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18.12.2023, Alarm Phone
On 14 December 2023, from 17:00h CET on, Alarm Phone received several calls from a group in distress who had left from Zuwarah in Libya on a white rubber boat. The situation on board this overcrowded boat was extremely dangerous, not least due to the rough sea.(...) Only 25 of the more than 80 people on board could be rescued. 25 survivors were forced back to Libya. The others, approximately 61 people, drowned. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
14.12.2023, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Between Tunisia, Libya and Italy, at least 1,300 people have disappeared at sea this year, the highest number in years. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
13.12.2023, TAZ
At its refugee forum on Wednesday, the UNHCR wants to mobilise help for displaced persons and host countries. Many countries are tightening their asylum laws. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa, Weltweit
12.12.2023, Alarmphone
How people on the move are prevented from obtaining legal status in the Western Mediterranean region read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
11.12.2023, Nigrizia
Tunisia's President Kais Saied gave the numbers on migrants intercepted in 2023 while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Italy. There are 70,000 migrants stopped this year, which is more than double the 31,000 stopped in 2022. The National Guard specified that 77.5 percent were from sub-Saharan Africa, while 22.5 percent were Tunisians, mostly fleeing a precarious economic situation. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
09.12.2023, Legal Center Lesbos
The complaint demonstrates in extensive detail how, since at least 2018, EU funds—especially through the EU’s Internal Security Fund (ISF)—were repeatedly allocated, mismanaged and misused by Greek authorities. Additionally it highlights how these funds are, both directly and indirectly, contributing to serious and systemic breaches of EU law at the EU’s external border in Greece. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
06.12.2023, The Guardian
Seventeen groups issue statement sounding alarm at migration laws agreed by most EU members read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa, Weltweit
04.12.2023, ZEIT Online
A ship belonging to the German aid organization SOS Humanity has been detained in Italy. The authorities accuse the crew of driving people into the water. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Deutschland, Europäische Union
02.12.2023, Contexto y Acción
The European Union decleared the fight against the "smugglers at the borders" one of the top priorities of its migration policy, but on the ground it is usually the "spontanious" captains who are arrested and sentenced read more
Language(s): Spanisch / Español Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
01.12.2023, Info Migrants
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of four underage Ghanaian migrants held in an Italian facility for adults shortly after their arrival to Europe in May 2017. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Afrika
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has made it easier to return refugees to EU countries where an initial asylum application was submitted. read more
29.11.2023, Deutshlandfunk
Diese Debatte wird Folgen haben. Im Bestreben staatstragende Mitte zu sein, verlieren die Grünen Grundpfeiler ihrer Stabilität, kommentiert Ann-Kathrin Büüsker. Es gebe einen Bedarf an ökologischer, gerechter und solidarischer Politik. Die Grünen erfüllten ihn nicht. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
29.11.2023, Info Migrants
Nearly 40 young migrants examined by medical staff in the Italian city of Palermo said they had suffered torture in assessments completed since January 1. Six were women. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
28.11.2023, El Periódico
More than 28,000 people drowned or disappeared in the Mediterranean since 2014, at least 2,600 this year. read more
Language(s): Spanisch / Español Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
28.11.2023, Taz
Fewer boats are leaving Tunisia for Europe. Refugees are therefore gathering in fields on the coast. Their anger sometimes turns into violence. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union
28.11.2023, BBC
Die Putschist*innen in Niger haben ein acht Jahre altes Gesetz gekippt, das den Schmuggel von Migranten im Land unter Strafe stellt. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Afrika
23.11.2023, ND
The destruction of the sea rescue ship "Iuventa" in Italy is still not clarified. Six years ago it was confiscated read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa
22.11.2023, Deutschlandfunk
The organisation "Doctors Without Borders" has made serious accusations against the European Union in its treatment of refugees. read more
22.11.2023, MDR
The German government has declared war on "smugglers" - repeatedly emphasising that it wants to oppose the "inhumane business". Now, however, the Ministry of the Interior seems to have overshot the mark. A planned amendment to the Residence Act could make non-profit organisations that help refugees at the EU's external borders liable to prosecution in future. What do legal experts think? Members of Borderline Europe e.V. were also interviewed in this article. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Weltweit
21.11.2023, Deutschlandfunk
More than 50 organisations have warned against the criminalisation of sea rescue in Germany. read more
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