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26.12.2022, Zeit
The head of the EU's asylum agency (EUAA), Nina Gregori, expects a further increase in the number of asylum seekers in the European Union. "It is quite clear that the increasing number of applications will continue in the foreseeable future," Gregori told the Funke Mediengruppe newspapers. Instability and threats to human security are features of today's world, she said. "Unfortunately, they are not temporary." read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union
25.12.2022, La Repubblica
Eight of them have been sleeping in the cold in front of the Treviso police station for three months. They asked for asylum but nobody can find a place for them. Arci's complaint: "In Italy there are thousands of them in this situation, very long time for permits". read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
24.12.2022, La Repubblica
The Ragusa Magistrate's Court, accepting the Prosecutor's request, ordered the seizure of €125,000 worth of assets belonging to the Idra Social Shipping company, owner of the ship Mare Jonio. The order was issued as part of an investigation for aggravated aiding and abetting illegal immigration and violation of the navigation code. "An investigation,' said IDRA, 'which has been open for more than two years, in which we have never been heard by the investigators (...) We are looking forward to proving in court that the accusations made against us by the Public Prosecutor's Office are totally unfounded. read more
23.12.2022, Info Migrants
Hundreds of vulnerable asylum seekers are being forced to move to isolated camps as the EU-funded housing scheme is set to close down at the end of 2022. In a large number of cases, they have been given little warning about their removal, rights groups warn. The Greek migration ministry announced earlier this year that it would be phasing out the housing scheme by the end of December, in spite of the European Commission’s commitment to continue funding to 2027. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
22.12.2022, Migazin
Die italienische Regierung scheint mit einer neuen Taktik gegen die private Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer vorzugehen. Während bislang die Zuweisung von Häfen verzögert oder Schiffe beschlagnahmt wurden, zwingt sie die Retter nun zu langen Fahrten. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
22.12.2022, Info Migrants
A refugee reception center in the Berlin suburb of Reinickendorf is facing serious accusations against security staff, including of coercion, violence and extortion. On Tuesday, the news outlet Tagesspiegel reported on claims that security service providers had taken advantage of the situation of those seeking protection, such as selling them beds and appointments. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa
21.12.2022, InfoMigrants
During the year, millions of people crossed the borders of the European Union, including more than 4.8 million fleeing the war in Ukraine. Here are some of the year's memorable images. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa
21.12.2022, Info Migrants
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called on Lithuanian and Latvian authorities to stop pushing back people at the border with Belarus. People on the move seeking security are deliberately put at risk, left in the woods for various weeks, suffering from significant levels of trauma and wounds, and systematically denied the right to seek asylum. Over the last weeks, numerous people were hospitalised and had to have their limbs amputated. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Baltische Staaten, Osteuropa, Europäische Union, Europa
20.12.2022, Sicilia TV
A massacre of children before the eyes of helpless parents. The latest victim is Rockia, the two-and-a-half-year-old girl who died Sunday afternoon despite attempts by doctors at the Lampedusa Outpatient Clinic to revive her. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europa
20.12.2022, InfoMigrants
Switzerland has announced a temporary halt to its participation in a UN program to take in vulnerable refugees. The government says the influx of war refugees from Ukraine has pushed it to the limit. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Österreich / Schweiz, Europa
Cyprus has relocated 48 of a promised 500 asylum seekers to Germany as part of a new EU 'solidarity mechanism'. It was the first relocation between the two member states. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
19.12.2022, Migazin
Menschen protestieren in Genf für die Bewegung „Refugees in Libya“. Manche von ihnen sind selbst geflohen und haben es nach Europa geschafft, nicht dank, sondern trotz des UNHCR. Die Hilfsorganisation arbeite mit Staaten Hand in Hand gegen Menschen in Not. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa
19.12.2022, InfoMigrants
A two-month-old baby was recovered dead from the wreckage of a migrant boat off Lesbos on Friday. The child's mother is believed to have reached the island and is now missing. read more
19.12.2022, Info Migrants
The interior minister, Matteo Piantedosi, confirmed that new laws will be introduced that will force charity ships to deliver rescued migrants to port immediately, without waiting to pick up more people at sea or transferring migrants to larger vessels. Piantedosi further suggested that some humanitarian groups engage in “systematic searches for people in cahoots with traffickers” instead of carrying out rescues, pressing ahead the anti-immigration rhetoric and agenda. This will cost NGOs valuable resources and time, and can stop them from saving lives at sea, they warn. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
19.12.2022, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Refugees in Germany report on the physical and psychological violence they experienced from Bulgarian police officers during their journey. In the "Black Book Pushback" of the "Border Violence Monitoring Network" similar experiences are recorded and it is told that migrants had to strip naked during interrogation in Bulgaria and were beaten. Despite all this, the German government considers Bulgaria to be a safe EU country to which those seeking protection can be sent back. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa
19.12.2022, PRO ASYL
On Tuesday (20.12.2022) a new person will be elected as Executive Director of Frontex. PRO ASYL demands that a person is elected who has not been accused of pushbacks and human rights violations, unlike the currently elected State Secretary in the Croatian Ministry of Interior, Terezija Gras. The head of the European department of PRO ASYL, Karl Kopp, explains why and what fundamental reforms are needed at Frontex. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
19.12.2022, zeit online
The London High Court ruled that the Conservative government's deportation plan to forcibly return refugees from Rwanda was in line with the Refugee Convention. With the Rwanda plan, the government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intends to deter those seeking protection from entering the country via the English Channel. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Großbritannien, Europa, Afrika
19.12.2022, Lighthouse Reports
Lighthouse Reports now has visual evidence that refugees are being systematically detained in secret detention facilities ("black sites") where they are denied their right to asylum and illegally deported. These secret facilities are located along EU borders - particularly in Bulgaria, Croatia and Hungary. The living conditions are inhumane: people are forced to stay in cage-like structures, overcrowded and dangerously hot vans, containers or remote gas stations. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union, Europa
19.12.2022, Der Spiegel
A two-year-old girl died in hospital after a refugee boat carrying 43 people capsized near Lampedusa. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa, Afrika
he London High Court will decide today (19.12.2022) whether the planned forced deportations to Rwanda are lawful. Thousands of migrants who previously managed to cross the sea route and enter England are affected. The previous deportation flight in June of this year was blocked at short notice by the European Court of Human Rights. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
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