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19.12.2022, Lighthouse Reports
Lighthouse Reports now has visual evidence that refugees are being systematically detained in secret detention facilities ("black sites") where they are denied their right to asylum and illegally deported. These secret facilities are located along EU borders - particularly in Bulgaria, Croatia and Hungary. The living conditions are inhumane: people are forced to stay in cage-like structures, overcrowded and dangerously hot vans, containers or remote gas stations. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union, Europa
19.12.2022, Der Spiegel
A two-year-old girl died in hospital after a refugee boat carrying 43 people capsized near Lampedusa. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa, Afrika
19.12.2022, Info Migrants
he London High Court will decide today (19.12.2022) whether the planned forced deportations to Rwanda are lawful. Thousands of migrants who previously managed to cross the sea route and enter England are affected. The previous deportation flight in June of this year was blocked at short notice by the European Court of Human Rights. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
16.12.2022, Today
The Court of Rome has filed the grounds for its verdict for the children's shipwreck, which occurred south of Lampedusa at 5:07 p.m. Oct. 11, 2013. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europa
16.12.2022, SPIEGEL
The EU anti-fraud office OLAF is investigating Frontex again, according to SPIEGEL information. The investigators are also interested in interim director Aija Kalnaja, who wants to be elected as the new head. However, the European Parliament, which has to make a proposal for the new candidacy, was apparently not informed about this. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
15.12.2022, InfoMigrants, ANSA
British PM Rishi Sunak has announced an agreement with Albania to fight irregular migration to the United Kingdom, pledging to expel 'thousands' of Albanians. Human rights organizations have criticized the deal. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Großbritannien, Osteuropa, Europa
15.12.2022, The Guardian
Up to four people remain missing after an overcrowded inflatable boat capsized Wednesday, killing four people. According to the Care4Calais organization, the British government's policies and lack of secure and legal routes create the conditions for people smugglers to thrive. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
15.12.2022, InfoMigrants
A new study from the University of Vienna has found that migrants tend to work in precarious jobs at a far higher rate than other citizens. 13% earn so little that they cannot support themselves, despite working, the study found. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Österreich / Schweiz, Europäische Union, Europa
Germany and Switzerland have agreed to strengthen police controls to prevent migrants from crossing their common border. The move follows claims that Swiss authorities have been helping irregular migrants to reach Germany and France. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Deutschland, Österreich / Schweiz, Europäische Union, Europa
14.12.2022, InfoMigrants
According to the IOM, 27 bodies, including four children, were found in the deep desert in Chad. They are believed to be migrants who had left Moussoro, a crossroads town in western Chad, 17 months ago on a pickup truck and died of thirst. The UN migration agency has called for greater efforts to protect migrants in remote regions. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Afrika
The human rights organization Amnesty International has accused the governments of Spain and Morocco of using "unlawful and lethal force" at the border between Melilla and Morocco in June this year. Amnesty holds them responsible for the deaths of at least 37 people and 77 missing. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
14.12.2022, The Guardian
Four people have died after a small boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel in freezing cold conditions got into trouble overnight. After receiving a distress call around 3 a.m. Wednesday, a large-scale search and rescue operation was carried out off the Kent coast by British and French authorities. Forty-three people were rescued. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Großbritannien, Europäische Union, Europa
13.12.2022, tagesschau
The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is the site of a new escape route since Russia opened it to foreign airlines. SWR research shows that more people from the Middle East are trying to flee to the EU via Kaliningrad. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Baltische Staaten, Osteuropa, Naher Osten, Europäische Union, Europa
12.12.2022, Fanpage
The European Commission reported that 1.235 billion euros for assistance to Turkey have been disbursed since January 2022, for border management and assistance to migrants. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
12.12.2022, Libya Review
"Frontex is complicit in the abuse by warning Libyan authorities about boats carrying migrants, even though they know those migrants will be sent back and treated cruelly, and even though there are other options," said Human Rights Watch Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia Judith Sunderland. According to the human rights organization's reports, aerial surveillance of the central Mediterranean by the so-called EU Border Management Agency is not intended to save lives, but to intercept migrant*s by Libyan forces. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
12.12.2022, Info Migrants
Bulgarian police arrested 70 migrants on Sunday (11.12.22) in a parking lot near a highway in the southern Bulgarian city of Sliven. According to police, the fugitives were accompanied by two so-called smugglers. Some of the fugitives had to be hospitalized due to exhaustion. According to reports, Bulgaria has increased the so-called border protection measures and is holding migrants in cages. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Griechenland / Türkei, Europa
Two rescue boats arrived in ports in southern Italy on Sunday morning, carrying more than 500 people who had been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea. Dozens of children were among the rescued survivors. Italy's interior ministry said the decision to allow the two boats to dock was down to bad weather conditions rather than marking any change in Italy's anti-migrant policies. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
11.12.2022, The Guardian
The recently signed deal with France aimed to stop people from crossing the English Channel without authorisation, including by stepping up payments to France to increase patrols on its beaches. However, Home Office staff demand that the agreement be scrapped, arguing that the only solution is creating a safe passage visa that allows refugees a secure route to the UK. read more
10.12.2022, The Guardian
After having the appeal hearing postponed several times, Akif Rasouli was finally acquitted on Thursday (December 8) in Mytilene, Lesvos. Amir’s sentence was also reduced so that he will be released after three years spent in prison. The two young men had been sentenced to 50 years for driving a boat from Turkey to Greece together with their families. Activists hope this trial will set a precedent for thousands of others in similar situations. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Mittlerer Osten, Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
08.12.2022, La Repubblica
Since 2017, the testimonies of thousands of people beaten, humiliated, detained before being illegally deported both from the external borders of the European Union and also from the territories of the member states have been collected. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Europäische Union
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