Tales from the Border (7/8): French Alps – Helping hands
Since 2015, migration routes through Italy towards France have gradually changed. Today, many migrants climb high up in the Alps to arrive in France, heading west from the Balkan route and north from Italy's south.
Belarus: Save the Children launches 'green lanterns' campaign
Save the Children has launched an appeal to participate in a campaign to light up 'Green lanterns' on social media, by tagging institutions, to highlight the dramatic situation of migrants on the border area between Poland and Belarus.
Belarus: Poland warns of 'changed tactics' amid irregular migrant crossings
Polish authorities have arrested three individuals, including one German citizen, for helping migrants trying to irregularly enter the EU. The crossings come after two border camps were cleared.
Greece: NGO workers could face prison for helping migrants
In Greece, the trial of 24 activists accused of helping migrants reach Europe by boat has started. Among other things, they are charged with human trafficking and espionage. If found guilty, they face 25 years in prison.
Italy: 40 refugees to be transferred from Lesbos, Greece, through humanitarian corridor
Catholic charity Community of Sant'Egidio is planning to transfer 40 migrants and refugees from the 'Kara Tepe' camp on the Greek island of Lesbos to Italy in October. Among them are several unaccompanied minors.
Canary Islands: Spaniard uses his garage as language school for migrants
As authorities on Spain's Canary Islands keep struggling with the ongoing arrival of a large number of irregular migrants, a local man has turned his garage into a classroom to give Spanish lessons to the new arrivals.
In the German flood zone: 'It's like reliving the war'
Two weeks after the flood disaster in western Germany, the region is struggling to come to terms with what has happened. Refugees and migrants who once came to the Ahr Valley to build a new life are now facing difficult decisions again.
Oulx, a town at 'the crossroads of migration to France'
The town of Oulx, situated near the Italian-French border in Italy's Alta Valle di Susa, has continued to represent an "important crossroads of two migration flows directed to France," the organization Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU) said in a report on the situation at the northwestern border of the Alps released on July 9.
Italy: Updated map of migrant associations
The Italian government's Migrant Integration website published updated information on the number of migrant associations in the country, which now stands at 1,135.
Save the Children helpline for young migrants assisted over 1,000 in past year
During 2020, a helpline set up by Save the Children in Italy to assist migrants under the age of 18 helped a total of 1,115 people. The main issues dealt with included the interruption of educational activities, the suspension of family reunification procedures, and the lack of meetings with volunteer guardians.
Bosnia: Refugee aid groups under pressure
Thousands of refugees and migrants wait in Bosnia for the possibility to enter the EU. Disagreements over how to distribute aid threaten to leave many in cold — if it weren't for volunteers working on their own.
Bosnia: Migrant volunteer in Bihac shares harrowing experiences
Local volunteer Zlatan Kovacevic says that the situation in Bosnia is slowly going from bad to worse, as helpers begin to encounter corpses and growing violence against migrants. Children are particularly at risk, according to Save the Children.