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05.12.2024, infomigrants
According to the UNHCR, over 8,100 people arrived in Italy by sea in November 2024, marking a 42% increase compared to the previous month. Most boats departed from Libya, and 75% of the arrivals landed in Lampedusa, with a notable increase in Syrian refugees. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
05.12.2024, taz
In Bremen, a deportation failed due to resistance from civil society, as over 100 people, including church members, human rights activists, and local residents, stood against the police operation to remove a Somali refugee in sanctuary at the Zion Church. Church asylum, a long-standing humanitarian practice offering protection in exceptional hardship cases, is increasingly being challenged by state authorities, as demonstrated in this case. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
04.12.2024, Amnesty International
Amnesty International's new report of 296 pages demonstrates that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza by systematically carrying out killings, destroying infrastructure, and deliberately creating inhumane living conditions for the civilian population. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Naher Osten
04.12.2024, infomigrants
A migrant's body was found at the Polish-Belarusian border, believed to have died from hypothermia. The man, aged 20-25, was discovered near Lipszczany by workers and had no documents, but a broken phone and papers with phone numbers were found nearby. Polish authorities are investigating, with ongoing attempts to cross the border continuing despite harsh conditions. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa
04.12.2024, Sea-Watch
The Italian government under Giorgia Meloni passed a law amendment on December 4, 2024, which allows for the quicker blocking and confiscation of civilian rescue ships, while removing the constitutional requirement of personal responsibility for sanctions, marking another escalation against civilian sea rescue and a response to a recent lawsuit filed by Sea-Watch over negligent manslaughter at sea. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
04.12.2024, taz
Ahead of the upcoming elections, the Union's interior ministers are calling for a stricter migration policy at the Interior Ministers' Conference, including more border controls, refusals of entry, deportations, and stricter asylum procedures, while pushing for a drastic reduction in "irregular migration" and a limitation on refugee numbers. read more
02.12.2024, Human Rights Watch
Tens of thousands of refugee and asylum-seeking children in Egypt face significant barriers to education, including bureaucratic hurdles, school fees, discrimination, and lack of legal residency, amid an economic crisis and a growing refugee population. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
02.12.2024, infomigrants
Over 20 human rights and migration organisations have urged the Italian government to ensure transparency and involve civil society in implementing the European Pact for Migration and Asylum, expressing concerns about the discretionary powers of member states. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
29.11.2024, ilPost
Médecins Sans Frontières reports that 29 women and children were kidnapped by armed men when its ship, the Geo Barents, was rescuing more than 100 migrants shipwrecked in the central Mediterranean in international waters. The armed men introduced themselves to the NGO as members of the so-called Libyan coastguard. However, there were no identifying marks on their rubber dinghies. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
28.11.2024, Taz
Although fewer new asylum seekers are arriving in Germany, around a third of local authorities are in 'crisis mode'. There is often a lack of money and housing solutions. read more
28.11.2024, Infomigrants
A migrant boat was shipwrecked early Thursday morning (November 28) northeast of Samos island. The Greek coast guard said the lifeless bodies of four people – two women and two children – were discovered in the water beside an overturned dinghy. Sixteen others were rescued. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
27.11.2024, Schweize Regierung Portal
Italy is willing to discuss the readmission of Dublin cases. This was announced by Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi to the media in Chiasso on 25 November 2024 following a working meeting with Federal Councillor Beat Jans. Italy has not accepted Dublin cases from other European countries since December 2022. Until now, Italy had not held out the prospect of changing this practice before the implementation of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum in 2026. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Österreich / Schweiz
27.11.2024, SOS Mediterranee
On November 26, the Ocean Viking rescued 48 people, including mostly unaccompanied minors, from an overcrowded rubber boat in the Libyan search and rescue zone, despite dangerous maneuvers by the Libyan Coast Guard, and is now heading to the safe port of Ravenna, 1,575 km away. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Nordafrika
27.11.2024, taz
14 NGOs have presented a proposal for an EU program on Mediterranean search and rescue, aimed at creating safe migration pathways and ending the deaths at sea. The proposal calls on the European Commission, under the new Mediterranean Commissioner Dubravka Šuica, to take a politically decisive step towards establishing a rescue program. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union
27.11.2024, infomigrants
Migrant arrivals in the Canary Islands continue: Between Sunday and Tuesday, at least 340 people were rescued from five boats off the coasts of El Hierro and Tenerife, with the total number of arrivals this year surpassing 40,000, making 2024 the highest on record. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien
26.11.2024, AP
In Libya, the 444 Brigade apprehended over 300 migrants who were crossing the desert in hopes of reaching the Mediterranean Sea. This highlights the dangers migrants face in a country marked by political chaos, where many suffer torture, forced labor, and starvation in detention. read more
26.11.2024, taz
Attacks on refugee shelters in Germany are set to surpass last year’s total, with 155 incidents recorded by October, while assaults outside shelters have decreased by half, highlighting regional disparities and sparking criticism of both right-wing rhetoric and government migration policies. read more
26.11.2024, infomigrants
At least eight migrants, including six minors and two women, drowned when their boat sank off Samos. Another 36 people managed to reach the shore or were rescued. Greek authorities have arrested two suspected facilitators, aged 19 and 25, as air and sea rescue operations remain underway. read more
24.11.2024, The Guardian
Dozens of Italian police officers and social workers deployed by Italy’s far-right government in migrant centres in Albania have returned home, after it emerged that the facilities, praised as a model to reduce refugee arrivals, have been empty for weeks. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Osteuropa
21.11.2024, Mediendienst
Several EU countries are declaring a "state of emergency" to justify special asylum policies, even though the number of asylum applications has decreased overall in 2024; the strain lies instead in underfunded reception systems. read more
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