Migration Routes Investigation

Journey alongside us as we document the migration routes of unaccompanied child migrants within Europe. Our investigation unveils the abuse and violence they endure during their arduous journeys. Gain insight into these vulnerable children's grim reality, falling prey to criminal gangs seeking to exploit their vulnerability.

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Lesbos: a paradise-like Greek island overshadowed by the migration crisis
Migration Routes Investigation
Imke Kleingeld
05 June 2026
247
Dutch captain arrested for human trafficking after his rescue vessel came under fire from Libyan forces
Migration Routes Investigation
16 May 2026
424
Waiting day after day at Mavrovouni camp on Lesbos
Migration Routes Investigation
Imke Kleingeld
15 April 2026
528
How São Paulo exposes Europe’s ‘false dream’
Migration Routes Investigation
Noortje Smeltink
10 April 2026
838
Most initial asylum applications in Europe are from Venezuelans
Migration Routes Investigation
Qali Nur
27 February 2026
834
Frontex remains silent about contact with Libya during shootings at sea
Migration Routes Investigation
20 January 2026
WikiCommons
1079
Asylum seekers detained on Greek islands, minors are also not allowed to apply for asylum
Migration Routes Investigation
Monica Lam
20 August 2025
1221
Italy continues to cooperate with Libya despite human rights violations
Migration Routes Investigation
Veronique Dijkzeul
30 July 2025
4652
4,000 unaccompanied minors move from Canary Islands to mainland
Migration Routes Investigation
Veronique Dijkzeul
14 May 2025
1595
Workshop 3: Visualizing Migration and Climate Change
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
12 December 2024
1199
Workshop 2: Ethical Reporting on Climate Migrants
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
11 December 2024
1182
Workshop 1: Unpacking “Climate Migrants”
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
10 December 2024
1986
Solidarity and fury in Lampedusa
Migration Routes Investigation
Rosa Meneses
02 October 2023
1522
Selling on the beaches to survive: "This is not a real job"
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
Kate Stanworth
28 August 2023
1988
The exploitative underworld endured by beach vendors on Italy's beaches
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
Kate Stanworth
28 August 2023
2112
Lost in Europe exhibition
Migration Routes Investigation
03 July 2023
1850
'Make an emergency law'
Migration Routes Investigation
Huub Jaspers
Jelle Krekels
30 May 2023
1633
Waiting lists for education
Migration Routes Investigation
Irene Hollebrandse
29 May 2023
1920
Concerns about children in the emergency shelter
Migration Routes Investigation
Jelle Krekels
Yolanda Sjoukes
27 May 2023
1548
'Abuses in reception of minor refugees are distressing'
Migration Routes Investigation
Huub Jaspers
Sanne Terlingen
27 May 2023
1672
Refugee children disappear without a trace from shelters
Migration Routes Investigation
Monica Lam
Sanne Terlingen
26 May 2023
1527
Children in asylum centres
Migration Routes Investigation
Monica Lam
Sanne Terlingen
26 May 2023
1481
Children disappear from asylum shelters almost everyday
Migration Routes Investigation
Jelle Krekels
Monica Lam
26 May 2023
1716
Children disappear from asylum shelters almost everyday
Migration Routes Investigation
Jelle Krekels
Monica Lam
26 May 2023
1771
Children disappear from asylum shelters almost everyday
Migration Routes Investigation
Jelle Krekels
Monica Lam
26 May 2023
1673
Children disappear from asylum shelters almost everyday
Migration Routes Investigation
Jelle Krekels
Monica Lam
26 May 2023
1891
Bangladeshi migrants' long journey to Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
Kate Stanworth
20 February 2023
1545
Asylum seekers recruited for illegal labour
Migration Routes Investigation
Yolanda Sjoukes
06 February 2023
1738
Europes new slaves
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
18 January 2023
2409
73 refugee children and young people missing in Berlin and Brandenburg
Migration Routes Investigation
Roberto Jurkschat
16 January 2023
1348
Migration Missing In Action At COP27
Migration Routes Investigation
06 January 2023
1681
Remittance from Italy used to repay traffickers in Bangladesh
Migration Routes Investigation
Guest journalist(s)
22 December 2022
1666
The exploited Bangladeshi migrants at the heart of sicily's new food revolution
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
Kate Stanworth
22 December 2022
3897
Lamin
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
19 December 2022
19616
The 18 Project questionnaire
Migration Routes Investigation
Emma van den Hof
Merel van Beekhoven
15 December 2022
2068
Support Lost in Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
Geesje van Haren
14 December 2022
4414
Moussa
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
13 December 2022
1891
Our recommendations
Migration Routes Investigation
Geesje van Haren
Qali Nur
09 December 2022
2034
Announcement: The Project 18 by Lost in Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
Geesje van Haren
02 December 2022
1666
Exhibition Lost in Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
Geesje van Haren
25 November 2022
2249
The Troubled History of Quarantine Ships
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
16 December 2021
0
How Bangladeshis are lured into slavery in Libya
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
Kate Stanworth
09 December 2021
4867
Ahmed in the UK
Migration Routes Investigation
Dan Archer
Geesje van Haren
18 November 2021
5064
Ahmed
Migration Routes Investigation
Dan Archer
Geesje van Haren
11 November 2021
2134
First Lost in Europe exhibition in Brussels
Migration Routes Investigation
Dan Archer
Geesje van Haren
09 November 2021
2087
First Lost in Europe exhibition in Brussels
Migration Routes Investigation
Dan Archer
Geesje van Haren
08 November 2021
1981
Lost in Europe Exhibition and ‘UNpressconference’
Migration Routes Investigation
Dan Archer
Geesje van Haren
02 November 2021
1280
Alarm Phone-Arci: "2,500 migrant arrests in 10 years charged by boat people in summary trials"
Migration Routes Investigation
Cecilia Ferrara
15 October 2021
2100
Next month: Lost in Europe exhibition in Brussels
Migration Routes Investigation
Dan Archer
Geesje van Haren
12 October 2021
1166
Mixed-Media Late Summerschool class travels to Palermo, Sicily
Migration Routes Investigation
08 October 2021
2084
Ismail Einashe speaks at two events, join online
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
05 October 2021
4289
Journalists received Training on Trauma given by psychologist Kate Porterfield
Migration Routes Investigation
04 October 2021
1750
Adriana Homolova at the News impact Summit
Migration Routes Investigation
Adriana Homolová
16 June 2021
1870
International Missing Children’s Day: talkshow and interview
Migration Routes Investigation
Adriana Homolová
25 May 2021
16363
Lost in Europe's data publication became worldnews
Migration Routes Investigation
Adriana Homolová
30 April 2021
1778
Gambian migrant takes his Sicilian mother back home
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
18 March 2021
1509
Gambian migrant takes his Sicilian mother back home
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
18 March 2021
1464
Join our online Databootcamp on 11 and 12 March
Migration Routes Investigation
04 March 2021
1382
Young Senegalese more often take the life-threatening route to Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
04 March 2021
1348
‘I don’t see any future in Sicily’: How migrants have become scapegoats fo
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
Kate Stanworth
20 December 2020
1098
Postcards with photos from Ahmet Polat
Migration Routes Investigation
16 December 2020
3162
Geesje van Haren about Ahmed Mohammed
Migration Routes Investigation
Geesje van Haren
15 December 2020
4599
Khalaf
Migration Routes Investigation
14 December 2020
1470
Short documentary: 'Amadou'
Migration Routes Investigation
11 December 2020
1437
A great thanks to Betty
Migration Routes Investigation
03 December 2020
4807
Jamal
Migration Routes Investigation
Dan Archer
Geesje van Haren
30 November 2020
1507
NEW: Lost in Europe on Instagram
Migration Routes Investigation
21 November 2020
1301
Advent calendar. Get yours now
Migration Routes Investigation
19 November 2020
1619
Storymap: the journey of Khalaf
Migration Routes Investigation
Joline Cramer
13 November 2020
4291
Santina
Migration Routes Investigation
Dan Archer
Geesje van Haren
01 November 2020
4653
Firty
Migration Routes Investigation
Dan Archer
Geesje van Haren
15 October 2020
1823
World Day Against Trafficking - Questions and Answers
Migration Routes Investigation
Cecilia Ferrara
Ismail Einashe
28 July 2020
1351
Geesje van Haren in Emerging Stories
Migration Routes Investigation
20 June 2020
1207
Nomination European Press Prize
Migration Routes Investigation
05 June 2020
1246
About the plight of migrants stranded becauso of Covid-19
Migration Routes Investigation
17 May 2020
1367
Ismail Einashe member of Tate Etc.’s editorial board
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
15 May 2020
1423
Short documentary: 'Abdoul in Sicily'
Migration Routes Investigation
06 April 2020
1428
Short documentary: 'Mustafa'
Migration Routes Investigation
20 March 2020
2685
How children are being smuggled from Kosovo to Italy
Migration Routes Investigation
Cecilia Ferrara
28 February 2020
1993
Smugglers abuse Italian Zampa law
Migration Routes Investigation
Cecilia Ferrara
Geesje van Haren
28 February 2020
2395
Trafficked: Kosovar teenagers sent to Italy by their families
Migration Routes Investigation
Cecilia Ferrara
26 February 2020
1363
To England for a better life
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
19 February 2020
1384
How London was sold to a child fleeing war
Migration Routes Investigation
Ismail Einashe
30 January 2020
Lesbos: a paradise-like Greek island overshadowed by the migration crisis
Migration Routes Investigation
05 June 2026
Dutch captain arrested for human trafficking after his rescue vessel came under fire from Libyan forces
Migration Routes Investigation
16 May 2026
Waiting day after day at Mavrovouni camp on Lesbos
Migration Routes Investigation
15 April 2026
How São Paulo exposes Europe’s ‘false dream’
Migration Routes Investigation
10 April 2026
Most initial asylum applications in Europe are from Venezuelans
Migration Routes Investigation
27 February 2026
Frontex remains silent about contact with Libya during shootings at sea
Migration Routes Investigation
20 January 2026
WikiCommons
Asylum seekers detained on Greek islands, minors are also not allowed to apply for asylum
Migration Routes Investigation
20 August 2025
Italy continues to cooperate with Libya despite human rights violations
Migration Routes Investigation
30 July 2025
4,000 unaccompanied minors move from Canary Islands to mainland
Migration Routes Investigation
14 May 2025
Workshop 3: Visualizing Migration and Climate Change
Migration Routes Investigation
12 December 2024
Workshop 2: Ethical Reporting on Climate Migrants
Migration Routes Investigation
11 December 2024
Workshop 1: Unpacking “Climate Migrants”
Migration Routes Investigation
10 December 2024
Solidarity and fury in Lampedusa
Migration Routes Investigation
02 October 2023
Selling on the beaches to survive: "This is not a real job"
Migration Routes Investigation
28 August 2023
The exploitative underworld endured by beach vendors on Italy's beaches
Migration Routes Investigation
28 August 2023
Lost in Europe exhibition
Migration Routes Investigation
03 July 2023
'Make an emergency law'
Migration Routes Investigation
30 May 2023
Waiting lists for education
Migration Routes Investigation
29 May 2023
Concerns about children in the emergency shelter
Migration Routes Investigation
27 May 2023
'Abuses in reception of minor refugees are distressing'
Migration Routes Investigation
27 May 2023
Refugee children disappear without a trace from shelters
Migration Routes Investigation
26 May 2023
Children in asylum centres
Migration Routes Investigation
26 May 2023
Children disappear from asylum shelters almost everyday
Migration Routes Investigation
26 May 2023
Children disappear from asylum shelters almost everyday
Migration Routes Investigation
26 May 2023
Children disappear from asylum shelters almost everyday
Migration Routes Investigation
26 May 2023
Children disappear from asylum shelters almost everyday
Migration Routes Investigation
26 May 2023
Bangladeshi migrants' long journey to Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
20 February 2023
Asylum seekers recruited for illegal labour
Migration Routes Investigation
06 February 2023
Europes new slaves
Migration Routes Investigation
18 January 2023
73 refugee children and young people missing in Berlin and Brandenburg
Migration Routes Investigation
16 January 2023
Migration Missing In Action At COP27
Migration Routes Investigation
06 January 2023
Remittance from Italy used to repay traffickers in Bangladesh
Migration Routes Investigation
22 December 2022
The exploited Bangladeshi migrants at the heart of sicily's new food revolution
Migration Routes Investigation
22 December 2022
Lamin
Migration Routes Investigation
19 December 2022
The 18 Project questionnaire
Migration Routes Investigation
15 December 2022
Support Lost in Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
14 December 2022
Moussa
Migration Routes Investigation
13 December 2022
Our recommendations
Migration Routes Investigation
09 December 2022
Announcement: The Project 18 by Lost in Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
02 December 2022
Exhibition Lost in Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
25 November 2022
The Troubled History of Quarantine Ships
Migration Routes Investigation
16 December 2021
How Bangladeshis are lured into slavery in Libya
Migration Routes Investigation
09 December 2021
Ahmed in the UK
Migration Routes Investigation
18 November 2021
Ahmed
Migration Routes Investigation
11 November 2021
First Lost in Europe exhibition in Brussels
Migration Routes Investigation
09 November 2021
First Lost in Europe exhibition in Brussels
Migration Routes Investigation
08 November 2021
Lost in Europe Exhibition and ‘UNpressconference’
Migration Routes Investigation
02 November 2021
Alarm Phone-Arci: "2,500 migrant arrests in 10 years charged by boat people in summary trials"
Migration Routes Investigation
15 October 2021
Next month: Lost in Europe exhibition in Brussels
Migration Routes Investigation
12 October 2021
Mixed-Media Late Summerschool class travels to Palermo, Sicily
Migration Routes Investigation
08 October 2021
Ismail Einashe speaks at two events, join online
Migration Routes Investigation
05 October 2021
Journalists received Training on Trauma given by psychologist Kate Porterfield
Migration Routes Investigation
04 October 2021
Adriana Homolova at the News impact Summit
Migration Routes Investigation
16 June 2021
International Missing Children’s Day: talkshow and interview
Migration Routes Investigation
25 May 2021
Lost in Europe's data publication became worldnews
Migration Routes Investigation
30 April 2021
Gambian migrant takes his Sicilian mother back home
Migration Routes Investigation
18 March 2021
Gambian migrant takes his Sicilian mother back home
Migration Routes Investigation
18 March 2021
Join our online Databootcamp on 11 and 12 March
Migration Routes Investigation
04 March 2021
Young Senegalese more often take the life-threatening route to Europe
Migration Routes Investigation
04 March 2021
‘I don’t see any future in Sicily’: How migrants have become scapegoats fo
Migration Routes Investigation
20 December 2020
Postcards with photos from Ahmet Polat
Migration Routes Investigation
16 December 2020
Geesje van Haren about Ahmed Mohammed
Migration Routes Investigation
15 December 2020
Khalaf
Migration Routes Investigation
14 December 2020
Short documentary: 'Amadou'
Migration Routes Investigation
11 December 2020
A great thanks to Betty
Migration Routes Investigation
03 December 2020
Jamal
Migration Routes Investigation
30 November 2020
NEW: Lost in Europe on Instagram
Migration Routes Investigation
21 November 2020
Advent calendar. Get yours now
Migration Routes Investigation
19 November 2020
Storymap: the journey of Khalaf
Migration Routes Investigation
13 November 2020
Santina
Migration Routes Investigation
01 November 2020
Firty
Migration Routes Investigation
15 October 2020
World Day Against Trafficking - Questions and Answers
Migration Routes Investigation
28 July 2020
Geesje van Haren in Emerging Stories
Migration Routes Investigation
20 June 2020
Nomination European Press Prize
Migration Routes Investigation
05 June 2020
About the plight of migrants stranded becauso of Covid-19
Migration Routes Investigation
17 May 2020
Ismail Einashe member of Tate Etc.’s editorial board
Migration Routes Investigation
15 May 2020
Short documentary: 'Abdoul in Sicily'
Migration Routes Investigation
06 April 2020
Short documentary: 'Mustafa'
Migration Routes Investigation
20 March 2020
How children are being smuggled from Kosovo to Italy
Migration Routes Investigation
28 February 2020
Smugglers abuse Italian Zampa law
Migration Routes Investigation
28 February 2020
Trafficked: Kosovar teenagers sent to Italy by their families
Migration Routes Investigation
26 February 2020
To England for a better life
Migration Routes Investigation
19 February 2020
How London was sold to a child fleeing war
Migration Routes Investigation
30 January 2020

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