Background information
Malta: Authorities must not make El Hiblu 3 ‘scapegoats for Europe’s search and rescue failures’
Vor der Anhörung der 'El Hiblu 3' am 30. Mai fordert Amnesty International Malta und Deutschland auf, die Anklagen gegen drei junge westafrikanische Männer fallen zu lassen, die wegen der Verhinderung ihrer illegalen Rückführung nach Libyen zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt werden könnten. Die Männer, damals noch Teenager, fungierten als Vermittler und beruhigten über 100 gerettete Personen. Amnesty betont, dass Libyen für Migranten unsicher ist. Der Fall ist von erheblichen Menschenrechtsverletzungen geprägt. Ein fairer Prozess ist unerlässlich. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union, Europa
UNHCR Europe situations: Data and trends - Arrivals and displaced populations (April 2024)
UNHCR, WHO, UNICEF, UNWOMEN and IOM recently published a report titled “NAVIGATING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING CHALLENGES FOR REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE”, an Inter-Agency analysis based on the Multi-Sector Needs Assessments (MSNA) conducted in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, and Slovakia. The report revealed that while healthcare is a top priority for refugees, most Ukrainian refugees report being able to access health services, marking a significant achievement. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
Death, despair and misery - the health consequences of EU migration policy
Asylum seekers from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia face severe human rights violations and health issues due to outsourced border protection to Serbia, Niger, Tunisia, and Libya. They often suffer from violence and repression and lack access to medical care. Many are injured or die trying to cross EU borders. Upon reaching the EU, they live in poor conditions that endanger their health. The situation urgently requires humanitarian and political action. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europa, Afrika, Asien, Weltweit
The new EU Asylum and Migration Pact - questions answered
The new EU Asylum and Migration Pact, aimed at managing migration across the bloc, was approved by the Parliament at the end of April. InfoMigrants has asked the European Commission to provide more detailed information about the deal. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union
Lebanon as another gatekeeper for the terrified EU?
Since 2017, there have been protocols for humanitarian corridors that bring vulnerable Syrian refugees from Lebanon to Italy on official flights. Under these protocols, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior, and a coalition of churches (comprising the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy, the Tavola Valdese, and the Community of Sant’Egidio) agreed to accept 1,000 people over two-year periods. The costs are borne entirely by the churches (!). According to our records, between 2023 and May 2024, 326 people have arrived in Italy through the humanitarian corridor, which is significantly less than the promised capacity. This is particularly dramatic considering the current situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, as reported by Anja Pilchowski and Ahmad Ibrahim in their article.
You can find an english version of this report on our website unter > Projects > The Mediterranean: monitoring, research, identification > Refugees in Lebanon read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Naher Osten
Wüsten-"Deponien"
Europe supports, finances and is directly involved in clandestine operations in North African countries to dump tens of thousands of Black people in the desert or remote areas each year to prevent them from coming to the EU. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
European elections and refugee protection
The election posters are hanging in the streets, and the first election are already being sent out: On 9 June, the election to the
election to the European Parliament takes place on 9 June. For many citizens, however
citizens, however, this parliament is something very distant and
of which they have no clear idea. The temptation is therefore
temptation to not vote or to cast a vote just to spite the federal government.
to get one over on the federal government. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
The European Asylum Pact and its consequences
The agreement between the EU Council and the EU Parliament on the European asylum pact (Common European Asylum System/GEAS) clearly shows that Europe has bowed to pressure from right-wing populists. The new asylum law, which will apply in Europe from mid-2026, contains a wide range of provisions that make it more difficult and in some cases impossible for people to obtain asylum in the European Union. There is a risk of blatant violations of individual asylum rights, obligations under international law and international human rights standards. In this brochure, we have provided some examples of how and where the rights of refugees can be restricted or nullified by the new asylum law. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europäische Union
Immigration: a world of illusions, confrontation and instrumentalisation
‘Immigrant invasion’, the ‘rush to Europe’, the ‘great replacement’ — a spectre is haunting the West, the spectre of people seeking social housing and benefits. But who are these immigrants? Where are they going, and what are they escaping? Why do they take such great risks? Political leaders in the UK, France, Italy, the US and Australia dodge these questions, not to mention their own responsibility for the deterioration of public debate and living conditions around the world. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa, Weltweit
From migration to criminalization - growing oppressive treatment against people on the move in Serbia
Klikaktiv annual report for the year 2023
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Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union, Europa
Niger: The way through the desert is clear
In Niger, the migration business is back on track after a coup. A report from Agadez, a city on one of the most important routes to Europe read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Afrika
EU funding for "Fortress Egypt"
The current migration partnership with Egypt:
1. frames migration primarily as a security problem and sets the fight against irregular migration as a central goal;
2. contributes to the strengthening and stabilisation of Egypt's authoritarian government at home and its upgrading at the international level.
3. ignores the detention of migrants, which violates human rights, and the deportation practices of Egyptian border control authorities, which violate international law;
4. strengthens the Egyptian police and security apparatus, which is demonstrably involved in serious human rights violations;
5. provides inadequate protection and support for migrants and asylum seekers in Egypt. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
Great Britain: Even with the law, deportation to Rwanda will be difficult
The controversial deportation law is likely to clear a parliamentary hurdle today. However, even if the law passes overall, the government in London is still likely to face many problems in deporting refugees to Rwanda. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Großbritannien
Lost at sea: New constraints hinder Mediterranean rescuers
Last year was the deadliest stretch for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea since 2017. In March, DW accompanied a migrant rescue mission and found out what makes the crossings so dangerous. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa, Weltweit
A DECADE OF DOCUMENTING MIGRANT DEATHS: Data analysis and reflection on deaths during migration documented by IOM’s Missing Migrants Project, 2014–2023
As the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Missing Migrants Project marks its ten-year milestone, a new report reveals alarming trends in migrant deaths and disappearances over the past decade. Key findings from the report include:
1. Drowning as the Leading Cause of Death
2. Underreporting of Migrant Deaths
3. Rising Death Toll
4. Increased Political Attention read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Weltweit
Jordan: Host Country and European Reception Center for Refugees in Precarious Conditions
From a German and European perspective, Jordan is a reception basin for refugees whose onward migration to Europe is to be avoided. In contrast to the “Turkey deal”, however, the significance of Jordan as a non-European host country receives little attention from the German public. The article provides information on the social, legal and economic situation of refugees in Jordan and aims to initiate a debate on the effects and future requirements of German-Jordanian cooperation. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Naher Osten
The ghost of Moria
A letter from Lesbos:
On Monday, March 4, the trial against the Moria 4 begins and I can watch the trial with live translation. The Moria 4 are the four of the six migrants who were accused and convicted of setting the fire in the symbolic Moria refugee camp in 2020. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Situation on the EU Eastern Borders: summary of ECRE
1. A new report on the situation along the Poland-Belarus border has highlighted the ineffectiveness of the fence while the government looks to secure exemptions from certain elements in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.
2. After two years of providing essential services in Belarus, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) withdraws and calls on Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to stop inflicting violence on people on the move.
3. As the Finnish interior minister plans tougher measures on migration, migrants find new ways to reach the Nordic country.
4. Lithuania closes two checkpoints along its border with Belarus for “security” reasons while the Austrian interior minister calls for talks on repatriations to Syria and Afghanistan. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Baltische Staaten, Osteuropa, Europäische Union, Europa
Tunisia-EU cooperation in migration management: From Mobility Partnership to containment
The particularity characterizing Tunisia-EU cooperation in migration management is the complexity of the instruments and agreements governing different issues. These instruments cover aspects related to migration, asylum, borders, and mobility. The main arrangements are related to the financing of projects (through the EU Trust Fund for Africa – EUTF) or the so-called ‘Mobility Partnership’ concluded in 2014 within the framework of the EU-Tunisia Action Plan (2013 – 2017). Furthermore, EU countries have bilateral agreements with Tunisia that cover topics such as readmission or visa facilitation for Tunisian nationals. The use of a multitude of instruments mixing both the binational dimension and the dimension involving the European Union, only complicates the landscape and makes transparent management of migration with Tunisia difficult. Furthermore, it’s important to emphasize that the terminology used in EU documents (draft action plan for Tunisia prepared by the Commission Services) to designate cooperation with third countries deserves to be criticized. Indeed, the concept of "migration partnership"1 does not reflect the reality of the relationships and the imbalance in relations between the EU and third countries. Although this word may suggest that cooperation is balanced, in reality it only promotes a means of liberal management aimed at involving the countries of transit and/or departure to be proactive and to align themselves with the objectives of the countries of the destination. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika, Europa
The Cutro ship wreck: one year after - A report by Arci
One year after the shipwreck in Steccato di Cutro (Calabria), this document summarizes how the survivors, the families of the deceased, and civil society fought for truth and justice for the victims. (German version) read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Italien / Malta