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12.09.2022, Info Migrants
Humanitarian ships have rescued nearly 300 people in the Mediterranean Sea the last few days. The Sea-Eye organization complained that it had searched for days for a missing boat off the coast of Malta, but had received no help from Malta or Italy. “So we have to assume the intention is to let people die at sea,” Sea-Eye tweeted. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
12.09.2022, Middle East Eye
Hundreds of Syrians, who were protesting being locked in Syria’s last opposition enclave by strict Turkish border policies, began walking towards the Bab al-Hawa crossing on Thursday morning. In an attempt to cross to Europe, they have formed a “peace caravan”. Monday they were attacked by militants in Idlib. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Griechenland / Türkei, Europa
12.09.2022, Bayrische Staatregierung
On Tuesday Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann received the Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakušan at the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior. Among other things they talked about the planned intensified cooperation in internal security due to the current migration situation. The goal of both parties is to limit the number of refugees in Bavaria with the help of restrictive measures at the European level, as well as German-Czech police and customs cooperation. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa
12.09.2022, Al Jazeera
Six Syrian refugees, including two infants and a child, have been found dead on a migrant boat that arrived in Sicily, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). “They died of thirst, hunger and severe burns. This is unacceptable,” the UNHCR’s representative to Italy, Chiara Cardoletti, wrote on Twitter. “Strengthening rescue at sea is the only way to prevent these tragedies.” The dead were among a group of 26 people who had been on the boat for days. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Mittlerer Osten
12.09.2022, ECRE
In December 2021, the European Commission has proposed an asylum reform that allows Member States to suppress their responsibilities under EU asylum law in situations of “instrumentalisation” of migration. Several NGOs are strongly opposing this reform, because it is disproportionate, counterproductive, unnecessary, misguided and unfair to applicants and some Member States. The derogations allowed by this proposal are “substantial and substantive, significantly affecting the rights of people seeking protection,” as explained in the joint statement. Further, the NGOs warn that such a reform, allowing for derogations in various circumstances, may well undermine respect for the EU law as a whole, as well as set a precedent – not only within Europe but worldwide, subverting the global protection system. read more
12.09.2022, InfoMigrants
Five more bodies were recovered off the Tunisian coast from the shipwreck on Tuesday (September 6). The death toll rises to 11, whilst 12 other migrants are still missing. They were reportedly trying to reach Italy, when the overcrowded boat sank in the Mediterranean. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
The NGO KlikAktiv has reported increasing violence deployed by the Hungarian authorities against migrants trying to enter Serbia from Hungary. The NGO has collected testimonies from people, such as that of a young Moroccan man that said he had been beaten by border police, who shaved a cross into his hair, and pushed him back to Serbia afterwards. The reports of migrants reveal extreme humiliation, brutality and lawlessness. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
Strengthening international efforts to address the causes of forced migration, promoting European cooperation on asylum, improving governance and planning and ensuring rescues at sea are some of the proposals addressed to the leaders of Italian political parties. The UN agency has also emphasized Italy’s “fundamental role in providing support to those forced to flee” and assured its continued support. The Italian parliamentary elections will take place on September 25. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
During a visit to Cyprus, the President of the European Parliament said the growing number of migrants arriving in the island is “really worrying”, especially considering its small population. From January to mid-August, about 13,000 people have applied for asylum in Cyprus, according to official data. The government in Nicosia has asked the EU for support several times, and the Cypriot president blames Turkey for “instrumentalizing migration” to destabilize Cyprus. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Griechenland / Türkei, Osteuropa, Europäische Union, Europa
The two countries have signed a joint statement on bilateral cooperation, and are considering “the establishment of a program through which spontaneous asylum seekers arriving in Denmark may be transferred to Rwanda for consideration of their asylum applications." According to the Danish immigration minister, about 1,000 asylum seekers per year may be transferred under this scheme. The new agreement was presented in Rwanda on Friday (September 9), but the idea of establishing asylum reception centers outside Europe has already been proposed in 2018, and criticized by the European Commission for violating EU asylum rules. The UK is also planning to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
11.09.2022, NDR
The "Embassy of Hope" at Thalia in Gaußstraße in Hamburg-Altona is intended to be a contact point for refugees. A conversation with Mohammed Ghunaim - known as Ziko. He leads the project as a diversity officer. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Europäische Union, Europa
10.09.2022, The Guardian
UK’s new home secretary wants to ban all small boats crossing the Channel, as revealed during her inaugural speech to her colleagues on Wednesday (September 7). Braverman’s approach has caused consternation among Home Office officials, whilst immigration experts call for “sufficient alternative safe routes to the UK” instead. Simultaneously, around 8,000 individuals crossed the Channel during August, the highest monthly total on record. Braverman follows in the footsteps of her predecessor, Priti Patel, on ending small-boat crossings, but is expected to take an ever harsher line. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europa
09.09.2022, MY OWN MEDIA LIMITED
The NGO "KlikAktiv - Center for Socio-Political Development" strongly pointed out what is happening at the Hungarian-Serbian border. According to the report, the Hungarian authorities are using force against migrants who try to enter the country illegally. read more
Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union, Europa
09.09.2022, InfoMigrants
The promise is to finish all negotiations to reform the EU asylum and migration system by February 2024, before the end of the current legislature. This political agreement was signed by the European Parliament and the permanent representatives of Czechia, Sweden, Spain, Belgium and France, on Wednesday (September 7). The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and the New European Pact on Migration and Asylum are to be treated as top priority, in the talks to begin by the end of this year. read more
There are at least eight migrants confirmed dead, and another 15 declared as missing, after their overcrowded boat sank off the Tunisian coast on Tuesday. They were reportedly trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea towards Italy. The number of Tunisians trying to reach Europe has risen in recent months, with an increase of people drowning off the Tunisian coast as well. read more
The surge of violence at the migrant camp at Loon-Plage, in northern France, has resulted in at least three people injured this week. “Rival smugglers” are believed to be involved in the shootings. On August 30, nine migrants were injured in another shooting incident. The camp is currently home to 500 migrants, and the continuous efforts of the French authorities to dismantle it have little lasting impact. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Europäische Union, Europa
09.09.2022, The Guardian
The Tajikistan authorities are allegedly forcing Afghan refugees, some of whom have been granted asylum in other countries, to cross the border back into Afghanistan. In these recent round-ups, people are picked up off the street and their houses raided, according to reports from Tajikistan's Afghan refugee community. UNHCR has requested the Tajikistan authorities to stop the unlawful detentions and forced deportations, which lack a clear motivation or policy behind them. According to The Guardian, citing Afghans in Tajikistan, the numbers of people being forced back “is running into the hundreds, with forced deportations increasing over the past fortnight.” read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Asien
08.09.2022, Deutsche Welle
A group of asylum seekers was stranded on an islet on the Greek-Turkish border for weeks, until they were finally rescued by the Greek police, who were allegedly unable to locate the group. The incident has raised questions regarding Greek authorities’ use of the EU-funded surveillance system: could the asylum-seekers have been rescued sooner, and did the Greek authorities know where the asylum-seekers were? An investigation by DW suggests that “a prompt rescue of the group could have been possible” considering the existent surveillance technologies, and contradicting police statements in that area and others. According to the Greek Civil Protection Minister, the Automated Border Surveillance System (ABSS) didn’t provide any information about the group and their location, but it has been successfully deployed in other occasions, such as the deterrence efforts to block 36,000 people from entering Greece through the Evros border, in August alone. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
08.09.2022, InfoMigrants
The rescue ship Geo Barents landed in the port of Taranto, southern Italy, on Thursday (September 8), after 17 unsuccessful “requests for a place of safety sent to responsible authorities.” In total, 267 people were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, in seven operations over the past week. Meanwhile, the Humanity 1 rescue ship has 111 people on board, most of them underage. The Sea-Eye 4 vessel is also waiting to be assigned a port by Italy, currently in the waters off Sicily. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
UNHCR special envoy Vincent Cochetel criticized the grieving mothers of migrants lost in the Mediterranean Sea for “encouraging” and “financing” those journeys, in a tweet published this Tuesday (September 6). Cochetel has apologized for the remarks, but there are calls for his resignation, namely from Alarm Phone. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
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