Emma Wallis

In early October 2025, InfoMigrants traveled to Milan, Monfalcone and Trieste in northern Italy to visit a range of projects and communities of migrants in those cities. Here are a selection of articles from that trip that appeared on the English pages. You can also find more videos in Bengali if you visit InfoMigrants Bengali.

In 2025, Europe’s border agency Frontex recorded just over 16,000 crossings by Egyptian nationals, mostly departing from Libya, towards Italy and Greece. That makes them the leading nationality on the African continent to migrate to Europe. InfoMigrants takes a look at some of the factors driving Egyptians -- particularly unaccompanied minors -- to attempt the journey to Europe.

An 18-year-old Afghan migrant is the first person to be charged with endangering others during a sea crossing to the UK. He was charged on January 5, the same day the new law came into force and appeared in court on Wednesday.

There are almost a million Syrians in Germany, most of them hold some kind of protected status in the country. But, since Syria’s interim President Al Sharaa visited Germany last week, the Syrian community has been forced to consider once again their relationship to their homeland, and whether they should stay in Germany or go back to Syria.

Authorities in Morocco prevented 6.4 percent fewer attempts by migrants trying to enter Europe irregularly in 2025 than in the previous year, confirmed the Interior Ministry last week.

Authorities in Morocco prevented 6.4 percent fewer attempts by migrants trying to enter Europe irregularly in 2025 than in the previous year, confirmed the Interior Ministry last week.

Since the European Parliament voted to allow the possibility of building ‘return hubs’ outside of EU borders, member states have been searching for potential candidates who would be willing to site them. Discussions have reportedly "zoomed in on 12 nations."

The German government has announced that its increased border controls will stay. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt attributes the checks at the frontier to a reduction in the number of migrants and asylum seekers in the country, but some migration experts believe the two are not linked, and that stricter controls could even have an adverse effect in the future.

An additional 15 police officers have been arrested on suspicion of torturing and abusing vulnerable people, including migrants. The latest round of arrests was announced on Tuesday (May 5) in a widening investigation into police officers suspected of "aggravated torture, rape, abuse of power and aggravated assault."

Croatian police are hunting for an alleged people smuggler who is believed to have dumped the bodies of four migrants and abandoned dozens of others near the Slovenian border earlier this month.