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26.02.2023, ANSA
Tragic migrant shipwreck in Cutro (Crotone): more than 100 dead feared. There is still no reliable number of people who were on board. According to some survivors, there were about 180. For others many more, at least 250. At the moment 80 people have been recovered alive and 45 bodies have been found along the coast of Steccato di Cutro. Among the victims were many children and women. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
24.02.2023, FAZ
The government of Giorgia Meloni has announced that it will tighten its policy against private sea rescuers. So far, this has been mostly rhetoric. Now it is blocking the Geo Barents and imposing a fine. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
23.02.2023, il Post
NGO accused of violating new code of conduct for sea rescues: ship was about to leave on Friday for a new mission read more
23.02.2023, SWI
Italy's parliament on Thursday passed into law a government decree establishing a code of conduct for migrant charity ships, despite criticism from the United Nations and humanitarian groups that it will imperil lives. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
23.02.2023, Info Migrants
The second European Conference on Border Management will take place in Athens, Greece, on February 23-24, as announced by the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
The campaign "I Was a Foreigner", promoted by various associations operating in the sector of protection and assistance to migrants, sent a letter on February 21 to Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, asking for "immediate intervention with measures to finally complete the regularization procedures, after nearly three years since it was approved." read more
Fast-track temporary visas for survivors of the Syrian-Turkish earthquakes are available only to Turkish nationals, despite widespread reports that Syrians were also eligible under new special procedures. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Naher Osten, Deutschland
23.02.2023, AP news
Thursday morning a search and rescue operation was underway off the coast of an eastern Greek island. Four people on the move were missing after a boat attempted to reach Greece from Turkey. Two Greek guard patrol boats and one vessel from the European border patrol agency Frontex have been involved in the search. read more
Nearly one million asylum claims were lodged in the EU, Switzerland and Norway last year, the most since 2016. Syrians and Afghans remained the main applicants, while claims from Turkish nationals more than doubled. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
23.02.2023, Verfassungsblog
From December 2022 and January 2023 Sweden and Danemark will consider all women and girls from Afghanistan eligible to refugee status. In fact, the Taliban's regime in Afghanistan has made their lives so difficult that its actions are to be considered as persecution based on gender. However, the two Scandinavian countries have a legacy of very restrictive policies towards refugee rights. read more
23.02.2023, Collective Aid and Medical Volunteers International
Observations and Trends in Pushbacks, Border Violence, and Conditions in Northern Serbia from "Collective Aid" and "Medical Volunteers International".In the last two months, there has been a large amount of police repression and violent evictions happening in Northern Serbia. This report also concentrate on further analysis of violence and procedures associated with pushbacks from Hungary to Serbia. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten
22.02.2023, Africanews
On Tuesday President Kais Saied held a hateful speech against people on the move from Sub-Saharan Africa, accusing them of "violence, crimes and unacceptable acts". He called for urgent measures against the "illegal migration", even though, according to international law, it is not illegal to enter in a country as a refugee. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
22.02.2023, taz
In a speech to Tunisia's National Security Council on Tuesday, President Kais Saied described migrants living in the country as part of an international conspiracy against Tunisia. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Nordafrika
22.02.2023, The Guardian
The Home Office in the UK is planning to send out questionnaires to asylum seekers instead of conducting official interviews. The eleven page document will include a list of 50 complicated questions to which people on the move will have to reply in English. Moreover, the failure to return the document within 20 working days would mean that an individual's asylum claim could be withdrawn. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien
More than 60,000 Somali refugees have fled to Ethiopia after an escalation in fighting in the town of Las Anod, in the Sool region, where tensions between local people and the governing Somaliland authorities have been building for weeks. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Afrika
22.02.2023, Le Monde
People on the move in Cyprus, who represent 6% of the island's population, are waiting years for a reply to their asylum applications. Because of a lack of personnel and of political will the Republic of Cyprus grants asylum rarely and inconsistently. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Europäische Union
22.02.2023, Taz
Finance Minister Lindner calls for more consistent deportation of rejected asylum seekers. "Irregular migration" should be curbed, he said. He suggested paving the way to people on the move who intend to work in Germany but, at the same time, he thinks that there should be more consequences in dealing with people who have no right of residence. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union
21.02.2023, taz
Stefan K. is appealing. The 40-year-old Berlin police officer was convicted last year of joint dangerous bodily harm. He and two other men allegedly beat a refugee to hospital. The judge of the district court considered a racist motivation for the crime. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
21.02.2023, Info Migrants
The housing crisis for people on the move and asylum seekers in Brussels appears to have worsened. Since the recent evacuation of several hundred people from a squat, the number of tents along the city’s canals and streets has multiplied. read more
Three more dead bodies, believed to be those of people on the move, have been found at the Polish-Belarusian border in recent days. The Polish Border Guard says it was not told that a fourth woman, found dead over a week ago, needed medical care. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa
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