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Hart an der Grenze - Konzept für einen Dokumentarfilm
Ein Film von Elias Birdel: Als Konsequenz der europäischen Abschottungs- und Abschreckungspraktiken zahlen Jahr für Jahr tausende Menschen ihren Versuch, in Europa Schutz, Hilfe und Perspektiven für ein besseres Leben zu finden, mit dem Leben. Der Film führt an die zentralen Orte der "Festung Europa" und will so ihren Aufbau zeigen und das dahinterstehende Denken infrage stellen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
Seslerini duyurmak için ağızlarını diktiler
BM Mülteciler Yüksek Komiserliği önünde 20 gündür 'Mültecilik Hakları'nın sağlanması talebinde bulunan Afgan mülteciler, ağızlarını iple dikip, seslerini böyle duyurmaya çalıştı. Afganistan'daki savaştan kaçıp Türkiye 'nin çeşitli şehirlerine yerleşen Afgan Mülteciler'in, 'Mültecilik Hakları'nın sağlanması talebiyle, BM Mülteciler Yüksek Komiserliği önünde 20 gündür bekleyişi sürüyor. read more
Language(s): Türkisch / Türk
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Captains fear hassle of helping refugees
Rendering assistance is a legal obligation. Thousands of migrants die on the sea but it’s not just because of their rickety boats – merchant vessels fail to assist them due to the difficulties of discharging them, according to a maritime expert.
Captain Wolf-Peter Rabitz said it could take days for the migrants to be allowed to disembark and the
legal consequences could last several years. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europa, Weltweit
Mare nostrum non basta, ora Uno e Ue
Intervista con Pinotti, ministro della difesa: I militari non sono umiliati ma orgogliosi di evitare perdite umane. Frontex dovrà cambiare, in Italia la sede principale e la maggiore risorse read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano
Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
‘Captains fear hassle of helping refugees’ - Rendering assistance is a legal obligation
Thousands of migrants die on the sea but it’s not just because of their rickety boats – merchant vessels fail to assist them due to the difficulties of discharging them, according to a maritime expert. Captain Wolf-Peter Rabitz said it could take days for the migrants to be allowed to disembark and the legal consequences could last several years. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europa
Call for benefit of the Afghan refugees in Turkey
A group of 15 people started a silent protest in front of the UNHCR-office in Ankara on the 14th of april to call attention to the situation of afghan refugees in Turkey and the discrimination from the UNHCR they are faced with. The number of protestors is raising: Afghan refugees and asyl seekers from all over Turkey are coming to Ankara to support the protest.
The protesters asked us to spread their protest and the associated claims against the UNHCR!
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Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Asien
Pushed Back- systematic human rights violations against refugees
The present report focuses on the barriers to accessing the territory of the European Union for people seeking international protection, and particularly on the prevailing situation at the EU land and sea borders in Greece. It describes and analyzes the fatal consequences of the closing of the land border in the Evros region, which has led to a shift in flight routes to the Aegean sea route since August 2012. Reports of illegal push-backs of refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Eritrea have increased in the same period, and this pattern is also corroborated by the findings of this study. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Deutschland, Weltweit
Reisebericht Nordgriechenland
Ein Bericht von Annette Groth und Katerina Peros über die Zustände in Griechenland, insbesondere über die 3-18 monatige Haft und die menschenunwürdigen Zustände dort. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Deutsch-Polnisches Asylsystem
Documentation of a german-polish seminar. Topic: Refugeeprotection in Germany and Poland. Avaidable in german and polish.
Ochrona uchodźców w Polsce i w Niemczech. Wymiana doświadczeń oraz pogłębienie tematyki read more
Language(s): Sonstige
Region(s): Deutschland, Europa
Die Charta von Lampedusa
"Die Charta von Lampedusa ist ein Bündnis zwischen den unterschreibenden Organisationen, Gemeinschaften und Individuen, die die Prinzipien, die sie enthält, bejahen, ausüben und verteidigen wollen.
Anlass war der Tod von über 600 Frauen, Männern und Kindern durch die Schiffsbrüche vom 3. und 11. Oktober 2013. Dies waren die aktuellen Tragödien im Mittelmeer, das sich durch die gegenwärtige Regulierung und Kontrolle der Migration in einen Meeresfriedhof verwandelt hat."
http://www.lacartadilampedusa.org/ read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa, Weltweit
Indefinite detention: a direct infringement of national, European and international law
To this day, the widespread, systematic and prolonged detention imposed to third country nationals in view of their return, or to asylum seekers, has been of disputable lawfulness. This has been enhanced by detention conditions that have repeatedly been characterized as inhuman and degrading treatment. The indefinite administrative detention is in direct contrast with the requirements of the rule of law. It leads to the infringement of fundamental rights invested to all persons in Greek territory by the Greek Constitution and amounts to illegal practices by the Greek administration that are therefore subject to revision by the national, European and international law. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Räumung des Oranienplatzes: Eine traurige Bilanz für die Flüchtlingspolitik des Senats
Über die Räumung des Oranienplatzes war in den letzten Tagen viel zu
lesen. Leider stellt sich aus Sicht des Flüchtlingsrats einiges anderes
dar, als von VertreterInnen von Senat und Bezirk behauptet.
Nach wochenlangen Verhandlungen mit dem Senat wurde der Oranienplatz am 8. April 2014 geräumt – anders als vom Senat und in vielen Medien dargestellt gegen den Willen vieler Camp-BewohnerInnen. In der besetzen Gerhart-Hauptmann-Schule droht sich dieses Szenario zu wiederholen.
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Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Deutschland
Report from Zypern
Report from our partner organisation Kisa in Zypern. Written in Greek. read more
Language(s): Griechisch / ελληνικά
Region(s): Europa
Presseerklärung des FR Berlin zur Räumung des Oranienplatzes
Heute morgen haben Teile der Oranienplatz-Flüchtlinge mit Unterstützung des Senats begonnen, die Zelte und Hütten auf dem Oranienplatz abzubauen. Nicht alle wollen jedoch ihre Zelte räumen. Es ist nunmehr eine Situation entstanden, wo sich Flüchtlinge, die gemeinsam den Protest geführt haben, auf verschiedenen Seiten konfrontativ gegenüber stehen und die Polizei eingreift, um die zwangsweise Räumung der letzten Zelte zu ermöglichen. Der Flüchtlingsrat fordert den Senat auf, die Räumung des Oranienplatzes sofort abzubrechen und zu dem Ziel einer friedlichen, einvernehmlichen Lösung zurückzufinden. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Deutschland
ECRE: Call for suspension of transfers of asylum seekers to Bulgaria under the recast Dublin Regulation
Despite recent commendable efforts made by the Bulgarian authorities to improve the situation for asylum seekers, updated Information provided by ECRE member Bulgaria Helsinki Committee and Amnesty International show that inadequate conditions in parts of the reception system and deficiencies in the asylum procedure continue to remain. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Osteuropa, Europäische Union, Europa
Asylum Trends 2013 - Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries
The UN refugee agency issued a report saying there was a sharp rise in asylum claims in 44 industrialized countries over the course of last year, driven primarily by the crisis in Syria. UNHCR's "Asylum Trends 2013" report says 612,700 people applied for asylum in North America, Europe, East Asia and the Pacific last year – the highest total for any year since 2001. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Weltweit
Communication from the Commission on EU Return Policy
This Communication focuses on EU policy on the return of irregular migrants, which is an important tool for facing the challenge of irregular migration, while fully ensuring respect for the fundamental rights and dignity of the individuals concerned. This Communication reports on the changes to EU return policy over recent years, analyses its impact, and presents some ideas for future developments. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union
"I Wanted to Lie Down and Die" Trafficking and Torture of Eritreans in Sudan and Egypt
This 79-page report documents how, since 2010, Egyptian traffickers have tortured Eritreans for ransom in the Sinai Peninsula, including through rape, burning, and mutilation. It also documents torture by traffickers in eastern Sudan and 29 incidents in which victims told Human Rights Watch that Sudanese and Egyptian security officers facilitated trafficker abuses rather than arresting them and rescuing their victims. Egyptian officials deny there are trafficker abuses in Sinai, allowing it to become a safe haven for traffickers. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika, Afrika
Greece must end systematic and prolonged detention of migrants, says MSF
The prolonged and systematic detention of migrants and asylum seekers in Greece is having devastating consequences on their health and human dignity, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns today. With Greece currently holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), MSF calls on the Greek government and the EU to stop turning a blind eye to these unacceptable practices in view oftheir serious medical and humanitarian consequences. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
Borders, deaths and resistance - Statewatch Journal 02/14
According to the European Commission's website, the EU has established a border free zone in which we can travel "freely and safely", a "balanced migration policy", a "Common European Asylum System" and a "humane and effective return policy". It is also dealing "firmly and effectively with irregular immigration", while doing its utmost to save lives at sea.
This new edition of the Statewatch Journal examines the latest European policy and practice vis-a-vis border control, immigration and asylum. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union