Fear is still present among Gaziantep's inhabitants, but several days after the earthquake what appears to prevail among those left homeless is the tension and frustration.
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It's open to migrants with or without healthcare coverage.
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Richie Nath fled Myanmar after the 2021 military coup.
The painter now lives in Paris as a refugee, where he creates artworks criticizing the military junta's brutal repression.
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Sweden was long known as one of Europe's most welcoming countries for refugees.
Now, a right-wing government propped up by a far-right party is changing the country's migration policy.
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A report by states that in France, female migrants are at a high "risk of entry into prostitution [...] when they are denied asylum, thrown out of the [reception center] and find themselves on the street."
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In a recent poll, people in 57 countries were asked whether they would prefer to live in another country or stay where they are.
More than one third said they would like to emigrate.
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Ibrahima has been chosen as a delegate by nearly 300 Malian migrants a a transit center run by in Agadez, Niger.
He left his home in southwest Mali and family behind in 2008 in search of a better life.
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The exhibition ‘Déplacé∙e∙s’ in Turin, Italy, focuses on the experiences of refugee children.
Artist JR has more than 1.7 million followers on Instagram and interweaves photography, public art and social commentary.
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"CPRs have become bona fide 'places of detention' for those staying in them for an extended period and 'locked up' while waiting to be repatriated," a joint statement by the two bodies noted.
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The municipality of Michałowo in Poland has been honored the Paweł Adamowicz Award for the help it provided refugees at the border with Belarus starting in September 2021.
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In Greece, asylum seekers have had to leave their apartments and move back into refugee camps.
The government says that standards in the camps are high, but migration experts say it is an attempt to deter other refugees and migrants.
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It has been nearly a year since Nigerian student Collins Okoro's life in Ukraine was uprooted.
When the war started, he fled to Germany where he arrived with little money and just a few clothes. He never knew what would happen next.
Where does he stand now?
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Asylum seekers living at a hotel in London for the past 18 months were given just a few hours' notice before being moved to a location in Bedfordshire — 40+ miles away.
Many have expressed anger, disappointment and disbelief at how they've been treated.
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At the Magdas Hotel in Austrian capital Vienna, two-thirds of the 40 employees are refugees.
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EU leaders have agreed on a series of new policies aimed at curbing irregular migration.
However, the impact of those policies is likely going to be limited, with the focus on economic migration rather than addressing the root causes of migration.
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Sweden used to be one of Europe's most welcoming countries for refugees.
But now, a right-wing government propped up by a far-right party is changing the country's migration policy.
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📷 These migrants arrived in Dover, UK, yesterday, after being picked up by British border force officers in the English Channel.
So far this year, 1,835+ people have arrived in the UK after setting off from France 40+ small boats, according to the UK Home Office.
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In France, homelessness constitutes "a risk of entry into prostitution" for immigrant women, according to a recent report by the foundation .
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More than 19,000 people are confirmed to have died during the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria.
Among them are many migrants and refugees.
In the ten Turkish provinces affected, one in ten of the local population is a Syrian war refugee.
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In Greece, an Afghan asylum seeker who tried to kill herself by setting herself on fire has received a 15-month sentence, suspended for three years.
The NGO that took on her case has appealed, saying the sentence was "unfair and extremely concerning."
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464+ people died or went missing last year while attempting to reach Spain by crossing the Western Mediterranean from Algeria, according to a new report.
Between 2018 and 2022, they counted 1,583 victims on the Western Mediterranean route.
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📷 The tragedy of one family in Hatay, Turkey:
In the background: The father, a Syrian refugee, was rescued from the rubble, two days after the earthquake destroyed their home.
The mother, a Turkish woman, and two daughters (covered by blankets) did not survive.
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The bodies of 8 deceased migrants were transferred from a morgue at Lampedusa's cemetery to Sicily on Tuesday, so that an autopsy could be carried out there.
Italian authorities had found their boat last week, rescuing 42 people.
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Another 7 survivors have been found on the Greek island of Lesbos after a shipwreck on Tuesday in which 3 migrants drowned.
The number of survivors now stands at 39.
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In the Netherlands, the highest administrative court has ruled that the restriction on family reunifications violates Dutch and European law.
~1,200 people will immediately benefit from this and receive an entry visa, according to the justice ministry.
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In Germany, people with a visible migrant background often experience discrimination — at school, when looking for housing, at work, in sports clubs, by the police,...
A new book highlights 45 personal stories.
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Leaders from the European Union's 27 member states are convening in Brussels today and tomorrow for a summit dedicated in part to one of the bloc's touchiest issues: the question of how to handle migration and asylum.
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"We are scared. We live in fear of another strong aftershock."
17-year-old Mercan al Ahmad escaped death in Syria and now lives in southeastern Turkey.
She's worried about her relatives in her home town of Aleppo, which has suffered extensive damage.
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🔸 large-scale, often violent pushbacks
🔸 denial of access to asylum procedures
🔸 criminalization of human rights defenders
The Council of Europe's #HumanRights chief said these and other "serious human rights violations" are a "permanent feature" of 🇪🇺 migration control.
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The #earthquakes and aftershocks that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday have killed more than 11,000 people.
is providing relief to victims on the ground across Syria, where many of the victims are displaced people.
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Close to 30,000 people applied for asylum in Germany in January.
That's more than twice as many as in January 2022, when close to 14,000 applications were registered.
The majority of those applying for asylum came from Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey and Iran.
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📷 People carry 5 large canvases depicting images of refugee children from 5 countries on a central square in the northern Italian city of Turin.
The performance, organized by French photographer and artist JR (), was reportedly attended by 1,200 people.
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Almost 1,000 migrants made it to Spain's Canary Islands from the beginning of the year to February 5, according to UNHCR data.
Last year, over 15,000 migrants arrived on the Atlantic island group.
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Aid agencies have repeatedly raised concerns over grave human rights abuses against migrants in Libya, citing reports of forced labor and torture.
They also criticize EU funds and equipment being used by Libya's coast guard to intercept & return migrants.
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Eight men convicted over last June's attempted migrant crossing from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla have had their prison sentences increased.
The men face up to four years in prison for crimes including illegal entry into Morocco.
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A woman, alone in the freezing water of the Strait of Sicily, holding on to a life jacket, hours after having fallen off a dinghy crammed with people who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean, was rescued at the weekend south of Lampedusa.
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Many people in poor countries cannot afford to migrate.
The #ClimateCrisis is making it worse by hurting economic development, a study has found.
My latest piece explores the link betw. climate change & #migration.
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