The Iranian men who walked for days to reach Germany
Omid and Milad undertook the mammoth journey on foot as well as boat, plane and bus in the wake of the 2022 mass protests.
Omid and Milad undertook the mammoth journey on foot as well as boat, plane and bus in the wake of the 2022 mass protests.
Hadi Tiranvalipour and Dina Pouryounes Langeroudi had been training and competing in their home country, Iran, before both were forced to flee.
Omid Ahmadisafa is a fighter inside and outside of the boxing ring. After being crowned world champion in kickboxing in 2017, he is ready to write the next chapter of his career --as a boxer. He will compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team.
A man who was among the survivors of a migrant shipwreck off Calabria earlier this month has been arrested on suspicion of killing a teenage Iraqi girl on board.
Taekwondo athlete Marzieh Hamidi found refuge in France following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. She says the Taliban and the severe restrictions they have imposed on Afghan women is what brought out her fighting instinct.
On "Destination Paris", FRANCE 24's new weekly show ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics, we speak to canoe sprinter Saman Soltani, who will be competing at her first Olympics with the IOC Refugee Team.
Tehran is planning to reinforce Iran's border with Afghanistan by building a concrete wall. It's a new obstacle for Afghans attempting to escape from the Taliban's regime.
In Crotone, Italy, Maysoon Majidi, an Iranian Kurdish women's rights activist, is on trial for allegedly assisting with clandestine immigration after fleeing Iran. She was arrested on charges of being a "smuggler" of the boat she arrived in Italy with on December 31, along with other migrants. Majidi denies these accusations. Amnesty International has intervened in her case, appealing to the judge.
After a year of war, Sudan is dealing with one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. As more local and international actors get involved, the outlook remains grim.
Sareh Hamdani was arrested in October 2021 while trying to cross Iran's border with Turkey. She was then sentenced to death for the alleged crime of promoting homosexuality. After protests in Germany, she was released on bail and was finally able to flee.
Another group of 188 Afghans has been flown to Germany from Pakistan under special admission programs. Thousands are still awaiting relocation.
Police are investigating how 14 people stowed away inside a shipping container that arrived at an Irish port from Belgium earlier this week.