Activists told BIRN they gave the Bulgarian police the exact coordinates of three young migrants who were in distress after ...

Turkish and new Syrian government forces are are attacking the Kurds who have been guarding thousands of ISIS prisoners for ...

Italy's government is ready to push ahead with a contested plan to hold asylum seekers in detention centres in Albania, ...

The treatment of refugees and migrants is a true reflection of the state of democracy and human rights in Europe.

György Bakondi said that although this figure is lower compared with previous years, it still posed a serious challenge.

The Hungarian authorities apprehended almost 16,000 illegal migrants and 132 people smugglers last year, the prime minister’s ...

Corruption, migration, online criminality, violent misogyny and the arms trade: in a turbulent year, BIRN’s team of ...

Most migrants arrive from Greece and Bulgaria, with many using Bosnia-Herzegovina as a transit country before continuing their journey toward the European Union. During the registration process, many ...

The migration route that connects West African nations with the Spanish Canary Islands remains the deadliest in the world, ...

The Atlantic route for migrants from West Africa to the Canary Islands is one of the deadliest in the world. Located nearer to Africa than mainland Spain, the archipelago is seen by most as a step ...

as data showed deaths of migrants attempting to reach Spain surged to an all-time high in 2024. The makeshift boat was carrying around 80 people when it capsized. Only 11 survived, the Ministry of ...

“We are still concerned,” he said. Last year alone, human smugglers helped more than 530,000 migrants navigate the remote jungle route on their way through the country. The notable decline is ...