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01.12.2022, zeit online
Germany has brought on Thursday (01.12) 90 protection seekers rescued from distress at sea in Italy to Berlin and Frankfurt am Main. The German government previously declared its willingness to take in a total of 3,500 people together with other EU state read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
30.11.2022, Info Migrants
Last week 500 migrants landed in Greece on a rusty fishing vessel, revealing a new and until now rather discreet route: From eastern Libya to southern Italy. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Nordafrika, Europa
30.11.2022, European Institute for Gender Equality
The EIGE's Gender Equality Index shows signs of deterioration for women in many areas of work and private life. The index paints a picture of growing inequalities in post-pandemic Europe. Read more here. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Weltweit
30.11.2022, ECCHR
Together with Sea-Watch, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) has submitted a communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding crimes against humanity committed against refugees who were intercepted at sea and systematically returned to and detained in Libya. The organizations call on the ICC to investigate the individual criminal responsibility of high-ranking officials of EU member states and EU agencies in connection with multiple serious deprivations of liberty. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
30.11.2022, euronews
Kosovo passport holders will soon be able to enter the EU visa-free. "Visa liberalisation has been made possible by Kosovo’s efforts to strengthen its border controls, migration management, and security, and we trust that this good cooperation will only grow stronger in the future", said Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union, Europa
The rescue operation on Nov. 22, 2022, in Greek waters, where some 500 refugees were found on board an old fishing boat, revealed a new escape route from eastern Libya to southern Italy. The journey via the new route is said to be much safer, but also more expensive. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Nordafrika, Europa
29.11.2022, Info Migrants
According to the UK Department of Health, 50 cases of diphtheria have been diagnosed in asylum seekers who arrived in England this year between January 1 and November 25. This is an infectious disease that affects the upper respiratory tract. Unlike the general public, migrants are at high risk of infection due to overcrowded accommodation. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europa
29.11.2022, taz
"First the children are left to run wild - and afterwards they are told that they don't want to integrate," says Daniel Jasch, a counselor at the Care Center for Young Refugees and Migrants (BBZ). Several organizations report on the precarious living situation of unaccompanied minor refugees in Germany. There is a lack of existential basic needs, i.e. medical care, accommodation, food and employment. There is a demand for a "crisis team for the well-being of children" with qualified specialists who are to look after the safety of the young people. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
29.11.2022, The Guardian
The so-called Spanish coastguard has rescued three men who stowed away on a tanker that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria by balancing on its rudder just above the waterline. The men were taken into the port and attended to by health services for dehydration and hypothermia, the so-called coastguard said on Twitter. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Europa, Afrika
28.11.2022, Info Migrants
Greek authorities said they arrested seven people suspected of having crewed a rusty fishing boat crammed with nearly 500 migrants that lost steering during gale-force winds off Crete and prompted a major rescue operation last week. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europa
The EU must "place security and solidarity at the center of its action in the Mediterranean and along all other migration routes." This is the appeal made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on 24 November. "There has been nearly 2,000 people who died or went missing in the Mediterranean only this year. While Member Statas are busy accusing each other, human lives are lost," he denounced. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
A 20-year-old man died and six others were injured in a shootout between migrants and smugglers on Thursday evening (24.11.2022). According to Serbian police, 600 migrants and weapons were found at the scene near the Hungarian border. A total of 1,000 people had to be brought to safety. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europa
28.11.2022, Border Violence Monitoring Network
According to the latest report from the Border Violence Monitoring Network, refugees on the Balkan route are illegally turned back several times. Photos and videos record how a 34-year-old man was rejected twice at the border between Greece and northern Macedonia. In addition, the migrant was denied any medical, legal as well as language assistance, which is actually part of international law. More on the illegal pushbacks here. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
27.11.2022, The Guardian
Unaccompanied child refugees describe attacks in notorious Manston camp after officials ‘ignore or discount’ ID documents. The Home Office is routinely changing the dates of birth of unaccompanied child asylum seekers to classify them as adults, according to experts who say the practice is now happening on a “horrifying scale”. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien
26.11.2022, Die Zeit
The EU wants to relieve countries with many boat refugees more. France and Italy had argued about who was responsible for the "Ocean Viking". read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Frankreich, Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
25.11.2022, Infomigrants
In recent years, the number of Tunisians attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy have increased. Many hope to find work and a better life in Italy, but some might also be fleeing problems. However, as citizens of a classified ‘safe country,’ finding ways to stay in Italy can be difficult for them. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
25.11.2022, euobserver
Due to technical and legal concerns, Sweden refuses to distribute arriving asylum seekers among European countries. The reason is also said to be Sweden's fascist domestic policy, which published a 63-page program to restrict the rights of asylum seekers. read more
25.11.2022, InfoMigrants
A four-year-old girl who reached Italy without her parents on a boat carrying migrants from Tunisia in October was repatriated on Thursday, authorities said. A judge in Sicily ruled she should be returned on a request by Tunisian authorities. read more
The Republic of Cyprus is battling with a migrant influx which is overwhelming the small EU country's resources. Now, a dubious higher education scheme in the north of the island has been found to be among the factors responsible for the trend. Human traffickers meanwhile are lining their pockets with the money of desperate foreigners. read more
Politically divided Libya has reportedly sent more than 200 migrants back across its land borders with Egypt, Sudan and Chad. A recent UN report suggests that migrants in Libya are often "compelled to accept 'assisted return' to their home countries," possibly in inhumane conditions. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Afrika
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