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06.02.2023, Info Migrants
An Afghan woman and her underage daughter, who arrived in Denmark in 2018, are the first to qualify for residency rights under the new regulations issued last week by the Danish Refugee Committee. The country's immigration policy was adapted to specifically address the plight of women and girls from Afghanistan. With the new law, gender is now enough of a qualifier for female Afghan nationals to receive asylum in the EU member state. The ruling is in line with a recent decision issued by the EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA). read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Europäische Union, Europa
A shipwreck in the Aegean, off the Greek island of Leros, has left at least five migrants dead, four of whom were children. Between 36 and 41 people on the move were rescued, said the Greek coast guard. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
According to Germany’s new Special Commissioner for Migration Joachim Stamp, the German government plans to asses its options for transferring asylum procedures to the African continent. Meanwhile, Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants the government to also focus on deportations of people with no right to remain in the country. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
An Eritrean mother, who was separated from her three children in December while all four of them tried to board a boat to cross the Channel, has reportedly also now managed to cross the Channel and arrived in the UK. The woman’s requests to be able to legally travel to the UK to be reunited with her children were reportedly ignored. As a consequence, the woman decided to board another boat and arrived in the UK on January 25. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Großbritannien, Europa
06.02.2023, Human Rights Watch
In an effort to keep migrants and asylum seekers off its shores, Italy pays for tens of thousands of people to be intercepted and sent back to Libya. There, they are subjected to abuses that the UN describes as possible crimes against humanity. Italy's migration deal with Libya will be automatically extended for three years on 2 February, after the deadline for amendments expired on 22 November. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
04.02.2023, MUGAK
About 400 people have participated this Saturday in Ceuta in the X March for Dignity, which again went throughout the whole autonomous city to the Tarajal border to denounce the "racist migration policies that each year claim the lives of thousands of people at the borders" of the European Union. read more
Language(s): Spanisch / Español Region(s): Spanien
03.02.2023, Info Migrants
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has sentenced the Hungarian government to almost €40,000 in damages for the death of a Syrian refugee. The incident occurred while he tried to cross from Serbia to Hungary by boat on the Tisza river in 2016. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa
03.02.2023, Tagesschau
The Italian coast guard and private sea rescuers have brought more than 140 refugees to safety in the Mediterranean. For at least ten people however the help came too late. Survivors reported two more dead. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
03.02.2023, abc News
Italy's coast guard says that the bodies of eight migrants have been recovered during an operation overnight that also rescued 42 survivors in the central Mediterranean off the island of Lampedusa. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
02.02.2023, ANSA
The Council of Europe said Thursday that its Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic wrote to Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi on January 26 asking the Italian government to withdraw its recent decree regulating the activities of NGO-run migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
31.01.2023, The Guardian
The prime minister of the UK has announced a proposal to ban people on the move who entered "irregularly" in the country from applying for asylum. Consequently, they would have to be deported as soon as possible. However, this idea doesn't take into consideration the lack of return agreements with other countries and would therefore leave millions of people in detention camps indefinitely. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien
30.01.2023, Infomigrants
The European Union's agency for asylum has declared that Afghan women and girls will be elegible for refugee status. This decision was taken to face the increase of women's rights restrictions in Afghanistan. However, it will be up to each European country wether to adopt EU's outcome or not. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
30.01.2023, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
The European Commission is seeking to return more migrants to their countries of origin, according to Lithuania’s European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius. Moreover, the next European Council will discuss other measures to stop "illegal" migration. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Baltische Staaten, Europäische Union
27.01.2023, Pro Asyl
According to KlikAktiv's report, Romanian police has pushed people on the move back to Serbia. This process is a clear break of international law as asylum-seekers are exempted from the readmission agreement. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union
25.01.2023, DER SPIEGEL
The crew of the rescue ship »Geo Barents« first rescued 69, then 61 and then 107 people from rubber dinghies off the Libyan coast within a few hours. Among them was also a baby apparently. read more
25.01.2023, The Guardian
Families with children seeking asylum in the UK might be sent back to Rwanda. By ruling out a particular group from the pushback procedures, officials were worried of encouraging smuggles to focus on families. Moreover the Immigration minister said that the government is planning to increase the number of migrants detained, in order to remove more people from the country. read more
25.01.2023, Info Migrants
The European Commission has presented a new strategy to increase the return of "irregular migrants". EU member states were called on to work closer together as well as collaborate with EU authorities like Frontex. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
24.01.2023, Info Migrants
Ireland's Minister for Integration says Ireland should prepare to accept more than 80,000 new asylum seekers over the course of this year. Meanwhile, protesters declare "Ireland is full". read more
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
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