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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
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
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
03.08.2022, taz
Wegen immer mehr Menschen, die im Mittelmeer in Seenot geraten, fordern drei Hilfsorganisationen ein staatliches Such- und Rettungsprogramm. Der deutsche Verein Sea-Watch sowie die internationalen Organisationen Ärzte ohne Grenzen und SOS Méditerranée verlangten von den EU-Staaten am Mittwoch den „Einsatz einer angemessenen, staatlich geführten und proaktiven Flotte für die Seenotrettung“. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
03.08.2022, Ärzte ohne Grenzen e.V.
The rescue organisations SOS Méditerranée, Sea-Watch and Médecins Sans Frontières are calling on European member states and associated states to establish a government-led and proactive search and rescue fleet in the central Mediterranean. This must respond quickly and appropriately to all distress calls, as well as establish a predictable mechanism for disembarking survivors. This is the only way to prevent further deaths at sea. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
03.08.2022, Der Spiegel
Samuel Yeboah, a Ghanaian, died in an attack on an asylum shelter in Saarlouis in 1991. Now the Federal Prosecutor's Office has brought charges against a neo-Nazi who was active at the time. He is accused of setting the fire in the refugee shelter. Other refugees were able to save themselves by jumping out of the windows. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
02.08.2022, Der Tagesspiegel
More people were deported from Brandenburg again last year. Most of them were deported to Georgia, Pakistan and Serbia. However, transfers under the Dublin procedure continued to decline. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Deutschland, Weltweit
02.08.2022, Zeit Online
Within one day, nearly 700 migrants were prevented from crossing the English Channel. Great Britain is trying to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda with the help of an agreement with Rwanda. The first planned deportation flight was not allowed to take place following a decision by the ECJ. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Frankreich, Großbritannien, Europäische Union, Europa
02.08.2022, MIGAZIN
The BAMF has repeatedly refused to recognize the asylum application of queer refugees. The reason given for this practice is that if queer refugees behave inconspicuously in their countries of origin, they cannot be persecuted on the grounds of sexuality. Thus, there is no option to successfully apply for asylum. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Weltweit
01.08.2022, Info Migrants
The German government has been called upon by Pro Asyl to stop deportations of asylum seekers from Germany to Poland. There are major concerns about the treatment and detention of asylum seekers. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Deutschland, Europäische Union
01.08.2022, Der Spiegel
Sea Watch hat vor dem Europäischen Gerichtshof einen Erfolg errungen: Laut den Richtern brauchen italienischen Behörden konkrete Anhaltspunkte für Gefahr, um die Schiffe privater Seenotretter überprüfen zu dürfen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
01.08.2022, taz
A group of people from Yemen was picked up by the police in Görlitz, where the Neisse River separates Poland and Germany, and sent back to Poland. In Saxony and Brandenburg, some of these cases are now known. Activists and refugee councils point to legalized pushbacks, since according to the Geneva Convention on Refugees, the right to asylum exists and must always be checked upon entry. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa, Deutschland
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