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18.10.2022, AP News
The Finnish Prime Minister confirmed the majority approval of the fence construction on the Finnish-Russian border by the Parliament. The fence construction is to cover mainly southeastern areas of Finland, as the migration movement is strongest there. The border demarcation would take hundreds of millions of euros and four years to complete. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Baltische Staaten, Osteuropa, Europa
18.10.2022, Info Migrants
Moroccan police have arrested 25 migrants near the border with the Spanish enclave Melilla, where at least 23 people died in June while attempting to cross the border. Meanwhile, the Spanish ombusdman has accused Spain of violating migrant rights during the same incident. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika, Europa
18.10.2022, tagesschau
The European Parliament yesterday (Oct. 18, 2022) voted by a majority against budgetary discharge for Frontex. It emerged earlier in the Olaf report that the border agency has made illegal pushbacks, covered them up, as well as not investigated. Some German politicians still argue in favor of the agency and emphasize the change of personnel. The majority in parliament (345 to 284) positioned itself against the violations of fundamental rights. Another Olaf report is also to follow. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
18.10.2022, ZDF
The human rights organization, Pro Asyl, criticizes Germany's new reception program, which limits the number of protection seekers to be accepted to 1,000 people per month. According to Pro Asyl's executive director, Günter Burkhardt, this not only increases the bureaucratic burden, but is also ethically unacceptable. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Mittlerer Osten, Deutschland
According to the aid organization Doctors Without Borders, 76 people with 17 minors were rescued on a wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday evening (17/10/2022). In the course of several rescue operations on Monday, the crew of the rescue ship Geo Barants helped the survival of nearly 300 people. The Italian coast guard has taken 65 refugees. The search is still on for a safe haven. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa
17.10.2022, Info Migrants
18 migrants were found last Friday (14.10.2022) during a routine check at the German-Polish border by customs and federal police officers. The refugees, including children and two unaccompanied minors, were in an air- and light-tight refrigerated truck, where none of their basic human needs could be satisfied. Since then, the unaccompanied minors have remained with the German youth authorities, while the remaining migrants have been placed in the reception center in Eisenhüttenstadt. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Deutschland, Europa
On October 15, activists gathered in several European cities to protest the Italy-Libya agreement. The protests focused on the human rights abuses conducted by the so-called Libyan coast guard and Libyan authorities and the alleged criminalization of human rights activists. read more
17.10.2022, The Guardian
The UN refugee agency is demanding an urgent investigation into the discovery of 92 naked people on Greece’s land border with Turkey, calling the incident shocking and saying it had been “deeply distressed” by images of the group. Images of the naked migrants, some bearing signs of injury, surfaced at the weekend after their reported discovery by patrol guards close to the river, which demarcates the border. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europa
17.10.2022, The National News
According to Olaf, a 120-page report released last Thursday (Oct. 13, 2022), the EU border agency Frontex is covering up illegal deportations of refugees from Greece to Turkey. The document not only demonstrably records pushback allegations, but also proves failure to investigate and forward false information to EU institutions. Despite this, any wrongdoing by Frontex and Greek authorities is dismissed. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
The European Union is demanding that Serbia bring its visa policy into line with that of the EU. It is not only an important prerequisite for potential EU accession, but should also make it much more difficult for people to flee via the Balkan route. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union, Europa
16.10.2022, taz
According to the report by Spanish civil rights activist, Ángel Gabilondo, 470 refugees out of a total of 1,700 were deported back to Morocco in June immediately after arriving at the border with the Spanish city of Melilla. Of the 470 pushbacks, only 101 were officially recognized refoulements. At least 23 people died and hundreds were injured. Such violent immediate deportations violate international law. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika, Europa
16.10.2022, Tagesspiegel
Greek media published on Friday (14.10.2022) a photo of 92 naked people fleeing across the border river Evros from Turkey to Greece. According to some migrants, Turkish authorities initiated the escape. Some of those fleeing were injured. Frontex was present on the Greek side despite a lack of confirmation. Due to the increasing migration, Turkey will seal the border river Evros. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europa
In an interview, Stefan Schmidt, one of the founding members of borderline-europes, talks about his experiences as a former captain of the "Cap Anamur" and the criminalization of the sea rescue of 37 refugees from the Mediterranean in 2004. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europa
15.10.2022, La Repubblica
The two-year-old rescued in Lampedusa with her mother, on October 15, woke up from her coma. Both were in a very serious condition when they arrived on the Sicilian coast, after five days adrift in the Mediterranean, drinking seawater to survive. The child survived, sedated and intubated for three days, but other health complications are not ruled out. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
14.10.2022, Info Migrants
Latvia's Foreign Minister, Edgars Rinkevics, dismisses the accusations regarding abusive behavior towards refugees and doubts the credibility of Amnesty International. According to their report, however, serious and provable human rights violations are taking place at the Latvian-Belarusian border. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Osteuropa, Europa
14.10.2022, Ekathimerini
The majority of the deportation requests come from Germany, with a total of 232, followed by Switzerland and France. These people were granted asylum in Greece and moved to other European countries afterwards. Many are facing deportation, because they are only allowed to stay in those countries for three months on a tourist visa. This doesn’t apply to refugees from Ukraine, who are free to move within the EU. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Griechenland / Türkei, Österreich / Schweiz, Europäische Union, Europa
14.10.2022, Volksblatt
The deputy leader of the right-wing Lega party, Lorenzo Fontana, was elected president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies on Friday. Fontana’s election sparked protests against a “homophobic and pro-Putin president”, as read in a banner that was removed by the Chamber of Deputies, attempting to silence the people. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
13.10.2022, taz
Captain Kai Kaltegärtner is rejected by one of the most important placement agencies for ship captains, Total Crew, after his deployment for the NGOs Jugend Rettet and Sea Watch. The agency referred to an article regarding his deployment and the corresponding complaint of a client. Because of this discrimination, Kältegärtner now wants to go to court. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
13.10.2022, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Ignazio La Russa, fascist supporter from the far-right party Fratelli d’Italia, takes over the second highest office in Italy, after being elected president of the Senate on Thursday (October 13). The 75-year-old was the preferred candidate of his party leader Giorgia Meloni, also expected to become prime minister soon. read more
13.10.2022, Amnesty International
Authorities in Latvia arbitrarily detain fugitives in forests on the Latvian-Belarusian border. They are forced to return "voluntarily" and in large part are illegally deported back to Belarus. In the course of this, serious human rights violations such as torture and secret detentions take place. While the Belarusian authorities promised the people a smooth entry into the EU, the ongoing state of emergency in Latvia denies them the right to asylum, which means a forced deportation to Belarus. Such forced deportations between countries violate international and EU law. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Baltische Staaten, Osteuropa, Europäische Union, Europa
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