After five years and three trials, a man was eventually cleared of wrongdoing for attempting to steal four euros' worth of food from an Italian supermarket.

Having been held as prisoners on the island of Lampedusa for months now, a number of refugees started a hunger strike to demand to be enabled to leave the island. Besides the desperate living conditions in the...

The breaking down of the international humanitarian system for refugees is a real threat now, the UN refugee agency's special envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt warned.

The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights states that the Dutch government must do more to guarantee human rights in the kingdom's overseas territories of Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba. In a recent report, the...

As a result of a forced eviction, 500 Roma people, including pregnant women, elderly, ill people and children, have been thrown out into the streets of Rome. This move of the local authorities is a clear violation of...

Unions staged a "shoe protest" in Zagreb for people who were forced to leave the country in search of work. Citizens shared stories of people who were "kicked out" of the country because of the situation on the labor market.

The recent repeal of part of Italy's overly harsh 2006 law on drug use is an encouraging sign that change is happening, albeit slowly.

The Dutch state secretary for security and justice recently denied two asylum requests by Albanian nationals, because Albania is considered to be a "safe country." In addition, the applicants had not proven that their...

Between 2002 and 2015, Rome invested 27 million euros into improving the education of Roma children, but a new report says the results are unsatisfactory.

Around 200 journalists protested in front of the Croatian Ministry of Culture because of violations of the freedom of the press. They demanded the resignation of Minister of Culture Zlatko Hasanbegović and laid their...