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24.04.2024, TAZ
The French human rights league LDH and the refugee aid organisation Utopia56 filed a lawsuit against the former Executive Director of the EU border protection agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, on Tuesday. They accuse him of aiding and abetting torture and crimes against humanity. Leggeri, who is running for third place on the list of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) in the upcoming election of MEPs, indignantly rejects these accusations as a ‘political manoeuvre’ and threatens to counter-sue for defamation. The accusations against the former head of Frontex are nothing new. However, they take on an additional explosive flavour in the domestic and European political context of the elections. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Frankreich, Europäische Union
24.04.2024, FragDenStaat
In a lawsuit brought by Sea-Watch in cooperation with FragDenStaat, the EU General Court rules that Frontex is allowed to keep most documents about a violation of human rights secret — but not all. Over 100 photographs should not have been kept secret, the court says. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
24.04.2024, Zeit Online
According to the European Court of Auditors, billions in EU aid for refugees in Turkey is not sustainable. It is unclear whether the funded projects will be continued after the funding ends, according to a report published by the Luxembourg authority. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
24.04.2024, Taz
On the Greek island of Lesbos, people are perplexed by the European asylum pact. Meanwhile, a cemetery becomes a symbol of humanity. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
24.04.2024, Pro Asyl
In September 2014, Greek coastguard officers open fire on a refugee boat and hit two Syrians - one of them fatally. With the support of PRO ASYL, the survivors take Greece to the European Court of Human Rights. The court has now ruled in their favor on all points. read more
23.04.2024, Der Spiegel
Several people seeking protection died on Tuesday while trying to cross the English Channel to the UK. A French official spoke of at least five deaths, including a seven-year-old child. The coastguard confirmed this morning that it had found several lifeless bodies. According to the official, 112 people had attempted to set sail from the French coast this morning. 47 had been rescued and more than 50 had continued the crossing towards the UK. Four injured people were taken to hospital, but their lives were not in danger. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Frankreich, Großbritannien
23.04.2024, Deutschlandfunk
The United Nations wants to take stronger action against "human trafficking" and the "smuggling" of migrants. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Weltweit
23.04.2024, Aljazeera
The controversial law is expected to come into force within days with the first deportation flights in weeks. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Afrika
22.04.2024, Deutschlandfunk
Five countries bordering the Mediterranean have called on the EU to deepen migration agreements with countries of origin. read more
Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
22.04.2024, Verfassungsblog
On Wednesday, the 24th of April, the European Parliament will vote on a reform of the Schengen Border Code (SBC), which appears to institutionalize existing patterns of denying access to rights for people on the move by introducing “transfer-procedures” (Art. 23a in the Parliament and Council’s provisional agreement from February 2024). read more
22.04.2024, BBC
The first flights deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off in 10 to 12 weeks Rishi Sunak has announced - missing his original spring target. The government has already prepared an airfield and secured charter plane slots to ensure flights take off, the PM said. Mr Sunak promised to keep MPs and Lords late into the night on Monday to pass his flagship Rwanda bill. "No ifs, no buts, these flights are going to Rwanda," he said. He told a Downing Street press conference: "The first flight will leave in 10 to 12 weeks. "Of course that is later than we wanted but we have always been clear that processing will take time and if Labour peers had not spent weeks holding up the bill in the House of Lords to try to block these flights altogether we would have begin this process weeks ago." read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Weltweit
22.04.2024, The Guardian
Judges in Sicily have acquitted all crew members of an NGO rescue boat who had been accused of aiding and abetting illegal migration, in a case seen by activists as a symbol of the criminalisation of those who have sought to help at-risk refugees and migrants at sea. Friday’s verdict, after seven years of proceedings, followed a surprise turn of events in February when prosecutors in Trapani unexpectedly requested the charges be dropped owing to a lack of evidence. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
22.04.2024, TAZ
ometime shortly after 8 p.m. on the last Saturday evening, Antonio Scurati appears in front of the camera and delivers his short monologue on 25 April, the "Day of Liberation", on which Italy celebrates the partisan uprising and the final defeat of the German Nazi occupiers and their fascist accomplices under Benito Mussolini in 1945 every year. That was the plan. But no, Scurati did not appear in front of the camera for the political talk programme "Che sarà", which is broadcast on the third channel of state broadcaster Rai. He was uninvited without further ado and his words on fascism were no longer in demand: the words of the successful author of the "M." trilogy, in which he traces the arc from the rise of Mussolini in the early 1920s to Italy's entry into the Second World War. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
21.04.2024, Spiegel
Together with the EU, the President of Cyprus is planning to prevent Syrian refugees from entering the country. The island is not in a position to take in any more refugees. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Naher Osten, Europäische Union, Europa
19.04.2024, taz
The court in Trapani, Sicily, dismissed the case against the crew of the German rescue ship Iuventa on Friday. The trial, which is based on investigations that have been ongoing since 2017, was the largest against sea rescuers in the EU to date. The defendants had been accused of trafficking in human beings and were facing decades in prison. read more
17.04.2024, National News Mena
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni signed three agreements with Tunisia during an official state visit to the North African country on Wednesday. The agreements are part of a wider European plan to strengthen Tunisia's ability to limit migration to Europe and include a budget support package, a higher education and scientific research deal and a special line of credit for small and medium-sized companies. [...] Ms Meloni’s visit to Tunis is the fourth in less than a year and the first after the announcement of the Mattei plan, in which she promised a €5.5 billion investment package for projects in Africa at a summit in Rome in January. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Afrika
17.04.2024, The Conversation
A little over ten years after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the coast of Lampedusa, claiming the lives of 368 migrants, another boat has capsized in the same waters, around 50 km off the coast. Nine people perished, including a baby, after waves of up to 2.5 metres pushed over their frail vessel on 10 April. That same day, the European Parliament approved a landmark package of laws on migration and asylum, bringing an end to nearly a decade of negotiations and push-back from the far-right and left. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
17.04.2024, Human Rights Watch
All 10 of Canada's provinces have now committed to ending their immigration detention agreements and arrangements with the Canada Border Services Agency, a major victory for migrant and refugee rights, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Canada said today. Newfoundland and Labrador, the last remaining province, has now confirmed that it will no longer allow the federal government to detain migrants and asylum seekers in local jails. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Amerika
17.04.2024, Zeit
The police have carried out a raid against suspected 'people smugglers' in eight federal states. They are suspected of obtaining residence permits in return for money. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
16.04.2024, Welt
Polish border guards have once again registered an increase in irregular border crossings at the border with Belarus in recent weeks. Ten smugglers were arrested at the weekend alone, according to the border guards. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa
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