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15.07.2024, infomigrants
The Euro 2024 championship has come to an end. Now German lawmakers have proposed to keep the border checks introduced as part of the European Football Championships in place to curb irregular entries. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
15.07.2024, EUobserver
The European Commission has defended Finland's controversial border security law, which allows the deportation of asylum seekers back to Russia, citing national security. Critics argue the law violates EU asylum rules and facilitates unlawful pushbacks. Amnesty International warns it could lead to violence, while the EU Commission promises a detailed analysis to ensure compatibility with EU law. This move reflects broader concerns over "instrumentalisation" tactics by hostile states like Russia and Belarus. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
15.07.2024, Deutsche Welle
Human trafficking, militias, mass graves - nothing seems to stop migrants from coming to Libya. Observers believe that only international pressure can change the situation. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Nordafrika
15.07.2024, StateWatch
EU institutions are discussing proposed changes to the law criminalising the facilitation of irregular migration, which has also been used to criminalise migrants and individuals acting in solidarity with them. The Belgian Council presidency presented a revised draft to other EU member states at the end of May, which would simplify the criminalisation of irregular entry, amongst other things. The draft will serve as the basis for further discussions within the Council, with Hungary now in the presidency role until the end of this year. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
12.07.2024, EURACTIV
The Finnish Parliament passed a controversial law, on Friday (12 July), aimed at stopping asylum seekers at the Finnish-Russian border, with Moscow being accused of using migrants to put pressure on the Finnish borders. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa
12.07.2024, Tagesschau
The Council of Europe has been very critical of Greece's treatment of migrants. Conditions in some deportation centers are miserable. Athens speaks of "international standards" but also announces changes. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
12.07.2024, Zeit Online
Another boat carrying migrants has capsized in the English Channel. 60 people were rescued. Authorities have so far reported four deaths. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Großbritannien, Europäische Union, Europa
11.07.2024, InfoMigrants
On Wednesday (July 10), the Polish government pledged to do what is needed to end the border crisis with Belarus. Even if that means complete closure of the border. Poland has already closed four of its six official border crossings with its neighbor Belarus. "We are ready for any solution in this area, because we will not allow this migration movement caused by Belarus to last indefinitely," Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk told the news agency Reuters. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa
10.07.2024, ref.ch
The rescue ship "Geo Barents" has taken dozens of people in distress on board during a mission in the Mediterranean. Fearing a Libyan patrol boat, many of them had jumped into the water beforehand. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
10.07.2024, InfoMigrants
A court in Mytilini, the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, has issued convictions for 21 people, accused of having taken part in an attack against migrants camping in the town’s Sappho square in 2018. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Since the weekend, more than 400 migrants have been rescued by private rescue organizations operating in the Central Mediterranean. The latest rescue was announced by the Italian medical humanitarian organization Emergency. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa
09.07.2024, SOS Mediterranee
On 9 July, the crew of the Ocean Viking rescued 120 people from distress at sea in two missions. During the first rescue, two armed, masked men boarded the shipwrecked boat and caused panic. Several people jumped from the boat in distress into the water. All the people were evacuated to the Ocean Viking. Marina Di Carrara was assigned as a safe harbour. On 10 July, the Ocean Viking teams carried out three more rescues and stabilised a fourth boat, from which the people in distress were then evacuated by the Italian Coast Guard. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa
09.07.2024, Informigrants
Fourteen people on the move, twelve of them Syrians, have been found dead in the Algerian desert. Five others remain missing. The tragedy followed an announcement from the UN last week that more people are now believed to die in the Sahara Desert than those who drown at sea. The report published that in total, 1,180 persons are known to have died while crossing the Sahara Desert for the period January 2020 to May 2024, but the official number is believed to be much higher. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
09.07.2024, Amnesty International
To ensure that refugees can access protection, states must guarantee the right to seek and enjoy asylum and uphold their commitments to the international refugee protection system. This obligation applies to all EU Member States under Article 18 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Yet, the recent and increasing attempts by the EU and its Member States to evade their asylum responsibilities by outsourcing asylum processing and refugee protection risk undermining the international protection system. The undersigned human rights and humanitarian organisations are alarmed by these developments and urge the EU and its Member States to safeguard the right to territorial asylum in Europe. read more
09.07.2024, Sea-Eye
The survivors included a mother with her baby and a woman nine months pregnant. read more
08.07.2024, ref.ch
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz can imagine using artificial intelligence in decisions on asylum applications. Artificial intelligence (AI) could help in the asylum system "to allow us to make make routine decisions quickly and yet with a high level of quality", German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said after a visit to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Nuremberg. Such an AI application is already being prepared "in many places". The speed and quality of asylum decisions were key to their acceptance. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
08.07.2024, taz
More and more refugees are arriving in Germany via Belarus. The federal police are responding with increased controls. This route is a blessing for the refugees. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa, Deutschland
08.07.2024, INFOMIGRANTS
Migrant journeys on land in Africa are twice as dangerous as the Mediterranean crossing, according to a major new report based on over 31,000 interviews. The report calls for greater protection for migrants who face huge risks along routes to Europe. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Afrika
07.07.2024, Le Monde
Since mid-May, Syrian, Sudanese and Iranian exiles have been held in the UN buffer zone demarcating the Republic of Cyprus to the south, a member of the EU since 2004, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognised only by Turkey. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europa, Afrika, Asien
06.07.2024, The Guardian
The Spanish archipelago has welcomed more than 19,000 migrants since the start of 2024 read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Afrika
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