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Parisian photographer Marvin Bonheur wants to break stereotypes around the capital’s suburbs by challenging young talent to share pictures from their neighbourhoods on Instagram.

In the eastern French city of Montbéliard, a group of teen migrants have made a film documenting their struggles with authorities and integrating into life in France.

In the words of the UNHCR’s Senior Mental Health Officer Peter Ventevogel, "Before the pandemic, refugee mental health was a severely overlooked and under-prioritized issue. Now it is full-blown crisis".

Thousands of international students join the UK job hunt every year after graduation, but finding an employer willing to sponsor your visa is often a hit-or-miss battle. Two Indian entrepreneurs aim to bridge that gap with an online career platform.

When Cyprus went into lockdown in spring 2020, many migrants found themselves without easy access to food and other necessities. Here's how one charity quickly restructured its organisation to focus on its members' needs.

In 2004, the unattended properties of Genova’s former train station were dusty spaces with cracked walls that had fallen into disuse. Following a century-long process of depopulation, industrialisation, and downgrading property values, the neighbourhood around the former station shows traits of extr…

In Athens, one NGO has focused on adapting its services to suit refugees' needs, offering shelter, Greek and English lessons, food and above all a safe space.

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dutch entrepreneurs teamed up with a work-learn programme for refugees to create the Netherlands' first face mask factory.

When Sahr John first moved to Amsterdam, he was an undocumented migrant. Originally from Sierra Leone, for the past four years he has planned and hosted Open Meal with Refugees, a public potluck where refugees and Amsterdammers are encouraged to mingle and make new friends.

Vulnerable communities around the world are faced with lack of access to information on Covid-19 and how to protect against it, including immigrants who don't speak the local language. Across Europe, initiatives have been emerging to fill in the gap.

It’s been five years since German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced ‘Wir schaffen das’ — we can do it —and yet the EU is still struggling to find consensus over reforming its asylum policy. Now, local communities are taking the question of migrant integration into their own hands. One Berlin initia…

Volunteers found that common interests and social events were key to fostering friendships between old and new residents of the German city of Wuppertal. Now, amid the coronavirus pandemic, they're having to find new ways to help.

Bureaucracy might be a well-known source of grievances for most new arrivals in Germany, but for some, the burden is considerably heavier than for others. Meet the law students helping asylum seekers and refugees navigate German legislation.

A young woman from Venezuela sparked local debate in Germany when she spoke up on television about the Covid-19 situation at her refugee accommodation. But she is not the only one who has launched a successful fight for her rights and a more humane living situation this year.

Sweden is facing a shortage of skilled workers, but qualified immigrants often struggle to find employment that fits their education. One programme in southern Sweden aims to match newcomers with employers to help get them into IT jobs.

In 2019, Luxembourg received 2,047 applications for asylum. By the end of the year, its asylum centres hosted 3,208 people, including those granted refugee or protection status (BIP) who involuntarily linger on, unable to afford suitable accommodation. Frustrated with the long waiting times to rece…

A project in southern Spain shelters migrant mothers and aims to provide them with tools to start their new lives in Europe in a secure way.

Navigating the naturalisation process and finding a job can be a complicated and long procedure for migrants coming to Greece. Generation 2.0, a non-profit organisation working towards a diverse and inclusive society, tries to not only help migrants integrate and thrive, but also to bring about soci…

Volunteers at Asylum United organise weekly football training for female asylum seekers in Denmark as a way to help them keep fit, meet local women and break up the monotony of life in a reception centre.

Rachida was born and raised in Brussels from a Moroccan family. Her business is more a social project rather than a pure business and it has become the point of reference for a lot of parents in the city.

Two smiles, four cheerful eyes - these were the resources that Inna and Oleh Yarovyi had upon their arrival in Poland from Ukraine in 2015. Today, they own a growing chain of cafés.

“People think that every refugee had it worse in their own country. On the contrary, I had a good job and plans for my life. I wanted a wife and kids. Fate had me become a refugee overnight. I left my country with just one thing - the key to my apartment.” – says Elmi Abdi. He was awarded with a tit…

The world-famous opera singer, Olga Pasiecznik, spent two days on the Ukrainian-Polish border waiting for a border check. - I didn't know back then that it was the journey of a lifetime - she says.

The preparation and publication of the “Manual against the IMMIGRATIONALISM”, born of the need to communicate the most common mistakes they have detected during these years of work and offer possible solutions, always from an objective view that takes as a basis the creteria and deontological princi…

From this program CEPAIM, a fundation which main goal is to promote a model of inclusive and intercultural society, assist the labor and social insertion in the rural environment of migrants.

Project aims to provide foreigners with basic information on life in the Czech Republic (legal framework, health system, social system, housing, education, culture, etc.) in order to smooth the integration process.

Project enables mixing of hosting community and foreigners, helps to open up a conversation, create bonds and make new friends through organizing common lunches between Czech and foreigners families with the help of the facilitator

Ms. Yafreisy has a successful supermarket and a bakery in Rome. She won the most prestigious MoneyGram Award, “the Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Award” and prize for "Youth Entrepreneurship".

NUiF is Germany's largest association of companies committed to the employment of refugees. NUiF offers advice, information materials, webinars, workshops and events that are free of charge, just like the membership

Estonian Refugee Council has initiated series of events all over the country which bring together migrants and Estonian local people. During events migrants carry out different activities (dancing workshops, cooking classes, handicraft classes etc) to show their cultural background

People from different parts of the world now have sports clubs to go to. This gives the host country the chance to integrate migrants into the mainstream society through sport

Duo for a job brings young people with a migrant background in contact with elderly people to help them integrate in the job market by sharing their expertise and experience.

After staying in Greece for months, Dler from Iraq managed to secure permission to settle to the Netherlands and reunite with members of his family.

Khaled came as a refugee from Afghanistan to Greece in 2002. Ever since, he has managed to overcome many and great difficulties and built his life from the beginning in Greece.