From file: Migrants on a rubber dinghy are heading to the English Channel near Gravelines, France on July 3, 2025 | Photo: Roland Hoskins/dmg media Licensing/picture
  • France
  • United Kingdom

France extends 'one in, one out' migrant swap scheme with UK

The United Kingdom and France have extended a pilot scheme to combat irregular migration known as the "one-in, one-out" deal. The program will continue to be tested until the start of October for the time being. France meanwhile w...

The protests in Tripoli attracted 'hundreds' of people, news agencies reported | Photo: Ayman Al-Sahili/Reuters
  • Libya
  • Sudan

Libya: Hundreds gather in Tripoli for anti-migrant protest
File photo used for illustration: Grape harvest workers in Córdoba province, Andalusia, Spain | Photo: picture-alliance
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Can Spain's regularization process help tackle labor exploitation?

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With outside temperatures reaching moderate summer degrees, the migrants hiding inside the tanker are believed to have been exposed to rising heat | Screenshot: Bitlis Emniyet Müdürlüğü (Bitlis Authority for Security) via X
  • Afghanistan
  • Iran
  • Turkey

Turkey: 30 migrants freed from tanker to be deported
The blaze damaged part of the petrol station as well, making the crime scene a potential safety hazard for hours | Photo: Luigi Salsini/Frame Video/ANSA
  • Afghanistan
  • Italy
  • Pakistan

Italy: Four migrant workers burned alive in suspected arson case linked to migrant mafia
File photo: Checks have been employed around of Germany's borders since September 2024 | Photo: Udo Herrmann / picture alliance / Chromorange
  • Germany
  • European Union

European Commission calls on Germany to phase out border checks
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The ECJ has ruled that basic necessities such as clothing and household goods may not be withdrawn even if an asylum application is rejected | Photo: epd
  • Germany
  • European Union

German asylum benefits cuts violate EU law, top court rules
Many Bangladeshi migrants go missing after making so called "body contracts" for a passage to Europe | Source: screenshot report InfoMigrants
  • Bangladesh
  • Libya
  • European Union

From Bangladesh to Libya: Europe's deadly 'body contract' route
From file: Many immigrants to Spain land at Madrid's Barajas airport, especially those coming from Latin America; but many eventually decide to move on to other places | Photo: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo
  • Spain

Spain: Study finds that immigration is not the solution to ageing population and falling birth rates
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Personal stories

For Sunanda, Spain's regularization means more than papers

In Barcelona, Sunanda says Spain's regularization process could be life-changing for undocumented migrants -- not just opening a legal path, but easing the daily pressure of insecure work, housing and uncertainty.

Refugee weightlifter eager to compete for her new homeland, Germany

Yekta Jamali was 17 when she became the first female weightlifter to win a medal for Iran. It was also then that she decided to flee and seek asylum in Germany. She's already competed for the Olympic Refugee team, now she is set to represent Germany for the first time at the European Championships in Georgia, just months after receiving German citizenship.

'Authorities blame us for all the problems', say Senegalese migrants expelled from Mauritania

Since tightening its migration policy in 2025, Mauritania has carried out large-scale expulsions of undocumented migrants, but also sometimes of those with legal status. These individuals say daily life has become extremely difficult in a general context of hostility from the population, violence, and harassment by authorities. InfoMigrants collected the testimonies of three Senegalese nationals, all fishermen, who were affected by this anti-migrant policy.
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Understanding Europe

The European Parliament (EP) General Assembly | Photo: Dursun Aydemir / Anadolu Agency via picture-alliance
  • European Union

What the new EU migrant 'return hubs' deal means in practice
File photo: A migrant returns to shore after attempting to cross the English Channel to reach Britain on an inflatable dinghy at Sangatte beach near Calais | Photo: Bernard Barron / AFP
  • United Kingdom

UK immigration falls sharply, but the perception that it is increasing is still widespread
Members of the Bangladeshi community celebrate the Spanish government's approval of a mass amnesty program that will help regularize over half a million migrants, in Barcelona, Spain April 14, 2026 | Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce
  • Spain

How Spain's 2026 regularization works
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