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20.09.2022, Info Migrants
In August, a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor from Senegal was shot dead by police officers in Dortmund. The young man has allegedly approached the officers with a knife, but a German state politician is questioning the veracity of the facts. Disciplinary proceedings had been initiated against five officers; one has been temporarily suspended from duty. This death follows other fatal incidents involving police brutality in Germany. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
20.09.2022, Domani
NGOs take the field five days before the vote. Immigration is one of the finished issues in the election campaign, on one side the leghist Matteo Salvini who aspires to become minister of the Interior and return to the "security decrees" that block landings, on the other Giorgia Meloni who wants to implement "the naval blockade," and finally the center-left who continues to keep ius soli and a return to reception among the resolutions. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
20.09.2022, Times Malta
An activist who has documented the death of four-year-old Loujin - who allegedly died of thirst after delayed rescue of a migrants' boat - has posted photos of the little coffin as she called on Europe to “wash its conscience” for allowing people to die at sea. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa
A new report from "Aegean Boat Report" claims that the Greek coast guard has pushed back several migrants in a rubber boat off the island of Rhodes last week Tuesday. There exist numerous testimonies of illegal pushbacks. However, Greek authorities deny these incidents. A video shows three people in balaclavas attempting to redirect the rubber boat's path. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
20.09.2022, Taz
Mohammad K. was brought from the clinic to the Dresden deportation detention center on Monday evening. Mohammad K. was actually supposed to be deported to Jordan last week, although he has been living in Germany for seven years. His asylum application was rejected in 2019, in the course of which his employment permit was also revoked by the foreigners authority. Numerous people are protesting against the deportation and fighting for his right to stay. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
League party leader Matteo Salvini told the Spanish newspaper El Pais in an interview that if he were to return to the government following elections in Italy on September 25, he will introduce a "territorial waters entry ban" to be applied to NGOs rescuing migrants at sea. read more
20.09.2022, Pro Asyl
Derzeit wird in Brüssel über den Vorschlag für eine neue EU-Verordnung diskutiert, die das europäische Asylsystem grundlegend verändern würde. Josephine Liebl vom Europäischen Flüchtlingsrat ECRE erklärt die schwerwiegenden Folgen. Das Asylrecht als Ganzes steht zur Disposition, wenn EU-Länder nach Belieben Ausnahmeregelungen erlassen können. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union
20.09.2022, Financial Times
Anonymous employees of the European Union Agency for Asylum allege nepotism and mishandling of harassment claims in a complaint sent to the EU’s anti-fraud agency and the European Commission last week. The head of the EU’s asylum agency, Nina Gregori, is facing accusations of misconduct three years after she was tasked with restoring the body’s credibility following her predecessor’s abrupt resignation. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
19.09.2022, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Vincent Cochetel has seen a lot of misery and death as the UN representative for the southern Mediterranean. And perhaps that's why he's not afraid to make a splash - with refugees and governments alike. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Spanien, Griechenland / Türkei, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
19.09.2022, Globalist
Last April a boat, designed to hold a dozen people and carrying 84, capsized off the Lebanese coast near Tripoli after being intercepted by the coast guard. Only 40 survived. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
19.09.2022, ASGI
After being refused information by the Italian Ministry of the Interior, the Administrative Court and the Council of State, freelance journalist and member of the International Federation of Journalists Sara Creta, supported by ASGI lawyers, lodges an appeal before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to enforce Article 10 of the ECHR Convention. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europa
19.09.2022, Info Migrants
German police have discovered 23 refugees from Syria in a forest near the Czech border. They were reportedly abandoned there by smugglers. Eleven of them have already been deported back to the Czech Republic while the remaining 12 will follow, federal police said on Friday. All of them are under investigation for unauthorized entry into German territory. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
Several prominent aid organizations including Amnesty International, Pro Asyl, Terre des Hommes, and Reporters Without Borders have criticized the German government's Afghan refugee admission program. In a letter to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Berlin's Afghan refugee admission program is slammed as "extremely questionable in terms of organization and content." The aid groups warned that Germany's selection process is "in danger of failing" and have threatened to withdraw from talks. read more
Germany is sorely lacking affordable apartments, and refugees remain largely overrepresented among those without private housing. People who have applied for or received asylum earn on average 43% less than the average German salary. This article is part two of a three-part series about finding housing as a refugee in Germany. read more
16.09.2022, Frankfurter Rundschau
In Italy, the nationalist Giorgia Meloni is heading for a big victory in the parliamentary elections on September 25 - and Europe is getting nervous. Because in Meloni's eyes, the vision of Italy's future diverges significantly from those of a unified EU. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
16.09.2022, Info Migrants
More migrants crossed the Channel to the UK from France between January and mid-September than in the whole of 2021. What accounts for these record numbers? “France and UK should strike a deal instead of resorting to police surveillance”, says researcher. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Großbritannien, Europa
In Calais, large boulders were placed on a roadside property in the city center. According to activists, the clear purpose of these is to prevent migrants from creating informal living spaces. At last count, there were about 100 migrants living in the area, among them unaccompanied minors or single women with children. There is no information about their current stay. The total cost of the boulders is 45.000€. The action is not the first attempt to harass migrants and make access to living spaces impassable. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Frankreich
16.09.2022, The Baltic Times
People who have already experienced sexual violence and torture are facing now a “new trauma of violent pushbacks” as a result of Lithuania’s pushback policy, according to a statement released by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Friday (September 16). The medical aid organization has heard the testimonies of many migrants who have been continuously pushed back, and is concerned that the situation will worsen with the arrival of winter. These people have limited access to basic needs and fair asylum procedures, whilst the Lithuanian government continues to “normalize this mistreatment and denial of rights,” as stated by MSF. Border authorities are currently allowed to block the entry of irregularized migrants under a decree signed in August 2021. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Baltische Staaten, Osteuropa, Europäische Union, Europa
The German association Pro Asyl requests the dismissal of the trial against the three young men rescued in the Central Mediterranean in 2019, accused of terrorism in Malta. The case known as “El Hiblu 3” has been going on for three and a half years now, whilst the three young men continue to face life imprisonment charges. In 2019, the ship “El Hiblu 1” rescued 108 migrants in the Central Mediterranean and then continued on its way to Libya, allegedly following European orders. The three young men, then aged 15, 16 and 19, tried to solve the situation and mediated between the crew and other migrants on board. The ship eventually headed to Malta instead, but they face terrorism charges for effectively comandeering it. "Resisting illegal deportation to Libya is not a crime”, reinforces Pro Asyl. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
It has recently become public that a group of Syrian refugees is planning to form a caravan to travel from Turkey to the EU. Now, Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum warns that any “refugee caravan” will be stopped from entering the country. Meanwhile, relations between Greece and Turkey grow increasingly hostile, as the latter continuously accuses Greek authorities of illegally pushing back people who have made it to the Greek side. In turn, Greece blames Turkey for instigating and exploiting immigration. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Mittlerer Osten, Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
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