Pakistan

• Italy
• Libya
• Pakistan

Deceived by human smugglers, three young men from Gujarat recount their harrowing journey from Pakistan through Libya and across the Central Mediterranean. They faced death threats, inhumane conditions, multiple attempts to cross in unstable boats, and repeated extortion. Allegations of corruption and complicity involve Libyan officials, UN workers, and the Pakistani embassy in Tripoli.

• Bangladesh
• Egypt
• Iraq

Migrants risking their lives crossing the Central Mediterranean share their stories of financial exploitation in Libya. They recount repeated interceptions at sea by the EU-backed Libyan coastguard and detainment in Libya until they are able to pay for their release, only to be intercepted again. Do Europe's anti-migration measures perpetuate extortion, corruption, and clandestine financial flows on the Mediterranean route? InfoMigrants investigates the hidden costs behind European migration.

• Bangladesh
• Iraq
• Italy

Have the EU's border measures inadvertently created a thriving market for smugglers in the Mediterranean? This exclusive InfoMigrants series, drawing on interviews with dozens of migrants who made the perilous journey across the Central Mediterranean, reveals a web of corruption, financial misconduct, and the commodification of asylum seekers along the Mediterranean route. Europe-bound migrants passing through Libya endure cyclical financial exploitation, falling victim to a complex network of human smugglers, armed criminal gangs, militias, law enforcement, and government agencies.

• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Pakistan

Every day, thousands of Afghan refugees are being driven out of Iran. The deportees frequently face physical and verbal abuse, as well as extortion.

• Afghanistan
• Pakistan

A former Afghan prosecutor told DW that his visa application for Germany has been turned down. The decision, he says, has prolonged his stay in Pakistan and exposed his life to further risks.

• Greece
• Pakistan
• Syria

Three men in Greece have been given five-year prison sentences for keeping 13 migrants in a trailer as part of a vigilante response to an attack in their region. According to court documents, they believed the migrants were involved in a 2023 deadly fire in the northeast, which cost almost 20 lives.

• Italy
• Pakistan

Muhammad Umar Arif, an irregular migrant, endured physical and emotional scars on his illegal and perilous journey from Pakistan to Italy. The love and compassion of people around him in Italy is helping him to overcome the trauma.

• Italy
• Nigeria
• Pakistan

Three migrants, two from Pakistan and one from Nigeria, are looking after a special olive orchard belonging to the Monasterio Foundation in Tuscany. They are also receiving valuable professional training.

• Egypt
• Greece
• Libya

A court in Greece has dismissed all charges against nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck off Greece last June. The court said it did not have jurisdiction to try the case.

• Afghanistan
• Pakistan

Although they were born in Pakistan to Afghan families, many girls could be deported to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, where they would not be allowed to attend school and would not enjoy equal rights.

• Afghanistan
• Germany
• Pakistan

A group of Afghans have departed from Islamabad, Pakistan with a promise of admission to Germany as part of a government program to transfer vulnerable Afghans.

• Afghanistan
• Germany
• Iran

Another group of 188 Afghans has been flown to Germany from Pakistan under special admission programs. Thousands are still awaiting relocation.