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21.09.2022, Frankfurter Rundschau
EU member states are responding to migration movements at the EU's external borders with harsh measures. The return to barbed wire fences, pushbacks at the EU's external borders that violate human rights, more difficult access to asylum procedures, and mistreatment experienced by refugees have become the norm. The article presents the current situation in the following locations/regions: Evros region, EU borders, Lithuania, Poland, Mediterranean Sea and Melilla. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
21.09.2022, Taz
Mohammad K. may not be deported to Jordan for the time being. The case is now being examined by the Saxon Hardship Commission. Yesterday, Mohammad K. was released from the deportation detention center in Dresden. He was supposed to be deported to Jordan last week. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
Queer refugees can no longer be deported with the reference to a "discreet life in the country of origin", as the Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser has now decided. The overdue decision is now intended to offer protection to all those affected, regardless of whether they live out their sexuality openly or secretly. The decision is part of the coalition agreement, which stipulated that asylum procedures for queer persecutees would have to be reviewed. read more
21.09.2022, Le Monde
More than 600 migrants from different African countries arrived in northern Niger after being forced back from Algeria, according to official local sources cited by AFP on Monday (September 20). These people arrived “on foot” on September 17 in Assamaka, the Nigerian border city. The group included women and children. In the beginning of the month, 847 migrants arrived in Agadez, after being turned away from Algeria too. Algeria has expelled tens of thousands of people from sub-Saharan Africa since 2014, but the country has often denied accusations. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Naher Osten, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
21.09.2022, The Guardian
Thousands of Syrian refugees in Turkey are coming together and organizing the “Caravan of Light” in an attempt to enter the EU. Reportedly, people have been mobilizing themselves since the beginning of September. According to one of the organizers, some members of the caravan have already been attacked on the Greek border by “people smugglers.” They are calling on the UN to protect Syrians from physical, psychological and political violence. There are currently more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, facing rising tensions and violence, according to recent reports. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Mittlerer Osten, Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
21.09.2022, Info Migrants
The German capital state is increasing admissions for Syrian refugees “in particular need of protection” as announced in a press release this Monday (September 20). Thus, 300 Syrians currently living in refugee camps in Lebanon will be taken to Berlin in 2023, following a selection process in cooperation with the UNHCR. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Nordafrika, Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
The Turkish president has accused Greece, once again, of turning the Aegean Sea into a “refugee graveyard” referring to a series of illegal pushbacks of migrants, during the UN General Assembly held on Tuesday (September 20) in New York. A group of Green MEPs has also accused Greece of systematic lies. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
A Swiss organization has reported on the excessive and inappropriate use of force against migrants during deportations. In its report, the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT) describes the deportation of a mother, four months pregnant, as particularly “degrading and inhuman” - the woman was forced to breastfeed handcuffed. Around 30 deportations by air in 2021 were monitored. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Österreich / Schweiz, Europa
20.09.2022, Info Migrants
In August, a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor from Senegal was shot dead by police officers in Dortmund. The young man has allegedly approached the officers with a knife, but a German state politician is questioning the veracity of the facts. Disciplinary proceedings had been initiated against five officers; one has been temporarily suspended from duty. This death follows other fatal incidents involving police brutality in Germany. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
20.09.2022, Domani
NGOs take the field five days before the vote. Immigration is one of the finished issues in the election campaign, on one side the leghist Matteo Salvini who aspires to become minister of the Interior and return to the "security decrees" that block landings, on the other Giorgia Meloni who wants to implement "the naval blockade," and finally the center-left who continues to keep ius soli and a return to reception among the resolutions. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
20.09.2022, Times Malta
An activist who has documented the death of four-year-old Loujin - who allegedly died of thirst after delayed rescue of a migrants' boat - has posted photos of the little coffin as she called on Europe to “wash its conscience” for allowing people to die at sea. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa
A new report from "Aegean Boat Report" claims that the Greek coast guard has pushed back several migrants in a rubber boat off the island of Rhodes last week Tuesday. There exist numerous testimonies of illegal pushbacks. However, Greek authorities deny these incidents. A video shows three people in balaclavas attempting to redirect the rubber boat's path. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
20.09.2022, Taz
Mohammad K. was brought from the clinic to the Dresden deportation detention center on Monday evening. Mohammad K. was actually supposed to be deported to Jordan last week, although he has been living in Germany for seven years. His asylum application was rejected in 2019, in the course of which his employment permit was also revoked by the foreigners authority. Numerous people are protesting against the deportation and fighting for his right to stay. read more
League party leader Matteo Salvini told the Spanish newspaper El Pais in an interview that if he were to return to the government following elections in Italy on September 25, he will introduce a "territorial waters entry ban" to be applied to NGOs rescuing migrants at sea. read more
20.09.2022, Pro Asyl
Derzeit wird in Brüssel über den Vorschlag für eine neue EU-Verordnung diskutiert, die das europäische Asylsystem grundlegend verändern würde. Josephine Liebl vom Europäischen Flüchtlingsrat ECRE erklärt die schwerwiegenden Folgen. Das Asylrecht als Ganzes steht zur Disposition, wenn EU-Länder nach Belieben Ausnahmeregelungen erlassen können. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union
20.09.2022, Financial Times
Anonymous employees of the European Union Agency for Asylum allege nepotism and mishandling of harassment claims in a complaint sent to the EU’s anti-fraud agency and the European Commission last week. The head of the EU’s asylum agency, Nina Gregori, is facing accusations of misconduct three years after she was tasked with restoring the body’s credibility following her predecessor’s abrupt resignation. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
19.09.2022, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Vincent Cochetel has seen a lot of misery and death as the UN representative for the southern Mediterranean. And perhaps that's why he's not afraid to make a splash - with refugees and governments alike. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Spanien, Griechenland / Türkei, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
19.09.2022, Globalist
Last April a boat, designed to hold a dozen people and carrying 84, capsized off the Lebanese coast near Tripoli after being intercepted by the coast guard. Only 40 survived. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
19.09.2022, ASGI
After being refused information by the Italian Ministry of the Interior, the Administrative Court and the Council of State, freelance journalist and member of the International Federation of Journalists Sara Creta, supported by ASGI lawyers, lodges an appeal before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to enforce Article 10 of the ECHR Convention. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europa
19.09.2022, Info Migrants
German police have discovered 23 refugees from Syria in a forest near the Czech border. They were reportedly abandoned there by smugglers. Eleven of them have already been deported back to the Czech Republic while the remaining 12 will follow, federal police said on Friday. All of them are under investigation for unauthorized entry into German territory. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
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