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09.09.2022, InfoMigrants
There are at least eight migrants confirmed dead, and another 15 declared as missing, after their overcrowded boat sank off the Tunisian coast on Tuesday. They were reportedly trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea towards Italy. The number of Tunisians trying to reach Europe has risen in recent months, with an increase of people drowning off the Tunisian coast as well. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
The surge of violence at the migrant camp at Loon-Plage, in northern France, has resulted in at least three people injured this week. “Rival smugglers” are believed to be involved in the shootings. On August 30, nine migrants were injured in another shooting incident. The camp is currently home to 500 migrants, and the continuous efforts of the French authorities to dismantle it have little lasting impact. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Europäische Union, Europa
09.09.2022, The Guardian
The Tajikistan authorities are allegedly forcing Afghan refugees, some of whom have been granted asylum in other countries, to cross the border back into Afghanistan. In these recent round-ups, people are picked up off the street and their houses raided, according to reports from Tajikistan's Afghan refugee community. UNHCR has requested the Tajikistan authorities to stop the unlawful detentions and forced deportations, which lack a clear motivation or policy behind them. According to The Guardian, citing Afghans in Tajikistan, the numbers of people being forced back “is running into the hundreds, with forced deportations increasing over the past fortnight.” read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Asien
08.09.2022, Deutsche Welle
A group of asylum seekers was stranded on an islet on the Greek-Turkish border for weeks, until they were finally rescued by the Greek police, who were allegedly unable to locate the group. The incident has raised questions regarding Greek authorities’ use of the EU-funded surveillance system: could the asylum-seekers have been rescued sooner, and did the Greek authorities know where the asylum-seekers were? An investigation by DW suggests that “a prompt rescue of the group could have been possible” considering the existent surveillance technologies, and contradicting police statements in that area and others. According to the Greek Civil Protection Minister, the Automated Border Surveillance System (ABSS) didn’t provide any information about the group and their location, but it has been successfully deployed in other occasions, such as the deterrence efforts to block 36,000 people from entering Greece through the Evros border, in August alone. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
08.09.2022, InfoMigrants
The rescue ship Geo Barents landed in the port of Taranto, southern Italy, on Thursday (September 8), after 17 unsuccessful “requests for a place of safety sent to responsible authorities.” In total, 267 people were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, in seven operations over the past week. Meanwhile, the Humanity 1 rescue ship has 111 people on board, most of them underage. The Sea-Eye 4 vessel is also waiting to be assigned a port by Italy, currently in the waters off Sicily. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
UNHCR special envoy Vincent Cochetel criticized the grieving mothers of migrants lost in the Mediterranean Sea for “encouraging” and “financing” those journeys, in a tweet published this Tuesday (September 6). Cochetel has apologized for the remarks, but there are calls for his resignation, namely from Alarm Phone. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
08.09.2022, Info Migrants
Swiss police officers have intercepted 23 refugees in a van coming from northern Italy. They had been crowded in the van for hours without a break. The driver was arrested and is now accused of "human smuggling" by the local police. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Österreich / Schweiz
07.09.2022, Info Migrants
Border authorities in Bulgaria have already recorded 85,000 arriving migrants and refugees this year, which is twice the number of total arrivals in 2021. Despite the border fence on the border with Turkey, Bulgaria is a transit country on the way to the EU. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
07.09.2022, Taz
In Italy, elections will be held in just over two weeks, and the focus of the election campaign is still migration across the Mediterranean. The so-called Malta Mechanism provides for EU states from Malta and Italy to voluntarily accept people for the asylum process who have been rescued from distress at sea by NGO ships in the Mediterranean. Implementation has been slow and the voluntary EU solidarity mechanism, which has been in force since June, is now a new attempt. Accordingly, the first asylum seekers will also be redistributed to Germany from the end of September. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa
07.09.2022, Alarabiya News
According to the news agency AFP, nearly 120 Yazidi migrants have been blocked from entering a refugee camp in northern Greece. This has forced them to sleep outside for two weeks. The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking minority in Iraq, who fled from ISIS in 2014. Thousands of Yazidi woman were kidnapped, raped and held as slaves under the extremist regime. Hundreds have sought shelter in Greece. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europa
07.09.2022, Middle East Eye
France has rejected an asylum request by the prominent Syrian journalist Hussam Hammoud, who now risks being deported to his homeland from his current location in Turkey. He has received threats from multiple sources in both Syria and Turkey. Hammoud applied for a “humanitarian visa” for himself, his wife and his two children. "I have no idea why it was rejected because they didn't give any explanation", he said. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Mittlerer Osten, Europa
07.09.2022, Migazin
RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland, citing the Federal Ministry of the Interior, has reported that twelve German states are currently unable to distribute new refugees. The reason for this is the high number of refugees from Ukraine and asylum seekers from other countries. The report goes on to say that temporary blocks on the admission of new refugees are "not unusual". read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday in the case of a mother from Ghana and her son, who has Dutch citizenship, that the mother is entitled to a long-term residence permit. The ECJ justified the ruling by stating that family relationships are in principle not intended to be of short duration. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
07.09.2022, The Guardian
Braverman is expected to dispose of the European convention on human rights (ECHR) soon, which was used to stop the attempted deportation flight of Afghans and Iranians to Rwanda. The UK’s new home secretary argues that “Leaving the ECHR is the only solution (...) and is entirely consistent with international law.” read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europa
07.09.2022, Berliner Zeitung
A four-year-old girl died in Maltese waters during a rescue operation of more than 60 migrants. The Greek Coast Guard, which was asked to help rescue the child with the help of a helicopter, took the child to the island of Crete, where, however, the girl was pronounced dead. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei
07.09.2022, Netzpolitik
The German government is supporting the development of the police force in Croatia with equipment and training. Among other things, equipment for license plate recognition, thermal imaging cameras and vehicles were supplied. In total, the sum extends to around 163 million euros, which together with the EU is said to have gone to Croatia's border police. For years, reports have shown how Croatia uses violence against refugees in violation of international law, is involved in pushbacks and denies refugees their right to apply for asylum. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Baltische Staaten, Deutschland, Europäische Union
In order to draw attention to the treatment of refugees, activists in Berlin organized a fashion show as a protest against deportations. The clothes were designed from old clothes to make a statement against the parallel Berlin Fashion Week. The night before the fashion show, a friend of the group was deported. For months, the group worked on the collection in an open workshop that helps migrants to attend training or German courses. read more
06.09.2022, Alarabiya News
The barbed-wire fence along the northern border with Turkey will be extended by another 140 kilometers and accompanied by strengthened surveillance. The extension was announced by the Greek citizen protection minister on Tuesday, during a visit in the region of Evros. In the first seven months of the year, Greek authorities have arrested 7,484 refugees and migrants, and prevented a significant number of people from entering the country. read more
06.09.2022, Info Migrants
The German NGO "Pro Asyl" has awarded its annual human rights prize to Polish refugee aid workers for their work at the Belarusian-Polish border. The situation on this border, where Poland erected a border fence to keep out migrants, stands in stark contrast to the situation on the Polish-Ukrainian border – where solidarity with Ukrainian war refugees remains strong. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Deutschland, Europa
06.09.2022, The Civil Fleet
ACTIVISTS accused a United Nation’s refugee agency (UNHCR) official of “victim blaming” today after he took to social media to criticise the mothers of missing migrants and refugees. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
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