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02.02.2023, ANSA
The Council of Europe said Thursday that its Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic wrote to Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi on January 26 asking the Italian government to withdraw its recent decree regulating the activities of NGO-run migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
31.01.2023, The Guardian
The prime minister of the UK has announced a proposal to ban people on the move who entered "irregularly" in the country from applying for asylum. Consequently, they would have to be deported as soon as possible. However, this idea doesn't take into consideration the lack of return agreements with other countries and would therefore leave millions of people in detention camps indefinitely. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien
30.01.2023, Infomigrants
The European Union's agency for asylum has declared that Afghan women and girls will be elegible for refugee status. This decision was taken to face the increase of women's rights restrictions in Afghanistan. However, it will be up to each European country wether to adopt EU's outcome or not. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
30.01.2023, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
The European Commission is seeking to return more migrants to their countries of origin, according to Lithuania’s European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius. Moreover, the next European Council will discuss other measures to stop "illegal" migration. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Baltische Staaten, Europäische Union
27.01.2023, Pro Asyl
According to KlikAktiv's report, Romanian police has pushed people on the move back to Serbia. This process is a clear break of international law as asylum-seekers are exempted from the readmission agreement. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union
25.01.2023, DER SPIEGEL
The crew of the rescue ship »Geo Barents« first rescued 69, then 61 and then 107 people from rubber dinghies off the Libyan coast within a few hours. Among them was also a baby apparently. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
25.01.2023, The Guardian
Families with children seeking asylum in the UK might be sent back to Rwanda. By ruling out a particular group from the pushback procedures, officials were worried of encouraging smuggles to focus on families. Moreover the Immigration minister said that the government is planning to increase the number of migrants detained, in order to remove more people from the country. read more
25.01.2023, Info Migrants
The European Commission has presented a new strategy to increase the return of "irregular migrants". EU member states were called on to work closer together as well as collaborate with EU authorities like Frontex. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
24.01.2023, Info Migrants
Ireland's Minister for Integration says Ireland should prepare to accept more than 80,000 new asylum seekers over the course of this year. Meanwhile, protesters declare "Ireland is full". read more
23.01.2023, Info Migrants
Greece has announced a further extension of its border fence with Turkey, aimed at stopping people on the move. The government also repeated a call for Europe to show "solidarity and a fair sharing of duties." read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
A case against search and rescue volunteers Sarah Mardini and Sean Binder in Greece has been shelved for now. But hundreds more people across Europe still face charges such as "migrant smuggling", despite growing calls to end the criminalization of humanitarian assistance. read more
23.01.2023, AGI
A man and a woman found dead in a shack in the ghetto of Borgo Mezzanone, in the Foggia area. They had lit a makeshift fire read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
23.01.2023, Infomigrants
The Spanish police found a network in which Ukranian people on the move were exploited in illegal tobacco factories. They were forced to work very long hours in poor conditions. Moreover, to avoid getting caught, the refugees were not allowed to leave the factory premises. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Europäische Union
20.01.2023, la Repubblica
Departure scheduled between tonight and tomorrow. Juan Matias Gil, head of the Médecins Sans Frontières mission: 'Last year we rescued 3,850 migrants, if the new rules had already been in force, we would not have been able to save more than a thousand'. read more
20.01.2023, Infomigrants
In Brussels, more than 3,000 people on the move and asylum seekers have been sleeping homeless or in temporary accomodations. According to an asylum seeker, after applying for international protection he was told that no place was available for him, despite his right to be offered one. A similar situation is happening in the Netherlands. read more
20.01.2023, Lighthouse Reports
Lighthouse Reports has found that asylum seekers, including children, are being detained in unofficial jails – in the form of metal boxes and dark rooms – for sometimes more than a day at a time in the bowels of passenger ships headed from Italy to Greece, as part of illegal pushbacks by the Italian authorities. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
20.01.2023, Info Migrants
"Border management and fundamental rights, they go hand in hand," declared Hans Leijtens, as gave a press conference ahead of the start of his role as head of the EU border agency Frontex on Thursday, January 19. Leijtens has promised to "restore trust" in the agency that last year was rocked by claims that Frontex agents had turned a blind eye to the illegal pushbacks of people on the move at several EU borders. Leijtens said he wanted to make sure that all his staff worked within "the boundaries of the legal framework". read more
19.01.2023, Zeit Online
The Italian government offers to take in more Tunisian harvest workers. In return, Tunisia is to help push back boat people in the Mediterranean. This solution was made in order to prevent "irregular immigration" from happening. read more
18.01.2023, AnconaToday
Rear Admiral Aulicino, in a House hearing: "Humanitarian ships are units that can provide relief, so they are useful, as are merchant and supply vessels" and "are solely active on the route between Tripolitania and the island of Lampedusa." read more
18.01.2023, Infomigrants
The UK government announced on Tuesday it would be seeking to force tech platforms to remove videos of migrants crossing the Channel if they showed that crossing in a "positive light." The measure is part of a draft bill which still needs to be passed by both houses of parliament. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europa
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