More than 40,000 Ukrainians have fled since the start of the war to avoid going to the front despite martial law being in force, which prohibits men between the ages of 18 and 60 from leaving the country
An investigation by EL PAÍS with Lighthouse Reports reveals how Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia use European financing to detain and forcibly displace migrants and refugees. The victims are primarily Black people. The objective: prevent them from reaching Europe
The disaster in the waters off southern Greece has caused at least 79 deaths. Around 100 men have been rescued alive but several hundred people are still unaccounted for
Authorities said 104 people have been rescued so far after the boat sank overnight in international waters some 75 kilometers southwest of Greece’s southern Peloponnese peninsula
The number of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Tunisia has skyrocketed in the first four months of 2023. Between January and April, 498 individuals disappeared in shipwrecks while en route to Italy
On February 26, a boat carrying around 200 migrants capsized 40 meters off the Italian coast. Various agencies failed to detect the risk and did not activate a rescue operation on time. An investigation by EL PAÍS with ‘Lighthouse Reports’ and other media outlets exposes the fatal chain of errors
The country, whose government has declared a state of emergency to tackle the influx, has become the main illegal gateway into Europe in the first quarter of 2023
