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26.12.2020, Drone Wars
A new report published today by Drone Wars UK investigates the increasing use of military-style drones by governments to patrol state borders. The study, which examines the use of drones at the borders of the UK, EU, US, Russia, China, Australia and elsewhere, concludes that drones are contributing to the militarisation of everyday borders as part of an integrated set of security technologies – including satellites, sensors and smart walls – which pose significant challenges to personal privacy and civil liberties. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Weltweit
26.12.2020, mail online
Hundreds of migrants were stranded Saturday in a squalid, burnt-out tent camp in Bosnia as heavy snow fell in the country and winter temperatures suddenly dropped. Migrants at the Lipa camp in northwest Bosnia wrapped themselves in blankets and sleeping bags to protect against the biting winds in the region, which borders European Union member Croatia. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten
26.12.2020, Al Jazeera
Authorities in Venezuela have said a boat carrying dozens of migrants towards Trinidad and Tobago sank earlier this month because there were too many people on board. In a statement on Friday, the country’s interior and justice department said 41 people were in the boat that was equipped to carry only eight people. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Amerika
26.12.2020, Die Zeit
Kurz vor Weihnachten brannte ein bosnisches Flüchtlingslager in Lipa ab. Die etwa 1.000 Bewohner fanden keine Alternative – und sind in das zerstörte Lager zurückgekehrt. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten
26.12.2020, L`Avvenire
Recuperati 20 corpi, uno solo di uomo. L'imbarcazione, in cattive condizioni, trasportava 37 persone provenienti da Tunisia e Africa sub-sahariana. Quattro sopravvissuti, si cercano i 13 dispersi read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Nordafrika
25.12.2020, taz
Noch ist die Gesamtzahl der Opfer unklar. Das Boot mit 45 Menschen an Bord sei am Heiligabend schon mit Schräglage in Sfax gestartet, berichten Augenzeugen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Nordafrika
25.12.2020, Globalist
Natale, giorno di festa. Ma non per i “disperati del Mediterraneo”. Il popolo dei senza voce, dei senza diritti. Il popolo dei migranti. La notizia si perde tra i lockdown natalizi e i lamenti di chi rimpiange le tavolate di un tempo. La notizia dell’ennesima strage di migranti. Sono almeno 20 le persone morte in un naufragio al largo della costa di Sfax, in Tunisia. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
24.12.2020, Al Jazeera
Refugees, activists, aid groups and photojournalists reflect on a year that has been unkind to refugees, and not just because of the coronavirus crisis. When fears about the coronavirus pandemic started to grip the world, aid workers and activists worried for refugees. read more
24.12.2020, Sea Watch
Yesterday, the Administrative Court of Palermo ordered that the appeals filed by Sea-Watch against the administrative determinations of Sea-Watch 3 and Sea-Watch 4 be referred to the European Court of Justice. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union
24.12.2020, La Provincia
Al menos dos migrantes han muerto durante una travesía con posible destino a las Islas Canarias, según han anunciado este jueves las autoridades de Marruecos, que han asegurado haber interceptado una embarcación en dificultades frente a las costas de la ciudad de El Aaiún, capital del Sáhara Occidental bajo control marroquí. read more
Language(s): Spanisch / Español Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika
24.12.2020, Infomigrants
The administrative detention of the ship Ocean Viking was lifted following an inspection by the Italian coast guard. The ship, operated by SOS Mediterranee, had been blocked for five months in Porto Empedocle. It will now resume search and rescue operations off the coast of Libya. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
24.12.2020, Spiegel
Greek border guards systematically abandon refugees at sea. An internal document now suggests that Interior Minister Horst Seehofer concealed a breach of the law. SPD Vice-President Kühnert gives him an ultimatum. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Deutschland, Europäische Union
24.12.2020, Reuters
At least 20 African migrants died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Thursday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a Tunisian security official said. The coastguard rescued five people and was searching for about 20 others who were still unaccounted for, the official told Reuters. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
An internal document shows how Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wanted to convince Transport Minister Scheuer to harass German sea rescuers more. Relations with Italy were at stake. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Deutschland, Europäische Union
23.12.2020, Jetzt.de
In 2020, volunteers again searched for refugees in distress on their way across the Mediterranean. They rescued thousands from overcrowded, unseaworthy boats. But many others died on the dangerous crossing. Among other reasons, the rescuers' work has become increasingly difficult in recent years. And then the Corona pandemic came in 2020. What did that mean for the refugees and the sea rescuers? Chronology of a difficult year. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Nordafrika, Europa
23.12.2020, Tagesschau
One day before Christmas, the International Organisation for Migration closed the criticised Lipa refugee camp in Bosnia. 1300 people are now without shelter. Some apparently set fire to their tents out of frustration. read more
Shortly before the end of the year, a large number of refugees on Lesvos addressed the European public in a "Christmas letter". In it, they harshly criticize the EU and the devastating conditions in the new camp. "Even animals have more rights and better living conditions in the EU than we do. Every day we live in fear and hardship," reads the letter, which is available to SWR. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
23.12.2020, Guardian
A 1,500-page “black book” documenting hundreds of illegal pushbacks against asylum seekers by authorities on Europe’s external borders was released last week and handed over to the EU commission. Compiled by the watchdog organisation Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN), the Black Book of Pushbacks is a collection of 892 group testimonies, detailing the experiences of 12,654 victims of human rights violations along the Balkan migration route, one of the most gruelling in the recent surge in migration movements given the alleged violence of border police officers. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union
22.12.2020, BBC News
On 18 April 2015 more than 1,000 refugees and migrants left Libya in an overloaded fishing boat bound for Europe. On a moonless night in the Mediterranean the vessel sank. But those who drowned are not forgotten - for the last five years a team led by an Italian forensic pathologist has been on a mission to name them. read more
22.12.2020, The New Humanitarian
COVID-19 put an unprecedented dampener on global mobility this year, but it didn’t stop people being displaced from their homes or asylum seekers and migrants attempting dangerous journeys to cross borders and seas in search of safety and economic opportunity. read more
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