Background information
Refugee Camps in Hungary
Information page, which contains information on nature and conditions of the different refugee camps in Hungary:
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Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Osteuropa
Fordern und Fordern
Asyl Wer integriert eigentlich den Staat? Warum das geplante Integrationsgesetz alles nur noch schlimmer macht. Eine Analyse read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Deutschland
Die Neoliberalisierung des Flüchtlingsrechts
Integration durch Verunsicherung? Das so genannte „Integrationsgesetz“ setzt auf die umfassende Prekarisierung der Lebenswirklichkeit read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Deutschland
NoBorder 2016 newspaper
The struggle of migrants to cross the borders
is a struggle for life itself!
We are all together!
Our solidarity must tear down borders and fences,
destroy the “common destiny” of misery,
and construct a common reality of struggles for Freedom! read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
REFUGEE CRISIS IN CROATIA – REPORT
Flows of forced migration, which mainly went so far through the Central Mediterranean
route, were diverted in 2015 to the East and the Balkans route which included Croatia.
Croatia became a transit country to the people, mostly from the main war-affected areas,
on their way to Western EU countries. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Osteuropa
Vulnerable lives on hold
Refugees are hardly surviving the mass camps in the Athens region. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
The back way to Europe: Gambia’s forgotten refugees
The distinction between a refugee and other irregular migrants coming from the Gambia is hard to maintain in a country where a lack of democracy is accompanied by failures of economic and political governance. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Afrika
Decision of the Regional Asylum Office (RAO) of Lesvos regarding Turkeys status as safe-third-country
The Guardian published an article calles "Syrian refugee wins appeal against forced return to Turkey" at the 20th oj June 2016. It was based on a decision of the Regional Asylum Office (RAO) of Lesvos regarding Turkeys status as safe-third-country. That decision is now available in Greek. Minos Mouzourakis of the ECRE provided a simple and vague translation of that decision. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
DO NOT TOUCH MY NEIGHBOUR!
Statement from the activist group "Komsuma dokunma": We have often witnessed refugees being taken from the city centers in small groups, against their will, and in house raids, to be placed in refugee camps via microbuses with tinted windows. In the current practice, any refugee can be sent to any camp, detention center or "accommodation center" without recourse to any legal process. The detention of refugees is by itself a major crime against human morality, but with this total isolation, any rights abuse that occurs inside these places is impossible to track. read more
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Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Maghreb-Staaten sind keine sicheren Herkunftsstaaten
Heute soll im Bundestag der Gesetzesentwurf zur Bestimmung von Algerien, Marokko und Tunesien als sichere Herkunftsstaaten beschlossen werden. PRO ASYL lehnt die Einstufung dieser Staaten als sichere Herkunftsstaaten ab. Staaten, in denen gefoltert wird, demokratische Grundrechte missachtet und die Menschenrechte verletzt werden, sind keine sicheren Herkunftsstaaten. Die Bundesregierung beschönigt die Lage und ignoriert Menschenrechtsverletzungen in diesen Ländern. PRO ASYL hält dieses Gesetz für verfassungswidrig. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Nordafrika, Deutschland
What Merkel, Tusk and Timmermans should have see n during their visit to Turkey.
A delegation of three GUE/NGL MEPs to Turkey last week found that refugees who have been deported from Europe back to Turkey under the EU-Turkey deal are not being given any opportunity to apply for asylum. The delegation also found that all refugees in the 'removal centres' in Turkey were locked in prison-style conditions with no (or extremely limited) access to telephones or legal assistance. The delegation spoke directly with numerous refugees as well as with Turkish authorities at the removal centres in Kırklareli and Edirne; and with refugees, international organisations, NGOs and volunteers in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Kilis (next to the Turkey-Syria border). read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
A dirty deal: Field report from moria detention camp, Lesvos, Greece
Report by Dr. med. Ryan Roberts read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
Idomeni: Resisting and Hoping at the Borders of 'Fortress Europe'
Report about the "March over the Fortress" at the Greek-Macedonian border in March 2016 from borderline-europe. read more
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Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
“Hotspot Hellas”: Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Es brodelt unter den Migranten, sowohl in den improvisierten Camps von Idomeni und Piräus als auch in der Ostägäis. Aber auch bei vielen Griechen liegen mittlerweil die Nerven blank, vor allem auf den Inseln. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Cadus / Sea-Watch Pressrelease: Ferries for a #safepassage, not for deportation!
CADUS // Sea-Watch condemn the deportations from Greece to Turkey which are taking place in line with the EU-Turkey deal since today morning, starting from our operational area Lesbos.
The recent agreement is forcing refugees on even more dangerous routes, and is favoring the business of smugglers in the first place. Sometimes, it even comes to death at sea, as Turkey is carrying out brutal pushbacks, while effective rescue efforts through civil society organisations as Cadus // Sea-Watch are hindered by the authorities. read more
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Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
Einnahmen- und Ausgabenplan des EASO 2016
Im Amtsblatt der EU vom 30.03.2016 wurde der Einnahmen- und Ausgabenplan des Europäischen Unterstützungsbüros für Asylfragen (EASO) für das Haushaltsjahr 2016 veröffentlicht. Der Plan sieht 19,5 Millionen Euro für 2016 vor, im Vergleich zum Vorjahr bedeutet das lediglich einen Anstieg um 3,5 Millionen Euro. Ausgerechnet die Ausgaben für den Dienstbetrieb werden kaum erhöht. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europäische Union
Einnahmen- und Ausgabenplan für Frontex 2016
Im Amtsblatt der EU vom 30.03.2016 wurde der Einnahmen- und Ausgabenplan für die Grenzschutzagentur Frontex für das Haushaltsjahr 2016 veröffentlicht. Der Plan sieht mehr als 250 Millionen Euro für 2016 vor, im Vergleich zu 2014 bedeutet das fast eine Verdreifachung. Der Großteil der Ausgaben (209 Millionen Euro) ist für die operativen Tätigkeiten vorgesehen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europäische Union
Slavonski Brod: Report on Systematic Human Rights Violations in Refugee Centre
The report documents the systematic human rights violations that take place at the Croatian Refugee Reception and Transit Centre in Slavonski Brod. The refugees detained there are denied the right of freedom of movement and a fair asylum trial. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Osteuropa
MEDMIG Report: migration flows, routes and trajectories across the Mediterranean
"In 2015 over one million people crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in search of safety and a better life. Thousands died along the way. The MEDMIG project seeks to better understand these unprecedented movements in the region by examining the journeys, motivations and aspirations of refugees and migrants in Italy, Greece, Turkey and Malta." read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Weltweit
Progress report of the European Commission on the implementation of the hotspot approach in Greece
As part of the immediate action to assist Member States facing intense migratory pressures at
the EU’s external borders, the European Agenda on Migration adopted in May 2015 set out a
new hotspot approach. Greece and Italy are the two Member States where this hotspot
approach is currently being implemented. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union