Sahara on their way to the northern coast. Often they fall into the hands of human traffickers | Photo: Joe Penney/REUTERS

Mali
Niger
Senegal

Human trafficking and trade — a growing threat for Africa

Athletes from the Refugee Olympic Team wave during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, France, 26 July 2024 | Photo: EPA/Teresa SUAREZ

France

Largest-ever Refugee Olympic Team makes its debut at Paris Games

A group of migrants take part in the activity organized by the NGO ProemAID to overcome the traumatic experience of a dangerous sea crossing | Photo: Borja Suarez/Reuters

Canary Islands
Spain

Canary Islands: Overcoming fear of the sea

Personal stories

Hans' tale: 'I dream of seeing the Olympics in Paris'

The Bulgarian state intends to increase the arrivals of Indian workers in the coming months, to respond to the labor shortage in certain sectors. But what are the working conditions like? And what future is there for these workers in Europe? Hans is one of them, here is his story.

Emma's tale: 'They consider us worthless'

Emma* escaped her violent ex-husband in South Africa at the end of 2022 and fled to Ireland. With her new partner and three children (4, 11 and 13 years old), she is housed in a reception center around thirty kilometers from Dublin while awaiting the outcome of her asylum application. The 33-year-old mother says she experiences daily hardship at the center, feeling isolated from everything. Here is her story.

Prison, punishment and pushbacks: From Eritrea to Libya to Italy

InfoMigrants spoke with Eritrean migrants aboard Emergency's Life Support search-and-rescue vessel in March 2024. Two of their stories highlight the grim reality of life for sub-Saharan migrants in Libya, where both lived for over three years before managing to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.