Background information
Europe Wishes to Inform You That the Refugee Crisis Is Over
But the humanitarian and political crises of the great Syrian exodus are just beginning. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika, Naher Osten, Europäische Union, Europa, Afrika
Preghiera interreligiosa per i migranti morti in mare
Celebrazione interreligiosa al cimitero dei Rotoli dove sono sepolti i migranti. Padre Guarino: "La loro memoria ci deve spronare da vivi ad impegnarci perché il sistema cambi" read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano
Region(s): Italien / Malta
„Als Tito lebte, hatten wir noch Rechte“
Sami Bekir ist Rom und kommt aus Mazedonien. Vor Diskrimierung und Gewalt flüchtete er nach Sachsen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Osteuropa, Deutschland
Migrant detention in the european union: a thriving business
Migrant detention at the borders and within the EU plays an important role in the markets developed in response to political programmes to stem migration flows. Since the 1990s, migrant detention has developed constantly to become the preferred method of migrant population management in Europe and beyond. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union
Hotspot Italy - How EU's flagship approach leads to violations of refugee and migrant rights
They have placed a particularly large burden on Greece, but also on Italy, which has led efforts to save lives at sea and has seen over 150 thousand irregular arrivals for each of the last three years. Rather than creating a bold, orderly system providing safe avenues for people to seek protection in Europe, and advocating for the respect and protection of human rights in countries where conflict and persecution are displacing people, European leaders have resorted to negotiating with human rights violating governments to stop them coming. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Italien / Malta
Voices from the border - Voix des frontières
Perspectives on the deadly European border regime and the struggle for the Freedom of Movement by West African and North African activists. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika
2016 - Map of camps
Today, as in the past, many exiles are seeing their hopes dashed in closed camps in European countries, which on the one hand claim to be models of human rights, while on the other, demand that migrants remain outside the European Union
(EU). read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika, Naher Osten, Europäische Union
Incident Report Sea Watch 21.10.2016
The present report refers to the aggressive interference by the Libyan Coastguard in a rescue operation coordinated by MRCC and involving Sea-Watch 2unit and tanker vessel OKYROE. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
Greece in 2016: Vulnerable People Get Left Behind
Seven months after the closure of the border with FYROM, more than 50,000 people are currently stranded in Greece of which over 15,000 on the islands. As though that weren’t enough, the implementation
of the EU-Turkey statement at the end of March 2016 has strengthened the policy of deterrence run by the EU by putting in place an organized way to deny access to a safe environment to those having fled war-torn countries and in search of protection. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Calais’ shantytown: October census
There are in the shantytown and in the structures created by the state (containers camp and center Jules Ferry) 8143 people, against 10,188 in September. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union
Kompass – AntiRa – Newsletter Nr. 53 – Oktober 2016
+++ Ab 8.10. in Bayern: Marsch von München nach Nürnberg +++ Griechenland: „Hotspot“ Moria brennt nach Protesten nieder +++ Balkanroute: Marsch(versuch)aus Belgrad und Livefeed in neuer Form +++ Zuspitzung in Calais +++ 21. - 23.10. in Paris: Transnational Social Strike Konferenz +++ 28.10. in Budapest: Solidaritätsdemo mit Röszke 11 +++ 29.10. in Nürnberg: Demo „Fluchtursachen bekämpfen“ +++ Welcome to Greece Guide - neue Auflage +++ Valetta Prozess +++ Rückblicke: Pro Asyl-Menschenrechtspreis für Father Mussie Zerai, Alarm Phone Meeting und Ferry not Frontex in Tanger, Streikkonferenz Frankfurt
+++ read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europa
Traces dispersées de la Route des Balkans
C’est l’aube, et il n’y a pas encore de pluie. Plus tard dans la journée, il va faire froid et une pluie grise, d’automne déjà, va tomber ; à quelques kilomètres de là, de nombreuses personnes vont courir le long des rails en tenant des sacs en plastique au-dessus de leurs têtes. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français
Region(s): Osteuropa
Newsletter Oktober 2016
Griechenland – Flüchtlingshilfe auf der Insel Lesbos
Griechenland – Die Situation von Proti Stassi
Griechenland – borderline-lesvos
Griechenland – Brand im Hotspot Moria
Italien – Neues Mandat für EUNAVFOR Med
Italien – Libyen hält immer wieder Geflüchtete auf
Italien – Europäische Küstenwache kommt
Italien – Situation bei Ankunft in Italien immer unmenschlicher
Polen – Die Situation an der weißrussischen-polnischen Grenze
Zur Situation Geflüchteter aus dem Kaukasus in Deutschland
Asyl in der der Republik Zypern
Rock an der Kirche in Carlow
Termine read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europa
Griechenland: Minderjährige Flüchtlinge landen in Haft
Mehr als 60.000 Flüchtlinge drängen sich in Griechenland und können nicht weiter. Viele der Minderjährigen landen in Haft. Malik ist einer von ihnen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
WatchTheMed Alarm Phone Six Week Report 29th August – 10th October 2016
International solidarity against mass drowning, detention and further border militarisation read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europa, Afrika, Asien
Umkämpftes Mittelmeer - Zur Situation an den südlichen EU-Außengrenzen
Am 7. August 2016 um 7.10 Uhr morgens erhält die Frühschicht des Alarm Phones über einen syrischen
Bekannten die Nachricht, dass 40 Personen im Schlauchboot aus dem türkischen Cesme in Richtung Chios
aufbrechen. Über mehrere Stunden besteht Kontakt, um im Notfall sofort die Küstenwachen zu alarmieren.
Doch die Überfahrt verläuft glücklich, das Boot landet selbständig auf der griechischen Insel an. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Meet the migrants who are helping Italians take on the Sicilian mob
Bangladeshi and African migrants say the the Cosa Nostra is more powerful than the government. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Italien / Malta
60% Hungarian electorate ignores the racist referendum, but situation at the border remains catastrophic
September was characterized by intense and fierce debates on the stakes, meaning and results of the referendum on the 2nd of October. These debates, vibrant and justified, have also overshadowed the violent push backs at the Hungarian-Serbian border and the show trial of Ahmed H., a Syrian man accused of terrorism. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Osteuropa
‘We’re never getting out of here’: How refugees became stranded in Greece
When Europe abruptly closed its land borders last spring to refugees fleeing war, it made a much-heralded promise: Wealthy nations across the European Union would take in tens of thousands of desperate Syrians and Iraqis who had made it as far as near-bankrupt Greece only to find themselves trapped. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Das maritime Netzwerk der „Koyoten“
Vor zwei Jahren ist in Mexiko ein Maßnahmenpaket gegen illegale Migration verabschiedet worden. Die Behörden haben ihre Kontrollen im Landesinneren seither verschärft - was Migranten aus Mittelamerika auf ihrer Reise in die USA zunehmend auf den Seeweg zwingt. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Amerika