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25.05.2023, Inkyfada
Before being deported from Italy, migrants - many of them Tunisians - undergo a period of administrative detention in Repatriation Permanence Centers (CPR). There, they are drugged and "kept quiet", thanks to psychotropic drugs. An investigation conducted by Altreconomia, in collaboration with inkyfada. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
25.05.2023, the Guardian
As many as 14 million Syrians face a near insurmountable barrier to returning to their homes after the government passed laws giving the state power to seize their land and property, according to a report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Mittlerer Osten
25.05.2023, Deutschlandfunk
According to Federal Interior Minister Faeser, the Schengen Agreement is in danger if there is no reform of the asylum system in the EU in the next few months. At a press conference with her Austrian counterpart Karner, the SPD politician said that in view of the growing immigration she hoped for joint decisions at the meeting of European interior ministers in Luxembourg on 8 June. Germany is committed to the humanitarian reception of refugees from all over the world. However, there must also be a fair distribution in Europe. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
25.05.2023, Info Migrants
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece’s outgoing prime minister, has ordered a probe into a report that authorities illegally deported a group of migrants who had reached an eastern Aegean island from Turkey. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
24.05.2023, The Guardian
Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees, many of them children, who have crossed the border into Chad risk a “major humanitarian disaster” when the rainy season begins within weeks, a Red Cross official has warned. About 80,000 people have sought refuge in the country to the west of Sudan as weeks of fighting between two warring generals forces hundreds of thousands from their homes. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Afrika
23.05.2023, Internazionale
A few years ago, at the end of an interview on the Pact on Migration and Asylum presented by the European Commission, Italian lawyer Anna Brambilla had launched a proposal: 'Let's found the Gtmaaf: transnational mutual aid group for frustrated lawyers'. [...] the idea of Brambilla, a member of the Association for Legal Studies on Immigration (Asgi), arose from an observation: in a European context increasingly hostile to migrants,[...] defending migrants' rights had become an almost impossible mission, a profession discredited by governments waving the bogeyman of 'activist lawyers'. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
23.05.2023, statewatch
EU border agency Frontex has recently sought to take on a more prominent role in deportations, and has been testing the possibility of organising the "initiative, destination, date," amongst other tasks - roles previously reserved for national authorities. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa
23.05.2023, AltrƏconomia
The Politecnico di Torino has renewed its agreement with Frontex for the production of up-to-date maps. In spite of the serious events at the Agency that oversees Europe's external borders, the university is continuing for another twelve months with the contract for the production of maps, which was due to end on 17 June 2023. The confirmation came to Altreconomia directly from Frontex, contradicting the university, which in mid-May had made it known that it 'had not taken any decisions on the matter'. read more
22.05.2023, Deutschlandfunk
After renewed accusations of illegal push-back of migrants in Greece, EU Commissioner Johansson has demanded a complete clarification. [...] The "New York Times" had published video footage over the weekend that allegedly showed the Greek coast guard abandoning asylum seekers on a raft. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
20.05.2023, Tagesschau
Hungary releases hundreds of foreign prisoners convicted of human smuggling from its prisons. Many had been sentenced to several years in prison - they smuggled the people often in a life-threatening way. On the Balkan route, which also runs through Hungary, there are repeated deaths and injuries. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union
19.05.2023, the Guardian
The Greek government is facing fresh condemnation of its migration policies, days before general elections, after the release of video footage depicting the forcible expulsion of asylum seekers who had sought sanctuary in the country. read more
19.05.2023, Info Migrants
The rhetoric in Turkey’s run-off election scheduled for May 28 is turning increasingly anti-migrant. Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu has vowed to send migrants back to their home countries if he wins. But can he actually do that? read more
19.05.2023, New York Times
Video evidence shows asylum seekers, among them young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard. read more
17.05.2023, Ansa
Some Albanian migrants repatriated after deportation from the UK were paid GBP 1,500 (over EUR 1,700) to leave the country. According to the BBC, these are people with legal records who enjoyed an incentive from the British government. Deportation flights to Abania have increased since Tirana signed a cooperation agreement with London last December to 'deter and hinder illegal immigration'. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Großbritannien
17.05.2023, Amnesty International
As part of an alliance of more than 50 organisations, Amnesty International is calling on the German government to abandon its plans to reform the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). With a view to the meeting of EU interior ministers on 8 June 2023, the alliance appeals to Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) to live up to her humanitarian responsibility and take her own coalition agreement seriously. There must be no compromises at the expense of refugee protection. read more
16.05.2023, Infomigrants
More than one month after the Sudan crisis began, the fighting is picking up again – and with it the mass displacement. Close to one million people have been uprooted by the conflict so far, 200,000 of whom have crossed into neighboring countries. read more
16.05.2023, AltrƏconomia
The Algerian authorities' deportations continue. In 2022 alone, Alarm Phone Sahara counted 24,250 people deported to Assamaka, a small village in northern Niger. In the first quarter of 2023 there are already more than 8,000. Meanwhile, Asgi denounces the absence of solutions for people evacuated from Libya and stranded in the country. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Afrika
16.05.2023, Politico
Rishi Sunak will make the case for reforming the European Court of Human Rights’ power to arbitrarily block U.K. deportation flights, at a Council of Europe summit Tuesday. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europäische Union
16.05.2023, Info Migrants
Yonas is an Eritrean refugee in the UK. A year ago, he began to gather evidence to apply for family reunification for his two younger brothers, who had fled from Eritrea to Sudan. He submitted the documents to the UK government in April 2023. Then conflict broke out in Sudan, and Yonas has not heard from his brothers for over two weeks. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Afrika
15.05.2023, Migazin
More than 13,000 people did not receive a visa for spousal reunification last year because they failed the language test. This was reported by the federal government. Left-wing politician Akbulut criticizes the language requirements. They are "socially selective". read more
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