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30.08.2022, Médecins Sans Frontières
Lithuanian authorities have created a ‘hierarchy of suffering’ for asylum seekers in the country’s registration centres. People of certain nationalities are being discriminated against, including having their detention extended, which is severely impacting their mental health. MSF urges Lithuanian authorities to immediately end prolonged detention and to implement an equitable asylum system that respects the dignity of people seeking safety. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa
30.08.2022, TRT World
Boat headed for Europe with 27 people on board — all Egyptians — sinks off northeastern Tolmeta village, leaving five migrants dead and 16 others missing, authorities say. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
30.08.2022, Seebrücke
Maritime emergencies in the Mediterranean are regularly ignored and people on the move are denied any help. On Monday, a situation arose in the Maltese search and rescue zone in which a captain refused to rescue people in distress at sea. It is currently unclear what happened to them. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
29.08.2022, InfoMigrants
Bulgarian police arrested more than 141 migrants near the Turkish border on Sunday. Among other places, the people were in a forest near Burgas, where they were apparently waiting for transport. Bulgarian authorities have announced in recent days that they want to strengthen "security" on the border with Turkey. In this region, Bulgaria had already erected a 259km-long barbed wire fence in 2017 and human rights organisations report regular, brutal pushbacks in the border region. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Griechenland / Türkei
29.08.2022, Melting Pot
In recent months, protests by sub-Saharan migrants and refugees at the Tunisian-Libyan border have underscored the social role and sphere of action women occupy in resisting the border regime. Against the border violence that marks their bodies and stifles their voices, the struggle against rights violations is also expressed through the sewing and craft productions of the "Couture qui brise les frontières" project, which weaves collective practices of expressing migrant women's claims. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Nordafrika
A group of 38 asylum seekers left Italy for France last week. They are the first to be relocated with the help of the IOM (International Organisation for Migration) under the EU's new 'voluntary solidarity mechanism.' The mechanism seeks to provide EU members states "most affected by migratory flows" with help from other states through the relocation of refugees and financial contributions. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
Hundreds of asylum seekers were evacuated on Friday from the Netherlands' main migrant center to shelters across the country. In the last weeks, more than 700 people have been sleeping under inhuman conditions, protected only by makeshift tarpaulins outside the gates of the Ter Apel center. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
26.08.2022, AP News
A Lebanese submarine has found the remains of at least 10 migrants who drowned when their boat sank earlier this year off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board, the navy announced Friday. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
25.08.2022, Info Migrants
The United Kingdom now wants to work with Albanian authorities to advance the course to curb migration. Some migrants arriving in the country by boat are from Albania. The restrictive immigration system is already evident with plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. However, because Albania, unlike Rwanda, is considered a "safe country of origin," the British government is trying to facilitate deportations to such countries through bilateral agreements. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Großbritannien
The Italian Coast Guard has brought more than 1,000 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea to Sicily and the mainland. Various private sea rescue organizations had rescued migrants during the week. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
Migrants in Libya accuse the EU of funding human rights abuses in Libya. The reports of torture, extortion, slavery and the inhumane conditions in the Libyan camps have been known for a long time. Nevertheless, the EU is funding the so-called Libyan Coast Guard to control migration to the EU in this way. In addition, there are increasing accusations that the EU member states are not sufficiently fulfilling their responsibility to save human lives in the Mediterranean. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
25.08.2022, taz
The registration center for asylum seekers in Ter Apel, a village in the northeast of the Netherlands, right next to the German border, is overloaded. Due to a lack of dormitory space, hundreds of asylum seekers are sleeping in the open. The situation is tense because, among other things, it became known on Wednesday that a three-month-old baby died in a sports hall near the center. There is also a lack of showers and clean toilets, pregnant women and children, some with chronic illnesses, are sleeping outside and there is a lack of medical care. In the Netherlands, there is a lack of dormitory places, there is a significant backlog in the processing of applications by the Immigration Department IND and the housing market is extremely tight because recognized asylum seekers often gain no access to apartments and thus remain longer in the temporary shelters. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
The refugee camp in the Eleona district of Athens is being evicted against the will of the residents. Since last Friday, hundreds of migrants have been protesting against the eviction and experience massive police violence. According to Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis, the eviction was necessary for the modernization of the district and because there was more space in other camps. The camp in Eleona was much better located to infrastructure and the city community compared to other camps in Greece. In the coming week, new transfers were announced. Refugees with rejected asylum procedures or without papers also live in Eleona and they are now threatened with deportation or homelessness. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
25.08.2022, Essenziale
They arrested him and put him in jail because he drove the boat that brought him to Italy along with about a hundred other people fleeing Libya. Yet Saidu Bangura does not understand why they put him in jail once he landed in Italy: after all, he made sure everyone was saved. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
25.08.2022, Der Tagesspiegel
The disagreements in the area of asylum and migration policy within the EU remain present. Although an agreement was reached in June on the so-called solidarity mechanism, it is voluntary and not all EU member states participate in the mechanism in the same way. The idea is to relieve especially countries in the south of the EU and to distribute refugees throughout the EU. However, some states only support the solidarity mechanism with money and personnel. There is also much criticism of the screening regulation, which provides for people who do not meet the requirements for entry to be subjected to identification and security checks at the external borders. The upcoming Italian elections in September will also have a major impact on the issue. For example, election favorite Giorgia Meloni of the post-fascist Fratelli d'Italia is planning a naval blockade off the coasts of North Africa. read more
25.08.2022, Tagesschau
Refugees have long complained about waiting times of months at immigration authorities. A survey conducted by SWR among the heads of the authorities has now revealed how massive the staff shortage and how severe the overload is. However, those who suffer the most from these conditions are the applicants, who are constantly trapped in the situation of waiting without feedback from the foreigners authorities. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
24.08.2022, Junge Welt
Flight route Mediterranean Sea: Less attention for protection seekers also due to Ukraine war. A talk with Conni Gunßer read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Nordafrika, Naher Osten, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
24.08.2022, Tagesspiegel
Why people smugglers are sending more and more refugees from Turkey not to Greece, but to the more distant Italian shores. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Naher Osten, Europäische Union, Europa, Asien
24.08.2022, Arabiya News
More than 2,000 Tunisian youngsters this year have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing from the North African country to Italy to seek a better life, a rights group said Wednesday. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
24.08.2022, Nigrizia
The news always reports landings on Lampedusa, but Pantelleria, closer to Africa than Italy, records a significant number of arrivals. This year exceeded 2,000 arrivals, since early August opened a reception point told as a "crisis point," from health point to hotspot read more
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