Background information
When the UNHCR in Tunisia throws refugees on the streets like rubbish
For seven nights and eight days now, refugees and asylum seekers have been demonstrating in front of the offices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Zarzis and Medenine, in the south of Tunisia. As more and more of them are being expelled from the accommodation centers, they have started to denounce their abandonment by the UN agency, which is supposed to provide protection. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Nordafrika
Humanitarian crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border
This report of the Polish network Grupa Granica focuses on the situation of migrants at the border between Poland and Belarus. It is based on information and data collected by Grupa Granica activists since August 2021, with the primary aim of providing humanitarian support to migrants and helping them access the relevant legal procedures. An integral part of this work was also the monitoring and documentation of human rights violations.
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Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Osteuropa
Werkzeugkoffer für Gespräche gegen rassistische Migrationspolitik
Bevor die inhaltliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem eigentlichen Werkzeugkoffer beginnt, klären wir zunächst unsere Grundlagengedanken und Position zum Thema Rassismus. Danach laden wir Dich ein unsere kritische Reflexion zur Entstehung und (Nicht-) Umsetzung der Menschenrechte zu lesen. Alle Texte in diesem Werkzeugkoffer können jedoch nur ein erster Aufschlag für die Beschäftigung mit den verschiedenen Gegebenheiten zu Migration sein. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Deutschland
AYS Special from Greece, where saving lives is illegal. An interview with Nassos Karakitsos.
On the 18th of November the first trial will be held on Lesvos for Nassos Karakitsos, Sara Mardini and Sean Binder. They were originally arrested in 2018 and accused of people smuggling, money laundering, espionage and membership of a criminal organisation while working and volunteering with Emergency Response Centre International, ERCI. 21 more people from other groups were also charged. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
From Sea to Prison: The Criminalization of Boat Drivers in Italy
Freedom of movement is a right, not a crime. But over the past decade, Italy has arrested thousands of people in connection with driving migrant boats across the Mediterranean Sea. The report describes their journeys from sea to prison, examining and taking a stand against the criminalization of migration.
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Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Italien / Malta
Border Fence at the Serbian-Macedonian Border
Report about the border fence which is being built by the Serbian government alongside the border between Serbia and Macedonia since last year and its influence on the rights of people on the move and their access to asylum. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Balkanstaaten
Report on the fact-finding investigation on Frontex concerning alleged fundamental rights violations
The Frontex Scrutiny Working Group (FSWG) of the European Parliament was requested to present its findings on the fact-finding investigation in a written report with conclusions and concrete recommendations. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union
Year of Covid-19 for the people on the move in Serbia
This report is the outcome of the project “Free legal aid and social support for people on the move in Serbia” and this report explains the context and legal background of the whole year 2020, with special
focus on the state of emergency and Covid-19 outbreak in Serbia. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Balkanstaaten
'No one will look for you' - forcibly returned from sea to abusive detention in Libya
In a grim illustration of prevailing impunity in Libya, Amnesty International’s new research reveals how since late 2020 Libyan authorities have legitimized informal places of captivity with unremedied histories of abuse against refugees and migrants by integrating them into the official migration detention infrastructure. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika
Press release: Deportations to Afghanistan and Syria
The Berlin Alliance against Deportations to Afghanistan and SyriaNotSafe strongly condemn today's deportations to Afghanistan, a country at war, as well as the breaking of taboos by Franziska Giffey, the SPD's top candidate for the elections to the Berlin House of Representatives, who now also calls for deportations to Syria, a torture state. (Languages: English, German, Arabic and Dari): read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Deutschland
Sentence of the trial against the Vial 15
A press release has been published by You Can't Evict Solidarity about the outcome of the Vial 15 trial that ended yesterday, 29th of June, in Mytilini, Lesvos. The court procedure followed the allegations towards 15 people for riots and fire within the EU Hotspot Camp Vial on Chios Island. The defendants were all acquitted of the felony charge of arson and of membership in a criminal group! While four people are completely innocent, eight people were found guilty for resisting arrest and violence in the camp and one for destroying public goods. One of the defendants was excluded from the procedure as he is a minor. Another person could not be found and therefore was not present in the trial. The nine people who were convicted received 3.5 years suspended sentence, which the lawyers will appeal. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
"Lethal Disregard" - Search and rescue and the protection of migrants in the central Mediterranean Sea
This thematic report aims to highlight how certain laws, policies and practices related to search and rescue (SAR) and the protection of migrants at sea have negatively impacted the human rights protection of migrants transiting through Libya. The report is part of a wider project by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) seeking to identify, document and analyze human rights violations and protection gaps impacting migrants in Libya and the neighbouring region and to formulate recommendations to relevant governments and other stakeholders, aimed at ensuring compliance with international human rights law and standards.This report covers the period from January 2019 to December 2020. We have made a summary of the report. You can find the hyperlink to the original document in the summary. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union
Pushing Back Responsibility. Rights Violations as a “Welcome Treatment” at Europe’s borders
Between January and April 2021 civil society organizationsin 6 differentcountries collected testimonies of 2162 cases of pushbacks, including chain pushbacks over multiple countries. The rights violations were recorded at different borders in Italy, Greece, Serbia, Bosnia-and-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Hungary. Over a third of pushbacks were accompanied by rights violations (denial of access to asylum procedure, physical abuse and assault, theft, extortionand destruction of property), at the hands of national border police and law enforcement officials. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Italien / Malta, Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union, Europa
Torture and pushbacks: Stories of migration to Europe during Covid-19
Violent and often sadistic pushbacks from Italy, Slovenia and Croatia are a damning indictment of Europe's broken migrant policy.
Here, in an article and a comic, the artistic journalist collective Brush&Bow shares human stories behind the pushbacks and protracted violence that characterise journeys on the Balkan route. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
FROM THE SEA TO THE CITY Ideas, good practices and next steps for a welcoming Europe
The From the Sea to the City Consortium publishes in April 2021 its first report with key recommendations and best practices in the field of European migration addressing EU representatives, civil society, mayors and city representatives. Together with the new publication, the initiative launches a new save the date for a hybrid Conference of Cities on 25-26 June 2021 online and in Palermo, in cooperation with the Cities of Potsdam and Palermo. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in light of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees: International Experiences on Containment and Mobility and their Impacts on Trust and Rights
In September 2020, the European Commission published what it described as a New Pact on Migration and Asylum (emphasis added) that lays down a multi-annual policy agenda on issues that have been central to debate about the future of European integration. This book critically examines the new Pact as part of a Forum organized by the Horizon 2020 project ASILE – Global Asylum Governance and the EU’s Role. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union, Weltweit
Human rights on the southern borders in 2021
The increasing arrivals of small boats in 2020 once again calls into questioning the migration policies based on repression and violation of human rights. read more
Language(s): Spanisch / Español
Region(s): Spanien, Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Afrika
Solidarity process: migrants and supporters persecuted by the Belgian state!
Alaa, Anouk, Hassan, Hussein, Mahmoud, Mohammad, Mustapha, Myriam, Walid, Youssef, Zakia. Prison sentence for being migrants? Prison sentence for showing solidarity with migrants?
On the 23rd and 24th of March 2021, the appeal trial of eleven people accused of human trafficking and participation in a criminal organisation since 2017 will take place. Today we call on everyone who believes in justice and solidarity to support them in this new trial.
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Language(s): Französisch / Français
Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa
A BRIDGE OF BODIES: Let's open the borders!
On 6 March a group of women, recognizing themselves in the Manifesto "Un Ponte di Corpi" promoted by Lorena Fornasir, activist on the Balkan route beyond and on this side of the border, between Bosnia and Trieste, will build with their bodies a symbolic bridge to cross the border, to denounce the continuous violence and pushbacks of people who try to reach their destination. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
Perché si devono “salvare i migranti dai libici”, e dai governi europei.
Secondo quanto riferisce l’ANSA oggi sarebbero annegate “almeno 15 persone nelle acque libiche e 95 sono sopravvissute, portate a riva dalla Guardia costiera libica”. Questo il bilancio fatto dall’OIM, Organizzazione internazionale delle migrazioni, facente capo alle Nazioni Unite. Da una agenzia di ADN KRONOS di ieri 27 febbraio, si ha notizia che ci sarebbero state“142 persone catturate da Guardia costiera libica”. Nelle stesse ore la nave Sea Watch 3 riusciva ad operare ben quattro interventi di soccorso prendendo a bordo oltre trecento persone, mentre altre quattro imbarcazioni venivano avvistate alla deriva nel Mediterraneo centrale da un aereo appartenente ad una organizzazione umanitaria. Secondo l’OIM, i naufraghi intercettati in mare e riportati a terra per essere rinchiusi nuovamente nei centri di detenzione, dopo essere stati “recuperati” dalla Guardia costiera libica, sarebbero da inizio anno sono più di 3700. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Italien / Malta, Europa