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03.05.2023, Spiegel Ausland
For years, private sea rescuers in the Mediterranean have complained about difficult working conditions. An evaluation by "Brot für die Welt" now shows the extent of this. The organization also warns of abuses elsewhere. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
03.05.2023, taz
Croatia has been pushing people back across the border illegally and by force for about five years. A new report presented Wednesday by the nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) shows that the practice continues, despite assurances to the contrary by the government in Zagreb. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten
02.05.2023, taz
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) has just presented the joint position of the coalition on reforming European asylum policy, and already there is criticism from within her own ranks. There will be no fair distribution of protection seekers in the EU, said Julian Pahlke, a member of the Green Party in the Bundestag, to the taz. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union
02.05.2023, DW
This Wednesday, a law is to come into force in Lithuania that enshrines so-called pushbacks in law. While it is causing an outcry from humanitarian organizations, it is not unprecedented in the EU. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Baltische Staaten
28.04.2023, Pro Asyl
Today, the German government is presenting its position on European refugee policy and the reform plans currently under discussion in the Bundestag. Aspects that have come to light in the media show that the federal government is moving dangerously far away from the principles of its human rights-based coalition agreement. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
27.04.2023, Info Migrants
The Netherlands’ highest administrative court, the Council of State, said Wednesday (April 26) that returning migrants to Italy under the so-called Dublin Regulation would put them at risk of mistreatment and human rights violations. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
27.04.2023, Frankfurter Allgemeine
Die Bundesregierung hat sich bei den noch offenen Punkten zur Reform des europäischen Asylrechts auf eine gemeinsame Position geeinigt. Das wurde der F.A.Z. am Donnerstag aus Regierungskreisen bestätigt. In den wesentlichen Punkten setzte sich Bundesinnenministerin Nancy Faeser (SPD) mit einem tendenziell restriktiven Kurs durch, auch wenn sie den Grünen einige Zugeständnisse machen musste. read more
26.04.2023, Der Freitag
Italy seems to have changed tactics on the Mediterranean issue. Now rescue organizations are filing suit in Rome. Nassim Madjidian, a doctoral student in international maritime law, on a legal dispute with one of Europe's most right-wing governments. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
26.04.2023, InfoMigrants
Malta's armed forces have refused to provide figures on migrant rescue operations requested by Times of Malta, claiming their publication could endanger national security. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
25.04.2023, Tagesschau
In the Bosnian refugee camp Lipa, a detention wing is being built, commissioned and financed by the European Union. NGOs fear a deportation prison at the EU's external border. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union
25.04.2023, InfoMigrants
The bodies of more than 100 people have been recovered off the coasts of Libya and Tunisia following several shipwrecks. At the same time, Tunisian authorities have been accused of stealing engines from migrant boats and leaving the occupants stranded at sea. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
25.04.2023, Reuters
The head of the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) in Chad said it expects to see more refugees fleeing across the border from Sudan to escape the fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Around 10,000 to 20,000 Sudanese have already crossed the border into Chad a week after the fighting began in Khartoum and other areas of the country. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Afrika
24.04.2023, The Libya Update
Tunisian coast guards recovered a total of 31 bodies of migrants in the last few hours, including two minors, who died in various shipwrecks on the Central Mediterranean route to Europe and were “dragged by the waves” to the shore. read more
24.04.2023, Infomigrants
The Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports rising levels of suffering and misery on migration routes across the Balkans as well as the Mediterranean. The Red Cross manages hundreds of help facilities for migrants and refugee in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia, where it provides people with food and drink, hygiene items and medicines, among other things. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten
24.04.2023, Info Migrants
More than 20 people are missing after attempting to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa. Hundreds of others were rescued and brought to Italy by the coast guard and the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
23.04.2023, taz
Lithuania allows illegal pushbacks of migrants at the border with Belarus. Patrols by volunteer "border guards" are also to become possible. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Osteuropa
21.04.2023, Deutsche Welle
Turkey has taken in about 5.5 million refugees, many of them Syrians. Ahead of the May 14 parliamentary and presidential elections, almost all parties say they would send Syrians back if elected. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
21.04.2023, Fanpage
The Spanish NGO Open Arms' sailing ship Astral set sail today for the central Mediterranean. "We are at sea to save lives and ensure that rights are respected," they wrote in a statement. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Spanien
21.04.2023, Altraeconomia
Since the end of March, the Croatian police has been implementing an 'unprecedented' practice of tracing, detaining and collectively deporting people on their way to Bosnia, transporting them by bus to the border or to detention centres. All with a semblance of formality. The NGOs denounce its blatant illegality and European complicity. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union
21.04.2023, Europa Today
While the Cutro decree passed its first reading in the Senate in Italy, the European Parliament gave the first okay to the new EU Pact for Migration and Asylum, the proposal that aims to fill the absence of a true common system of migrant management. Among the many new features, one is of particular interest to Italy: in the event of a "crisis situation," all EU states will have to offer assistance to the migrants' country of arrival. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
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