The likelihood of receiving asylum in the EU is a game of risk that migrants have to play.
![More than 124,000 asylum seekers have reached Europe since the beginning of 2014 [AFP/Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149583515941734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Kait Bolongaro is a freelance journalist and photographer covering human interest stories around the world.
The likelihood of receiving asylum in the EU is a game of risk that migrants have to play.
![More than 124,000 asylum seekers have reached Europe since the beginning of 2014 [AFP/Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149583515941734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Was the approval of Northern Gateway pipeline an authoritarian move by the Harper government?
![Most residents of British Columbia are against the Northern Gateway pipeline, writes Bolongaro [AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014625203019664734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The triumph of far-right political parties has serious implications for migrants in Europe.
![The far-right National Front won 24 out of France's 74 seats in the European Parliament [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/201452774826458734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
UN releases damning report about the dire situation of human rights injustices Aboriginal communities face.
![Indigenous people are twice more likely to be the victim of a violent crime than the rest of Canada's population [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014523125520267734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Although women enjoy unprecedented rights, a new report reveals a massive human rights crisis in the European Union.
![Violence against women isn't receiving enough attention in most European countries, writes Bolongaro [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014313124447619734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Despite opposition from the public and environmentalists, the government appears to be moving ahead with the project.
![A myriad of groups are opposed to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline [AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2013122982746748734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Despite its perceived failure, multiculturalism could offer the European Union the best chance to integrate migrants.
![Anti-immigrant sentiment is on the rise, especially in the UK [AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2013123053443413734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Tattoos bring a certain permanence in one of the world’s most uncertain places.

In Democratic Republic of Congo, those living with the condition are challenging misunderstandings about it.

Refugees of Rap use their music to promote regime change in war-torn Syria and to tell the stories of refugees.
