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27.10.2020, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Reports of brutal mistreatment of migrants and illegal repatriation at the border with Bosnia-Herzegovina are accumulating. Now Brussels also announces that it will take care of the actions of Croatian officials. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union
27.10.2020, Deutschlandfunk
A fire destroyed the completely overcrowded refugee camp Moria on Lesvos in September. The provisional temporary camp has also been flooded twice by rain. Despite the problems there, Athens wants to close two other camps on Lesvos. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
27.10.2020, Just Security
Images of migrants in bright orange tent-like structures, adrift on the Aegean, began to circulate online in March. In a new pattern of covert expulsions, spanning several Aegean islands, Greek authorities had begun weaponizing rescue equipment to violently expel asylum seekers. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europa
27.10.2020, Medico
Word has got around in the meantime about what the 'Seebrücke' is. But what is the 'Balkanbrücke'? The activists from 'Seebrücke' are demanding the communal reception of refugees in Germany and other EU countries. In doing so, they are focusing primarily on people who were rescued from distress in the Mediterranean Sea or who are stuck in refugee camps on the Greek islands. The 'Balkanbrücke', on the other hand, draws attention to the forgotten misery in the countries of the Western Balkans, where thousands of people on the borders of the EU hope in vain for progress and experience human rights violations every day. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten
27.10.2020, Jungle World
Europe's right-wing populist parties are weakening. This opens up new leeway in refugee policy that must be used. Despite greater mobilization successes in recent years, things are getting worse and worse in EU refugee policy - at least this is the impression one could get after the fire in the Greek camp Moria and the presentation of the EU migration pact. What to do? read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
26.10.2020, Netzpolitik.org
Das italienische Innenministerium stellt 7,2 Millionen Euro für den Betrieb von Drohnen im zentralen Mittelmeer zur Verfügung. Für die Polizei und die ebenfalls für die Grenzsicherung zuständige Finanzpolizei sollen die unbemannten Luftfahrzeuge bei Tag und Nacht irreguläre Migration aus Ländern wie Libyen und Tunesien überwachen. Nach mehreren Pilotprojekten hat auch Frontex vergangene Woche über den langfristigen Einsatz von Drohnen im Mittelmeer entschieden. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Mittlerer Osten, Europäische Union
26.10.2020, Rai News
Un centinaio di migranti che dal Senegal si dirigevano verso le Canarie è dato per disperso. La loro imbarcazione, riferisce elDiario.es, è esplosa a circa 80 chilometri dalla città senegalese di Mbour. Altre 59 persone, tra cui sei minori, sono stati soccorsi e trasferiti nella base navale Amirale Faye Gassama di Dakar. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Spanien
26.10.2020, The New Humanitarian
On the night of 27 June, at least 61 people died in a shipwreck on a lake in Van, a Turkish province bordering Iran. The victims were asylum seekers, mostly from Afghanistan, and the wreck shed light on a dangerous and often overlooked migration route used by people trying to move west from the border to major cities, such as Ankara and Istanbul, or further beyond to Europe. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Griechenland / Türkei, Naher Osten, Europa
26.10.2020, InfoMigrants
A mental health crisis among asylum seekers from the former Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos is worsening. In the new 'Kara Tepe' tent facility, even more young children are receiving psychiatric treatment, including medication, to deal with ongoing trauma. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
26.10.2020, Sky News
Migrants arriving in Kent after crossing the English Channel are being processed at what resembles a "rubble-strewn building site". Many were then detained for days at a time in rooms with no sleeping facilities, showers or access to the open air. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien
26.10.2020, The Guardian
Croatia has dismissed allegations of violence by its border patrol after new reports emerged this week of border police allegedly beating, robbing and sexually abusing migrants. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten
25.10.2020, The Guardian
A group of asylum seekers, including victims of torture, who were illegally detained in the UK are suing the Home Office. More than 20 people have launched a claim for compensation, which lawyers believe could be owed to thousands held unlawfully between January 2014 and March 2017 [...]. read more
25.10.2020, Doctors without borders
People are locked in dirty containers, most of whom are sleeping on the floor while some do not have running water or toilets. In other containers the floor is completely broken and has holes. People in quarantine have very limited access to basic services including sanitation, but also food, which as in the rest of the camp sometimes continues to be inedible. To date, there is no communicated medical response plan from the competent authorities. read more
23.10.2020, Der Spiegel
Greek border guards have been forcing large numbers of refugees back to sea in pushback operations that violate international law. DER SPIEGEL and its reporting partners have learned that the European Union is also complicit in the highly controversial practice. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
23.10.2020, Nawaat
At the heart of tensions in the Mediterranean, the migratory situation, wrongly described as a "crisis", crystallizes the inability of Europeans to think differently about their relations with their southern neighbor. This lack of understanding feeds historical antagonisms and makes the militarisation of the Mediterranean area inevitable. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Nordafrika, Europa
23.10.2020, Neues Deutschland
27 unaccompanied or sick children with their parents and siblings - 17 families, a total of 104 people, arrived in Hannover on Thursday. They landed by plane, as did a group of 26 refugee families from Greece a week ago. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Deutschland
23.10.2020, Jungle World
In August, the Federal Ministry of Transport once again blocked two ships of the association Mare Liberum e. V. In order to make this possible, it had specifically amended the ship safety regulation. The association filed an objection and won in court. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europa
23.10.2020, Daily Sabah
Rescues at sea and arrivals of flimsy boats from Africa on Spain’s Canary Islands, where local authorities are already struggling to cope with the pandemic, have strained emergency services and left hundreds of migrants stuck for days in a makeshift harbor camp. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien
23.10.2020, Tagesschau
Thousands of refugees are stuck in Bosnia on their way to the EU. In the Croatian borderland they are intercepted and deported. A war-disabled man tries to alleviate the misery with his aid organization. read more
23.10.2020, InfoMigrants
Almost 3,200 people are being held in eleven detention centers in Libya, according to IOM and UNHCR insiders. This includes many refugees fleeing armed conflicts and persecution. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
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