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01.02.2021, The Conversation
For many refugees, destinations in northern Europe such as Germany and Sweden were the ultimate goal. Word-of-mouth had it that in these welfare states, the stability, democracy and human rights they were looking for would bring about new beginnings and accomplished dreams. Yet arriving in these countries often revealed a different picture. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Deutschland, Österreich / Schweiz, Europäische Union
01.02.2021, Tagesschau
The Canary Islands have become a migration hotspot. About 23,000 people came last year alone. Many of them are waiting in hotels. Because the accommodations are not finished. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Spanien, Europäische Union
01.02.2021, Frontline Defenders
On 22 January 2021, human rights journalist Nidzara Ahmetasevic officially reported to police the gendered online harassment she has been experiencing on social media and the threatening messages she has been receiving from unknown men for several months. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten
01.02.2021, Are You Syrious
Residents, activists and volunteers speak out for the sixth winter in a row about conditions on the islands and the astounding, if predictable, lack of planning by the responsible bodies. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
01.02.2021, Guardian
“Out of a total of about 8,000 migrants in Bosnia-Herzegovina, about 2,000 people are basically left to fend for themselves in abandoned buildings, squats, makeshift settlements and in forests,” Nicola Bay, the Danish Refugee Council’s Bosnia director, says. “These people include families, children and unaccompanied minors that have practically no shelter, no access to basic services and no access to proper healthcare.” read more
31.01.2021, Alarm Phone
In mid November several families reached out to the Alarm Phone asking for information about the fate of their missing loved ones. According to the relatives, 11 people (9 men, a woman and a 7 year old girl) left Tripoli port on the night of 9 November 2020, on board of a white fiberglass boat read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
31.01.2021, oe24
The EU parliamentarians had complained on Saturday that the Croatian police wanted to prevent them from visiting the camp on the border with Bosnia. It was only with the help of the Italian ambassador in Croatia that the difficulties could be resolved. The four Socialist MEPs were able to visit the camp, where they will stay until Monday read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Italien / Malta
31.01.2021, Frankfurter Rundschau
The managing director of SOS Mediterranee Germany explains the tricks used by civilian rescue ships to make their work in the Mediterranean more difficult. The Norwegian-flagged ship "Ocean Viking" of the rescue organization SOS Mediterranee has rescued hundreds of people from rubber dinghies in the central Mediterranean Sea in recent weeks and brought them to Italy. Previously, authorities had detained the ship for five months in a Sicilian port. The ships of many other rescue organizations are also currently not allowed to leave the ports. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Deutschland
30.01.2021, Avvenire.it
Erano arrivati sul confine tra Bosnia e Croazia per osservare le operazioni anti-immigrazione della polizia croata. Ma per la prima volta nella storia dell’Unione Europea quattro europarlamentari sono stati respinti senza troppi complimenti dalla polizia. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Balkanstaaten
29.01.2021, Alarm Phone
2020 was a difficult year for people all around the world. Travellers on the routes across the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic were no exception. They faced numerous novel challenges this year. We witnessed unprecedented developments. In Morocco and Spain, not only has the Corona crisis served as yet another pretext to harass, intimidate and mistreat migrants, but the travel routes also changed significantly read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Europa
29.01.2021, SIR
Anche mons. José Guadalupe Torres Campos, vescovo di Ciudad Juárez e responsabile per la Mobilità umana della Conferenza episcopale messicana, è intervenuto dopo il ritrovamento di 19 cadaveri carbonizzati a Camargo, nello Stato messicano del Tamaulipas, confinante con il Texas. Il presule ha scritto al presidente messicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador e ad altre istituzioni del suo Paese, insieme alla Rete delle 120 case del migrante, denunciando la “politica migratoria repressiva” del Governo, che induce i migranti a scegliere percorsi più rischiosi, attraverso luoghi controllati dalla criminalità organizzata. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Amerika
29.01.2021, Deutschlandfunk
Authorities in Bangladesh have resettled Rohingya refugees on a newly developed island in the Bay of Bengal for the third time. According to authorities, more than 1,700 people were taken to Bhasan Char Island by naval vessels. A fourth group will be resettled tomorrow, they said. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Asien, Weltweit
29.01.2021, Der Spiegel
The European Parliament is setting up its own review group to investigate, among other things, Frontex's involvement in illegal pushbacks by the Greek coast guard. That is according to the group's mandate, which is available to SPIEGEL. The working group, called the "Frontex Scrutiny Group," is to meet regularly from now on and report to the European Parliament's Interior Committee. Within four months, it will first investigate whether Frontex was involved in fundamental rights violations, knew about them and how the agency reacted to this knowledge. The management of the agency as a whole is also to be put to the test. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union
28.01.2021, Neues Deutschland
Italien sonnt sich gerne mal in Berichten über aufopferungsvolle italienische Fischer, die Geflüchtete aus dem Wasser ziehen. Blöd nur, dass der UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss nun eine Rüge gegen den italienischen Staat ausgesprochen hat. Es geht um die 268 Bootsflüchtlinge, die im Oktober 2013 vor Lampedusa ertranken. Demnach hat die Marine, also der italienische Staat, zu lange gewartet mit Rettungsmaßnahmen (oder sich taub gestellt): Eine Verletzung des Rechts auf Leben, schreibt der UN-Ausschuss. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
28.01.2021, ekathimerini
A Washington-based Syrian rights group filed a case with the International Criminal Court on Thursday, calling for an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity by Greece for its mistreatment of refugees. The Syria Justice and Accountability Center said witness testimony and video evidence back its claims of mistreatment and abuse of refugees at Greece's borders and inside overcrowded camps. It cites instances of security guards using tear gas to disperse refugee protests, and shabby and unhealthy conditions at the sprawling camps. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Weltweit
28.01.2021, der Freitag
Interview Mariama Jatta* about her experiences with racism, corona and protest during her time in the initial reception center for asylum seekers in Lindenstraße in Bremen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
28.01.2021, The UN Refugee Agency
"Pushbacks" and violence against asylum seekers and refugees must end. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Weltweit
28.01.2021, Deutsche Welle
The right-wing extremist murderer of the district president of Kassel, Walter Lübcke, was sentenced to life imprisonment. That is the maximum sentence. Nevertheless, the trial could send a fatal signal, says Hans Pfeifer. read more
27.01.2021, Deutsche Welle
There is eager debate about the consequential damage of the Corona Lockdown for children and young people, the economy and culture. But what about the refugees living in Germany? read more
27.01.2021, Ärzte ohne Grenzen
Die Zahl der Geflüchteten und Migrant*innen an den nördlichen Grenzen Italiens hat in den letzten Monaten wieder stark zugenommen. Selbst im Winter gehen die Menschen zu Fuß nach Westen, über die schneebedeckten Alpen, Ziel: Frankreich. read more
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