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09.08.2022, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Even one year after the Taliban took power, tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan are still waiting for a promise of admission and evacuation. The human rights organisation Pro Asyl has called on the German government to do more to admit vulnerable people from Afghanistan. The local forces procedure must be reformed and admission via humanitarian visas must continue, even after a federal admission programme comes into force, it said. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Deutschland
08.08.2022, Die Presse
Italian right-wing populist Giorgia Meloni, leader of the post-fascist Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy/FdI) party, sees a ship blockade off North Africa as a way to stop migrant arrivals in Italy. In addition to the idea of negotiating with Libyan authorities, she spoke in favour of setting up hotspots in African countries to check who has the right to come to Europe as a refugee. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
08.08.2022, Middle East Eye
Six other people, including a pregnant woman, were rescued and have been transferred to a hospital in Bainem. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
08.08.2022, InfoMigrants
Last Sunday 122 people in distress were rescued near the Island of Rhodes. Meanwhile, a group of people on the move had become stranded at the Evros River crossing. The organization Alarm Phone reported violence at the Evros River crossing on the border of Greece and Turkey. The migrants, they say, suffered violence from both Greek and Turkish border guards on Saturday. According to Alarm Phone, three people have already died and they are calling for an immediate end to all violence. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
08.08.2022, Libera Informazione
Elections are approaching and the migrant chapter is reopened, between those who talk about it with a worrying superficiality, on the right, and those who do not talk about it at all, as is the case on the left. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa
08.08.2022, Info Migrants
A minor asylum seeker has camped out in a public square in Paris for several months and has now written a letter to the French President Emmanuel Macron appealing for more priority to be given to protecting children. The only initial reception center for minors in Paris holds only 40 places and is due to close at the end of the year. The protesters are all migrants whose status as minors is not recognized and who now want to take legal action against this. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich
In the coastal city of Nice, the mayor has ordered the closure of a migrant camp by court order. Whether this decision is legal, however, is in doubt. Police units ousted the migrants from their tents within a day and destroyed all the structures that had been erected. According to the local news agency actuNice, there is information that the migrants were not informed about the court decision. Among other things, against this background, the legality of the eviction has not yet been finally clarified. read more
An EU directive allows Ukrainian citizens to apply for a temporary residence permit for the next two years, study and receive social benefits until August 31. However, international students can only stay in Germany without a visa until the end of August; after August 31, many people who have fled Ukraine face deportation. This mainly affects BIPOC people, such as students from African countries, whose country of origin is classified as "safe" by the German government. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Deutschland, Europäische Union, Afrika
07.08.2022, The Guardian
The tiny island, once famed for its welcoming approach to those risking their lives in the Mediterranean, is centre stage as elections approach read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
07.08.2022, Tagesspiegel
One year after the Taliban took power, hardly anyone looks at Afghanistan. Ralf Stegner, head of the committee of enquiry on the subject, wants to change that. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Deutschland, Europa
07.08.2022, Il Manifesto
"The naval blockade again?" At the Ministry of Defence they do not know how to take Giorgia Meloni's proposal to use military ships to stop barges full of desperate people crossing the Mediterranean. The leader of Fratelli d'Italia spoke about it on television, explaining that the use of the ships should be implemented thanks to 'a European mission, to be agreed with the European institutions' and 'in agreement with the Libyan authorities'. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
06.08.2022, Reliefweb
The International Rescue Committee is calling for urgent action from the EU and its member states as the number of refugees and other migrants risking the treacherous journey from northern Africa to Europe continues to increase. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
06.08.2022, The Siasat Daily
Italy is receiving assistance from France and Germany in coping with the migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Africa, some two months after a European Union (EU) agreement on distributing migrants arriving by boat, the Interior Ministry in Rome said. A French delegation had over recent days selected a group of migrants in the south-eastern city of Bari for resettling in France, and Germany was planning a similar mission this month, dpa news agency reported citing the Ministry as saying on Friday. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Italien / Malta, Deutschland
05.08.2022, Vita
At the border between Serbia and Hungary, according to testimonies and data collected by Doctors without Borders, there is an alarming and repeated use of violence against people crossing the border in search of safety in the European Union by the Hungarian authorities. Common deterrence practices include beatings with belts and batons, kicks, punches, various forms of humiliation, use of pepper spray and tear gas, and even refoulement and denial of assistance. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Osteuropa, Europa
05.08.2022, Info Migrants
According to Polish data, more migrants are trying to enter the EU through Russia and Belarus via the Polish-Belarusian border. According to the data, the entry to Russia is done through work or study visas. According to statistics of Polish border guards, the majority of migrants are from Sub-Saharan Africa. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union, Afrika
05.08.2022, Africa
The court of first instance in Nador, near the border crossing between northern Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, yesterday sentenced 14 sub-Saharan migrants to eight months in prison for violence, disobedience and insulting public officials. The defendants had been arrested, along with others, during the so-called 'black Friday', on Friday 24 June marked by an unprecedented and extensive attempt by some 2,000 migrants to "forcibly" cross the border crossing to Melilla. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika
05.08.2022, InfoMigrants
The Human rights and immigration commission of the lawyers' guild in the southern Italian city of Caltanissetta has complained about a critical situation at the local CPR repatriation centre. It calls for an immediate review of the observance of the rights of those detained in the centre. The situation for the residents has deteriorated significantly in recent months, as documented by video recordings. Particularly the insufficient access to medical-sanitary assistance and legal aid was deplored read more
05.08.2022, Mediendienst Integration
A year ago, the humanitarian crisis at the EU's external borders with Belarus escalated. To date, 23 deaths from the border area have been officially documented and humanitarian organisations reported 187 missing persons at the end of June. From September 2021 to June 2022, the Polish government set up a restricted zone along the more than 400-kilometre-long border with Belarus, covering almost 200 localities and blocking access to it for Humanitarian Organisations and the media. Several thousand people were and still are in distress. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union
04.08.2022, The Washington Post
Italy’s firebrand former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, put migration at the center of his electoral campaign during a visit Thursday to Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, a gateway for tens of thousands of people crossing the perilous central Mediterranean Sea to Italian territory each year. Salvini pledged to move screening centers for people seeking political asylum to northern Africa, in a bid to prevent economic migrants from pouring into Italy. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
04.08.2022, Tagesschau
The "Geo Barents" with a total of 659 refugees on board has received permission to dock in Italy after days of waiting. The crew had rescued the people from the Mediterranean Sea within a few days. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
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