File photo used as illustration: The Tunisian authorities have recovered the bodies of 13 migrants at sea | Photo: AP/picture alliance
  • Tunisia

Tunisia: 13 migrants found dead at sea

The bodies of 13 people, believed to be migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, have been recovered off Tunisia’s eastern coast.

Germany has resumed deportation flights to Afghanistan | Photo: picture alliance
  • Germany

Deportation pressure undermines refugee job integration, warns Bavarian Refugee Council
Tunisia has become a hotspot for migration to Europe | Photo: Jan-Philipp Scholz/DW
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  • European Union

EU's Africa fund 'spread too thinly' to reduce migration

News

Increased and targeted border controls in Germany could have knock-on effects elsewhere in Europe - but not in the way that rumors in Greece imply | Photo: picture alliance / dpa
  • Germany

German border checks having little impact, police union says
From file: The Turkish coast guard takes migrants on a boat during a search and rescue patrol in 2021 | Photo: Erdem Sahin/EPA
  • Ethiopia
  • Turkey

Turkey: 190,000 people intercepted at sea since 2020
Italian lawmaker Riccardo Magi from Più Europa celebrates reaching 500,000 signatures to trigger a referendum on citizenship in Italy | Photo: Cecilia Fabiano / LaPresse via ZUMA Press
  • Italy

Italy: Campaigners gather enough signatures for citizenship referendum
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Features

From file: Afghan refugees wait to register at the border | Photo: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Ebrahim Noroozi
  • Afghanistan
  • Iran
  • Pakistan

Afghan migrants expelled from Iran subject to abuse and trauma
New French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau arrives for the first weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace | Photo: Christophe Ena / picture alliance / AP
  • France

New French interior minister claims 'mass immigration is not an opportunity for France'
Some refugees in Brandenburg have said they fear the rise of the AfD | Source: Screenshot from DW video
  • Germany

Video: Rise of Germany's far-right AfD sparks fear among refugees
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Personal stories

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.

Halimatou's tale: 'My missing brothers never told me they would get into a canoe'

Halimatou's three brothers, Saliou, Souleymane and Mamoudou, set sail four months ago from Bargny, Senegal, with the aim of reaching the Canaries. The young woman and her family have had no news since then.
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Understanding Europe

Germany is reintroducing border checks at all its borders for at least six months | Photo: Arnulf Stoffel/Funke / IMAGO
  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • France

Germany border controls: What this means for refugees and asylum seekers

The center for asylum seekers in Shengjin, Albania, June 4, 2024 | Photo: Florion Goga / Reuters
  • Albania
  • Italy

What is the Italy-Albania deal on migration?
File photo: Federal police officers check vehicles near the German-Czech border, October 17, 2023 | Photo: dpa / picture alliance
  • Germany

Explained: Germany's strategy to bolster border controls amid immigration crackdown
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The European Union

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  • European Union

Fighting migrant smuggling: 2021-2025 EU action plan

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  • European Union

Entering the EU - online visa application process and digital visa

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  • Ukraine
  • European Union

Are you seeking refuge from the war in Ukraine? Beware of human traffickers when on the move
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