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30.04.2021, Spiegel
After a long wait on the open sea, numerous people seeking protection were able to receive medical care from the German rescue ship Sea-Watch 4. The rescuers had previously been detained in Italy. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
30.04.2021, AlJazeera
Kenya’s government has said it told the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) it will close two refugee camps hosting more than 400,000 people by June 30 next year. The announcement follows a meeting between President Kenyatta and UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Afrika
30.04.2021, the Guardian
One of north Africa’s most notorious human traffickers, accused of extorting and torturing thousands of refugees and migrants in Libya, has been found guilty on five counts of smuggling and trafficking in Ethiopia. Tewelde Goitom, known as “Welid”, operated in Libya between roughly 2014 and 2018 and is thought to have been at the heart of a highly lucrative and brutal trade trafficking desperate migrants trying to reach Europe. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
30.04.2021, the Intercept
Italy’s Anti-Mafia Directorate and the “Dirty Campaign” to Criminalize Migration. A Report of the Situation. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
29.04.2021, Le Monde
Un bateau retrouvé à la dérive au large des côtes d’une des îles des Canaries avec à bord les cadavres de 24 migrants est arrivé, mercredi 28 avril, sur l’île de Tenerife, ont confirmé des sources officielles. Trois personnes avaient été sauvées lors de la découverte de cette embarcation repérée, lundi, à quelque 500 kilomètres de l’île d’El Hierro. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Spanien, Afrika
29.04.2021, trtworld
Violent and often sadistic pushbacks from Italy, Slovenia and Croatia are a damning indictment of Europe's broken migrant policy. Anatomy of a pushback: from Italy to Bosnia read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Italien / Malta
29.04.2021, AP News
An independent investigation in Greece says authorities have failed to adequately respond to multiple allegations of summary deportations of migrants at the Greek-Turkish border. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
29.04.2021, tagesschau
The EU border protection agency Frontex plays a decisive role in the repatriation of refugees to Libya. This is the result of joint research by the ARD magazine Monitor with "Lighthouse-Report", "Der Spiegel" and the newspaper "Libération". read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
29.04.2021, dailymail
The total number of refugees who have crossed the English Channel has reached the 2,000 mark, three times higher than this time last year, figures show. Border guards arrested more than 200 migrants trying to cross the Channel in nine separate incidents yesterday. A total of 209 migrants were apprehended by officers as they tried to cross the channel in small boats - a new daily record for 2021. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Großbritannien, Europäische Union, Europa
29.04.2021, bbc
Afghans make up 2.7 million of the refugees registered by UNHCR worldwide - the third largest nationality. Nearly 8,000 Afghan refugees and asylum seekers were registered with UNHCR in Indonesia as of December 2020 (about half of the total), but the country has not signed the UN Refugee Convention and prevents their permanent settlement. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Asien
29.04.2021, dw
A Spanish rescue ship has towed a wooden boat discovered in the Atlantic Ocean to the island of Tenerife. There were even more dead migrants on it than initially assumed. Authorities had initially assumed that there were 17 bodies on the boat. In the harbour, however, helpers counted as many as 24 dead, including two minors. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
28.04.2021, Migazin
The EU Commission wants to encourage refugees to return "voluntarily". This is cheaper than deportations. The EU border protection agency Frontex is supposed to help. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union
27.04.2021, SPD
On the occasion of the debate and vote on the discharge of Frontex in the European Parliament, the SPD European Commissioner Udo Bullmann demands that the scandals surrounding the EU border agency finally be comprehensively clarified and that its work be put on a new footing. read more
27.04.2021, Migazin
Sea rescuers from the "Ocean Viking" have rescued 236 people from two overcrowded inflatable boats off the Libyan coast - every second was an unaccompanied minor. Since the beginning of the year, 453 people have died in the Mediterranean. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Nordafrika
27.04.2021, the Guardian
Torture survivors and lonely children are stranded in Greece and Italy after the Home Office ended cooperation on family reunions. The government is facing criticism for announcing that the Family Reunion Act would no longer apply after Britain leaves the EU. It promised that cases already underway at that time would be allowed to continue. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
27.04.2021, euobserver
Earlier this year, the EU law-enforcement agency Frontex pulled out of Hungary, over violations committed against asylum seekers. Frontex had, however, sat on the issue for five years, despite the evidence. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Osteuropa, Europäische Union
27.04.2021, AlJazeera
There are currently around 2.6 million registered Afghan refugees around the world. They have fled Afghanistan for a variety of reasons, including persecution, conflict, economic hardship and climate-related displacement. Each person has a different reason, in many cases multiple reasons, for seeking safety. The EU is considering sending people back, but it is still not safe for Afghan refugees and asylum seekers to return home. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Naher Osten, Europäische Union
27.04.2021, Spiegel
Is a monk liable to prosecution if he offers protection to an asylum seeker for reasons of conscience, although he would not have been allowed to do so under the applicable rules? With its ruling, a district court is breaking new legal ground. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union
27.04.2021, taz
Several people died during the crossing from West Africa to the Canary Islands. Only three refugees could be rescued. The number of people who dare the life-threatening crossing from Africa across the Atlantic towards the archipelago had risen sharply in the past year. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Spanien, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
26.04.2021, El Diario
No se descarta que entre los cadáveres que quedan a bordo del cayuco haya alguna mujer y algún menor, según lo que han observado los tripulantes del helicóptero de rescate durante la operación read more
Language(s): Spanisch / Español Region(s): Spanien, Afrika
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