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19.01.2023, Zeit Online
The Italian government offers to take in more Tunisian harvest workers. In return, Tunisia is to help push back boat people in the Mediterranean. This solution was made in order to prevent "irregular immigration" from happening. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
18.01.2023, AnconaToday
Rear Admiral Aulicino, in a House hearing: "Humanitarian ships are units that can provide relief, so they are useful, as are merchant and supply vessels" and "are solely active on the route between Tripolitania and the island of Lampedusa." read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
18.01.2023, Infomigrants
The UK government announced on Tuesday it would be seeking to force tech platforms to remove videos of migrants crossing the Channel if they showed that crossing in a "positive light." The measure is part of a draft bill which still needs to be passed by both houses of parliament. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europa
17.01.2023, Legal Centre Lesvos
In October 2020, nearly 200 people who had departed from Turkey to seek asylum in the European Union were caught in a storm off the coast of Crete, Greece. Finding themselves in a state of emergency, the passengers made a distress call to the Hellenic Coast Guard requesting assistance. Following their emergency call, the Greek authorities illegally and violently expelled them towards Turkey, ultimately abandoning them on life rafts at sea. The case was communicated by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to Greece in December 2021; to date, the Greek authorities have denied that the pushback took place. However, the Legal Centre Lesvos published a forensic reconstruction video, demonstrating that the Hellenic Coast Guard, instead of rescuing the approximately 200 people who were in distress at sea, violently attacked, detained, and ultimately abandoned them at sea in a massive coordinated and illegal pushback operation. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
16.01.2023, Infomigrants
The Polish authorities have been looking for bodies at the border between Belarus and Poland, after at least three were found in the last 10 days. Since the Summer of 2021, about 285 people have gone missing according to Grupa Garcia. There are fears that the death toll could rise. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union
The 39 unaccompained minors who reached Ancona last week on board of humanitarian vessels will remain the in the Marches region. They are aged between 14 and 17 and they are being hosted by the charity Caritas. The latter has been asked by the prefecture of Ancona to organize hosting centres in the city. On the other hand, adults who arrived on board of Geo Barents will go to Lombardy. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
Charges against 24 migrant rescue activists in Lesbos have been dismissed by a Greek court, after a call from the UN. Even though this could be considered as a first step to recognize legal mistakes during the trials, some activists are still facing further investigations on felony charge, including people trafficking. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
13.01.2023, Info Migrants
The crew of the Geo Barents rescue ship completed the disembarkation of the 73 rescued people on the move in the Italian port of Ancona. "Rescue completed", announced the crew of the Geo Barents rescue ship on Twitter on Thursday, January 12. "The 73 survivors, including 19 unaccompanied minors, have finally touched the ground after a long and unecessary journey to Ancona," continued the tweet from the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) which operates the Geo Barents. read more
While landings of people on the move are slowing down due to adverse meteorological conditions, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has met with her government with the aim of forging agreements with countries of departure of people on the move. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is scheduled to travel soon to Tunisia, Turkey and Libya. Piantedosi has also planned a series of visits, starting with Turkey. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
13.01.2023, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
Lithuania is pushing ahead with the legalisation of pushbacks, which the authorities call "reversals" (apgręžimai). This practice involves picking up people who have "irregularly" crossed the border with Belarus and then sending them back to the neighbouring country. This usually means that people have no opportunity to apply for asylum. Although border officials have been accused of violence by people on the move and NGOs, there is little visible evidence so far. On the Belarusian side, however, people on the move, NGOs, and Lithuanian officials consistently report that people are beaten and robbed. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Baltische Staaten
12.01.2023, Info Migrants
The report 'Dal mare al carcere' (From the sea to prison), drafted by humanitarian organizations Arci Porco Rosso and borderline-europe, denounces the criminalization of people on the move accused of being so-called "scafisti", or human smugglers. The report is based on news stories of people who were detained on charges of aiding and abetting "irregular immigration" by sea. "Don’t call them 'scafisti' [human smugglers] they are skippers," Sara Traylor, an operator at Arci Porco Rosso, told ANSA, when referring to the people who end up captaining the boats crossing the Mediterranean. The report, which was based on data from 2022, was put together to provide evidence that many of those who end up captaining boats across the Mediterranean are not in fact human smugglers, as they are often described by the authorities, but people on the move who perhaps have prior knowledge of seafaring or steering boats. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
The controversy between Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and the NGOs was sparked by the choice of Ancona as the port of disembarkation, which is considered to be too far among sea rescue NGOs. However, the minister accused the NGOs operating humanitarian ships of creating a "pull factor" and enticing people on the move to cross the Mediterranean. The private sea rescue ship Ocean Viking reached the port of Ancona on Tuesday, January 10 with 37 people on board. The Geo Barents, operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was also ordered to disembark its rescued people in Ancona on the Adriatic sea the same day. Both the Ocean Viking and the Geo Barents had in vain requested to disembark rescued people at the closest port so they could return to saving lives at sea more quickly. read more
In August 2022 restrictions on family reunions were adopted by the Dutch government. People who were allowed to permanently stay in the Netherlands would have to wait until properly housed before reuniting with their families. On 11 January 2023, the Dutch government has temporarily suspended these constraints, until the government will take a definitive ruling. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
11.01.2023, Human Rights Watch
This week, Rwandan President Paul Kagame delivered a stark warning to refugees fleeing renewed violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “We cannot keep being host to refugees for which, later on, we are held accountable in some way, or even abused about.” The president’s statement illustrates the Rwandan government’s politicization of refugee rights. It comes at a time when Rwanda has struck an unscrupulous 120 million pounds (approximately US$145 million) deal with the United Kingdom. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Afrika
11.01.2023, Info Migrants
The defendants say they saved lives but prosecutors claim they were involved in human smuggling, forgery and espionage. The trial of 24 aid workers who helped rescue people on the move off the coast of Greece kicked off and was later adjourned in the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday. The "smuggling"-related case has widely been criticized by human rights groups. The 24 defendants, including several foreign nationals, worked for the now defunct NGO Emergency Response Centre International — a search and rescue group operating on the island of Lesbos from 2016 to 2018 — and have been charged with facilitating "illegal" migration into the European Union, as well as other felonies. read more
11.01.2023, Migazin
After a decline in the Corona pandemic, more people applied for asylum in Germany again last year. As the Federal Ministry of the Interior announced on Wednesday, 217,774 initial applications for asylum were registered. This was an increase of around 47 percent compared to the previous year (2021: 148,233 applications). Ukrainian asylum-seekers are not included in the statistics as they don't follow the regular asylum procedure. However, they constitute 80% of the protection-seekers in Germany. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union
11.01.2023, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
On Wednesday, the Lithuanian governement is expected to vote on a package of legislative amendmends to the current policy of turning away people on the move at the border. In August 2021, the interior minister had signed a decree violating the international law, expelling "irregular" people on the move arrived from Belarus. On one hand, the amendments would allow the authorities to deny entry to foreign nationals who intend or have crossed the border outside the designated places. At the same time, the deputy Interior Minister stated that the law would be applyed just in a declared state of emergency. Moreover, people whose access will be denied, would still be entitled to emergency assistance when needed. read more
10.01.2023, Info Migrants
An appeals court in Nador, Morocco, has increased the sentences of a group of people on the move, over the last year’s deadly crossing attempt into Spain’s Melilla enclave, which resulted in the death of at least 21 people due to authorities’ unlawful use of force and violence. The group of 13 people faces now 3-year prison sentences, accused of “participarion in a criminal gang of clandestine migration”, unauthorised entry to Morocco and violence against the police. The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) last month called the punishments "severe and unjust”, whilst Morocco and Spain insist on blaming migrants for the tragedy. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
Greece's ESTIA accommodation program for refugees and asylum seekers, which allowed for the allocation of hotels and apartments to be used temporarily by asylum seekers and refugees, has been officially shut down by the Greek right-wing government. The Ministry of Migration has argued that the shut down of the program “proves that immigration is now under control.” read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
09.01.2023, Human Rights Watch
The latest migration decree by Italy’s government represents a new low in its strategy of smearing and criminalizing nongovernmental organizations saving lives at sea. The government’s goal is to further obstruct the life-saving work of humanitarian groups, meaning that as few people as possible will be rescued in the central Mediterranean. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
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