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15.08.2022, Info Migrants
According to the EU border agency Frontex, the number of migrants arriving in the EU between January and July has increased by 86% compared to the previous year. The divided island of Cyprus in particular has seen an increase in new arrivals. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
15.08.2022, taz
The planned deportation detention center at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) continues to raise some questions. Research by the ARD magazine "Kontraste", RBB and the platform "FragDenStaat" has evaluated, among other things, that the Brandenburg Ministry of the Interior (MIK) decided to cooperate with the investor, who has a criminal record for corruption, in order to circumvent the then state finance minister Christian Görke (Left Party) in this way. The deportation center is to be built by investor Jürgen B. Harder, who will then lease it to the federal government and the state. Again, there has been no public tender. The extensive research lays out some unanswered questions. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
At least 15 migrants were found dead in the desert on Libya's southeastern border with Sudan. The vehicle ran out of fuel and the migrants did not have enough food and water with them. According to the Libyan "Department for Combating Irregular Migration," all the migrants were Sudanese nationals. Two more people are still missing and it is also unclear whether there will be more victims. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
15.08.2022, BBC
The British Ministry of Defense has reported that more than 20,000 people have already crossed the English Channel this year. As recently as April, the government announced that it would deport asylum seekers to Rwanda to deter migrants. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Großbritannien, Europäische Union, Europa
15.08.2022, Der Spiegel
A group of refugees continues to stay on a small island on the Evros, the Greek-Turkish border river. However, neither Greece nor Turkey feel responsible. A five-year-old child had already died last week as a result of a scorpion sting. The refugees urgently have to be rescued. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
14.08.2022, Il Fatto Quotidiano
Teenagers, who are almost still children, are tried and imprisoned as adults. They are accused of being the smugglers when they arrive on the Italian coast, "while the real smugglers stay in Libya." The numbers are not there, the stories are. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europa
14.08.2022, Rai
From the Lampedusa hotspot, which was holding 780 people as of early yesterday afternoon, 430 migrants are being transferred and boarded on the Pietro Novelli ferry. read more
14.08.2022, The Guardian
A petition accuses the EU border agency Frontex of exploiting its staff. It uses a contractor who pays interpreters a wage of less than €2.50 per hour. The 80 interpreters and cultural mediators are employed through third-party providers. The working conditions expect availability seven days a week for 24 hours a day. In addition, there is the stress and mental strain of daily conversations with migrants. read more
13.08.2022, junge Welt
In an interview with Panagiotis Psyllakis, a lawyer at the Greek Supreme Court, Psyllakis describes the support options for refugees in Greece, the asylum policy of the Mitsotakis government and points out legal limits. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
13.08.2022, Der Spiegel
A van overturned while trying to escape a police checkpoint at the Austrian-Slovakian border crossing at Kittsee. Three people were killed, seven others were seriously injured. In total, there were 20 refugees in the van, according to police. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Österreich / Schweiz
13.08.2022, taz
In an interview with the newspaper taz, Greek sea rescuer Iasonas Apostolopoulos reports on the systematic nature of the illegal pushbacks that take place both on the Evros River and in the Aegean Sea. Also, the right-wing smear campaign spread against him in the Greek media and on social networks is increasing. Apostolopoulos had publicly denounced the pushbacks of the Greek Coast Guard in a speech in the European Parliament in May. read more
12.08.2022, Tagesschau
With 87 rescued people on board, the sea rescue ship "Sea-Eye 4" is allowed to dock in Sicily. The refugees were rescued two weeks ago near Malta. But the state refused to allow the ship to dock. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europa
12.08.2022, Der Standard
After the record year 2015, in which more than one million people crossed the Mediterranean to Europe, public interest decreased steadily. At the same time, the death toll is currently rising. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
12.08.2022, InfoMigrants
According to its own information, the Turkish coast guard has rescued a total of 130 people on the move in the last 48 hours who had tried to reach Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. They were pushed back by the Greek coast guard, which has already been criticised for illegal pushbacks and regular violations of European and international law. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
12.08.2022, il Dolomiti
There are still many migrants on the streets who are unable to make a formal application for international protection in time. One of the latest reports came from Albere district a few weeks ago, when a group of 20 boys were displaced. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Italien / Malta, Europa
12.08.2022, Avvenire
The statement had been requested by the Council of State on the case of a Senegalese man who was excluded from the reception system because of an attack on a Trenitalia employee. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
Caritas reports that more and more migrants are arriving in Vengimiglia, a town on the Italian-French border. Every day, at least 200 people need to be cared for. Due to the lack of a reception centre, most of them sleep in temporary camps or abandoned farmhouses. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
12.08.2022, ZEIT online
The German sea rescuers and 87 migrants are allowed to head for a port in Sicily. Simultaneously with the change of course of the "Sea-Eye 4" in the direction of Pozzallo, three parties of the Italian center-right alliance publish their program for the election campaign on Thursday evening. In it, the situation in the Mediterranean is an important point. read more
11.08.2022, The Publics Radio
A Spanish maritime rescue group says it helped pull some 40 people from the Mediterranean Sea after their overcrowded wooden boat capsized during a rescue operation. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europa
11.08.2022, Alarabiya news
Senegal’s paramilitary police have arrested 143 migrants in two seaside swoops as they prepared to embark in the hope of clandestinely reaching Europe, a gendarmerie statement said. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien, Europa, Afrika
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