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23.01.2023, Info Migrants
Greece has announced a further extension of its border fence with Turkey, aimed at stopping people on the move. The government also repeated a call for Europe to show "solidarity and a fair sharing of duties." read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
A case against search and rescue volunteers Sarah Mardini and Sean Binder in Greece has been shelved for now. But hundreds more people across Europe still face charges such as "migrant smuggling", despite growing calls to end the criminalization of humanitarian assistance. read more
23.01.2023, AGI
A man and a woman found dead in a shack in the ghetto of Borgo Mezzanone, in the Foggia area. They had lit a makeshift fire read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
23.01.2023, Infomigrants
The Spanish police found a network in which Ukranian people on the move were exploited in illegal tobacco factories. They were forced to work very long hours in poor conditions. Moreover, to avoid getting caught, the refugees were not allowed to leave the factory premises. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Europäische Union
20.01.2023, la Repubblica
Departure scheduled between tonight and tomorrow. Juan Matias Gil, head of the Médecins Sans Frontières mission: 'Last year we rescued 3,850 migrants, if the new rules had already been in force, we would not have been able to save more than a thousand'. read more
20.01.2023, Infomigrants
In Brussels, more than 3,000 people on the move and asylum seekers have been sleeping homeless or in temporary accomodations. According to an asylum seeker, after applying for international protection he was told that no place was available for him, despite his right to be offered one. A similar situation is happening in the Netherlands. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
20.01.2023, Lighthouse Reports
Lighthouse Reports has found that asylum seekers, including children, are being detained in unofficial jails – in the form of metal boxes and dark rooms – for sometimes more than a day at a time in the bowels of passenger ships headed from Italy to Greece, as part of illegal pushbacks by the Italian authorities. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
20.01.2023, Info Migrants
"Border management and fundamental rights, they go hand in hand," declared Hans Leijtens, as gave a press conference ahead of the start of his role as head of the EU border agency Frontex on Thursday, January 19. Leijtens has promised to "restore trust" in the agency that last year was rocked by claims that Frontex agents had turned a blind eye to the illegal pushbacks of people on the move at several EU borders. Leijtens said he wanted to make sure that all his staff worked within "the boundaries of the legal framework". read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
19.01.2023, Zeit Online
The Italian government offers to take in more Tunisian harvest workers. In return, Tunisia is to help push back boat people in the Mediterranean. This solution was made in order to prevent "irregular immigration" from happening. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
18.01.2023, AnconaToday
Rear Admiral Aulicino, in a House hearing: "Humanitarian ships are units that can provide relief, so they are useful, as are merchant and supply vessels" and "are solely active on the route between Tripolitania and the island of Lampedusa." read more
18.01.2023, Infomigrants
The UK government announced on Tuesday it would be seeking to force tech platforms to remove videos of migrants crossing the Channel if they showed that crossing in a "positive light." The measure is part of a draft bill which still needs to be passed by both houses of parliament. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europa
17.01.2023, Legal Centre Lesvos
In October 2020, nearly 200 people who had departed from Turkey to seek asylum in the European Union were caught in a storm off the coast of Crete, Greece. Finding themselves in a state of emergency, the passengers made a distress call to the Hellenic Coast Guard requesting assistance. Following their emergency call, the Greek authorities illegally and violently expelled them towards Turkey, ultimately abandoning them on life rafts at sea. The case was communicated by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to Greece in December 2021; to date, the Greek authorities have denied that the pushback took place. However, the Legal Centre Lesvos published a forensic reconstruction video, demonstrating that the Hellenic Coast Guard, instead of rescuing the approximately 200 people who were in distress at sea, violently attacked, detained, and ultimately abandoned them at sea in a massive coordinated and illegal pushback operation. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
16.01.2023, Infomigrants
The Polish authorities have been looking for bodies at the border between Belarus and Poland, after at least three were found in the last 10 days. Since the Summer of 2021, about 285 people have gone missing according to Grupa Garcia. There are fears that the death toll could rise. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union
The 39 unaccompained minors who reached Ancona last week on board of humanitarian vessels will remain the in the Marches region. They are aged between 14 and 17 and they are being hosted by the charity Caritas. The latter has been asked by the prefecture of Ancona to organize hosting centres in the city. On the other hand, adults who arrived on board of Geo Barents will go to Lombardy. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
Charges against 24 migrant rescue activists in Lesbos have been dismissed by a Greek court, after a call from the UN. Even though this could be considered as a first step to recognize legal mistakes during the trials, some activists are still facing further investigations on felony charge, including people trafficking. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
13.01.2023, Info Migrants
The crew of the Geo Barents rescue ship completed the disembarkation of the 73 rescued people on the move in the Italian port of Ancona. "Rescue completed", announced the crew of the Geo Barents rescue ship on Twitter on Thursday, January 12. "The 73 survivors, including 19 unaccompanied minors, have finally touched the ground after a long and unecessary journey to Ancona," continued the tweet from the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) which operates the Geo Barents. read more
While landings of people on the move are slowing down due to adverse meteorological conditions, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has met with her government with the aim of forging agreements with countries of departure of people on the move. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is scheduled to travel soon to Tunisia, Turkey and Libya. Piantedosi has also planned a series of visits, starting with Turkey. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
13.01.2023, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
Lithuania is pushing ahead with the legalisation of pushbacks, which the authorities call "reversals" (apgręžimai). This practice involves picking up people who have "irregularly" crossed the border with Belarus and then sending them back to the neighbouring country. This usually means that people have no opportunity to apply for asylum. Although border officials have been accused of violence by people on the move and NGOs, there is little visible evidence so far. On the Belarusian side, however, people on the move, NGOs, and Lithuanian officials consistently report that people are beaten and robbed. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Baltische Staaten
12.01.2023, Info Migrants
The report 'Dal mare al carcere' (From the sea to prison), drafted by humanitarian organizations Arci Porco Rosso and borderline-europe, denounces the criminalization of people on the move accused of being so-called "scafisti", or human smugglers. The report is based on news stories of people who were detained on charges of aiding and abetting "irregular immigration" by sea. "Don’t call them 'scafisti' [human smugglers] they are skippers," Sara Traylor, an operator at Arci Porco Rosso, told ANSA, when referring to the people who end up captaining the boats crossing the Mediterranean. The report, which was based on data from 2022, was put together to provide evidence that many of those who end up captaining boats across the Mediterranean are not in fact human smugglers, as they are often described by the authorities, but people on the move who perhaps have prior knowledge of seafaring or steering boats. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
The controversy between Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and the NGOs was sparked by the choice of Ancona as the port of disembarkation, which is considered to be too far among sea rescue NGOs. However, the minister accused the NGOs operating humanitarian ships of creating a "pull factor" and enticing people on the move to cross the Mediterranean. The private sea rescue ship Ocean Viking reached the port of Ancona on Tuesday, January 10 with 37 people on board. The Geo Barents, operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was also ordered to disembark its rescued people in Ancona on the Adriatic sea the same day. Both the Ocean Viking and the Geo Barents had in vain requested to disembark rescued people at the closest port so they could return to saving lives at sea more quickly. read more
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