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15.02.2023, Info Migrants
Geo Barents rescued 48 people from a wooden boat off the coast of Libya, Ocean Viking a further 84 people from a crammed rubber dinghy. Both ships have been assigned ports much further north in the Adriatic ports of Ancona and Ravenna. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
14.02.2023, Politico
The police branch of the Dutch armed forces was found guilty of racial profiling when selecting whom to stop during border checks, a court ruled Tuesday. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
14.02.2023, Daily Mail
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is looking into the UK’s emergency response after four people on the move died when a boat capsized in the Channel. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien
14.02.2023, Info Migrants
Survivors of the earthquakes in Turkey will be able to apply for visas to join family members in Germany under special new procedures. The aim is to cut down on bureaucracy, but for Syrians the hurdles are still high. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Naher Osten, Deutschland
A court in Catania, Sicily, declared that an Italian decree issued last November was "unlawful", referring to restrictions imposed by Italian authorities on the German-flagged ship Humanity 1, operated by SOS Humanity. The court found that the decree discriminatorily hindered the right to rescue and access to the asylum procedure when in November it allowed only a selected number of the 179 survivors rescued by SOS Humanity to disembark in the Sicilian port of Catania, leaving the remaining 35 passengers on board. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
Judges could announce this week if authorities broke the law when they combed an asylum seeker's phone to find out where she was from. The searches are common practice — and the ruling could have major consequences. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
14.02.2023, The Guardian
Many charities are asking political leaders in the UK to "take a clear stand" and condemn violence against asylum seekers. After some brutal actions outside of a hotel which houses asylum seekers, refugees organizations have signed an open letter criticizing the demonizing policies towards people on the move. read more
14.02.2023, BBC
People on the move are being recruted by Russia to fight in Ukraine. Many central Asian refugees held in Russian prisons were forced to sign a military contract and were sent to the front line. Moreover, Russian authorities have openly signed up people to join the army at the migration centre in Moscow. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa
13.02.2023, La Stampa
The issuing of the interministerial decree prohibiting the rescue vessel Humanity 1 from stopping in territorial waters on 4 November was unlawful conduct. It prevented in a discriminatory manner the right to rescue and access to the asylum procedure for part of people on the move. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
13.02.2023, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
Seven people on the move who entered Lithuania unconventionally are scheduled to be deported back to Nigeria. According to a volunteer at Sioenos Grupe NGO, deportations to the countries of origin are a 'possible abuse of state authorities'. They have been scheduled during the night or immediately before the flight in order to prevent asylum seekers to file appeals. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Baltische Staaten
13.02.2023, Stern
Right-wing Turkish media are stoking fears of looting Syrian people on the move in Turkey's earthquake zone. The far-right militia of the "Grey Wolves" patrol the ruins of the cities. At the same time, Syrian victims of the quake plead for help - and are, they say, ignored. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
10.02.2023, Enass
On the 16th January six people on the move were arrested during clashes with the police in Casablanca. The trial, which took place last Friday, sentenced them to two years in prison and to pay a expensive fine. The accused weren't given the chance to acces neither to judiciary assistance nor to proper translation. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Nordafrika
10.02.2023, Info Migrants
The EU has managed to decide on a series of new policies aimed at curbing "irregular" migration. However, the impact of those policies is likely going to be limited, with the focus on economic migration rather than addressing the root causes of migration. read more
10.02.2023, taz
With "infrastructure", the EU wants to seal itself off against unwanted migrants. Austria and Greece in particular take a hard line. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
09.02.2023, Info Migrants
The Netherlands has suspended a controversial restriction on the rights of recognized refugees to reunite with their immediate families. The change of course came after the highest court in the country ruled on Wednesday that the restriction on the right to family reunification of people with asylum status was unlawful. read more
Seven more people have been found alive on the Greek island of Lesbos after a shipwreck on Tuesday in which three people on the move drowned. The number of survivors now stands at 39. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
The bodies of eight deceased migrants have been transferred from the Italian island of Lampedusa to Sicily for autopsy. They were found last week on a dinghy that had set off from Tunisia for Italy. read more
More than 1,500 people died or went missing between 2018 and 2022 while trying to cross on boats from Algeria to Spain, according to the organization Caminando Fronteras. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika
In February, 2021, M.M. was eight months pregnant with her fourth child and was living with her family in a tent in the Karatepe migrant camp on Lesbos. Desperate to leave the camp and struggling with suicidal thoughts, she set fire to her tent with a lighter, having left the children in the care of her neighbors. She was sentenced by a Lesbos court on Wednesday (February 8) to 15 months with three years' suspension. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
The full extent of the destruction in the wake of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria this week is only beginning to emerge, as the overall death toll nears 20,000. Displaced populations and refugees appear to be disproportionately affected by the tragedy. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Naher Osten
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