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File photo used as illustration: Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Turkey has grown to host the largest refugee population in the world | Photo: Tolga Ildun/ZUMAPRESS/picture-alliance

Turkey
European Union

Report accuses Turkey of forcing migrants to sign their own deportation papers and other abuses

A new investigation details instances of severe human rights abuses at Turkish migrant detention centers — including alleged coercion into signing "voluntary" deportation papers.

File photo: Uganda already hosts the largest refugee population in Africa, with camps all over the country | Photo: Reuters/J. Arena

Netherlands
Rwanda
Uganda

Netherlands considering sending failed asylum seekers to Uganda

File photo: Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says he is against processing asylum seekers outside of the EU's borders | Photo: Juan Medina / Reuters

Spain
European Union

Spain: An Outlier Opposing Asylum Centers Outside of EU

News

File photo: Riot police and migrants after a revolt at the Via Corelli CPR in Milan | Photo: Andrea Fasani / ANSA / YBQ/ NS

Italy

Migrants heard in case investigating treatment at repatriation center in Italy

From file: Lack of economic opportunity has pushed many young people in Senegal to seek employment elsewhere, even if it entails a perilous crossing of the Atlantic Ocean | Photo: Felipe Dana/ Associated Press/picture alliance

Canary Islands
Senegal
European Union

EU commits further 30 million euros to Senegal to manage migration

File photo: Migrants are seen arriving on the island of Crete, southern Greece, after a prior rescue | Photo: Rapanis Stefanos / EPA

Greece
Libya

At least one person dead as boat with 100 migrants on board capsizes near Crete

Features

From file: A plan to digitally tag overseas patients in the UK if they access healthcare raises concerns that undocumented migrants could end up suffering | Photo: Jeff Moore /picture alliance / empics

United Kingdom

UK: Criticisms of proposed scheme to 'digitally tag' overseas patients

Among other things, stricter gun laws are part of the new regulations | Photo: Christian Ohde/CHROMORANGE/picture alliance

Germany

Immigration: What is in Germany's new 'security package'?

Mo is a dancer from Syria who had his leg amputated in Germany after it was injured in a blast in Syria, he has big dreams for his future | Source: Screenshot DW Video

Germany
Syria

Syrian breakdancer hasn't skipped a beat after losing leg

Personal stories

Forced to swim to shore: Tunisian coast guard abandons migrants at sea

The Tunisian coast guard has a new method when intercepting migrants at sea: confiscating boats and forcing passengers to swim to shore. Ibrahim witnessed it first hand when he tried to cross the Mediterranean.

Fata's story: 'I got out of prostitution to help my sisters get out of this cycle'

Fata, a 30-year-old undocumented Guinean woman near Barcelona, left prostitution a year and a half ago to help others escape exploitation. She volunteers with local associations and dreams of becoming a nurse, but faces pressure from influential figures in the prostitution community and fears deportation. Here's her story.

Lampedusa shipwreck survivor: 'I saw my travel companions die'

He was hanging on to the boat for three days, in the middle of the sea with the waves that, little by little, sealed the death of his travel companions. He saw them drown, one after the other, in front of his eyes. The dramatic story of a young Syrian man who was rescued off the coasts of Lampedusa.