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22.07.2026, Tagesspiegel
Germany plans to admit up to four additional Taliban diplomats to speed up passport issuance for deportations and enable up to three charter flights per month to Afghanistan. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt confirmed to the Tagesspiegel that technical-level talks are ongoing with Taliban representatives. PRO ASYL described the deportations as a violation of the international non-refoulement principle, given the risk of torture or inhuman treatment upon return to Afghanistan. Greens MP Marcel Emmerich called it a scandal that the federal government is making itself an accomplice of a regime internationally recognised as a terrorist actor. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
02.07.2026, al Jazeera
South African security forces arrested more than 900 people during the nationwide anti-migrant protests, including both demonstrators and foreign nationals. Amnesty International South Africa condemned the targeting of migrants as a scapegoating strategy for deeper socioeconomic failures, high unemployment and a backlogged asylum system. Several African countries have dispatched aircraft and buses to repatriate their nationals. The events mirror a global pattern of political instrumentalisation of anti-migration sentiment that borderline-europe increasingly documents within Europe as well. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Afrika
02.07.2026, Human Rights Watch
Libyan authorities in the east and west, who govern separately, have used incendiary rhetoric and pursued a campaign of mass detention and expulsions of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, sparking anti-migrant protest. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Libya
01.07.2026, Politis
On 1 July 2026 Politis reported from the court in Bobigny adjacent to Roissy airport, where judges at the liberty and detention tribunal protested in an unusually tense atmosphere against unlawful detentions arising from the implementation of the new EU Asylum Pact. An ad hoc administrator stated that the new text was so unclear that nobody really understood it, leading to people being detained who should never have been subjected to the new procedures in the first place. Politis documents exactly what NGOs and legal scholars had warned about from the start, namely that a rushed implementation without adequate preparation would inevitably produce systematic violations of fundamental rights. France, in the paper's assessment, has found itself in a state of legal irregularity since 12 June. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Frankreich
01.07.2026, tagesspiegel
The United States has begun deporting migrants to the small Pacific island state of Palau under a multimillion dollar migration agreement signed in December 2025. Palau agreed to accept a total of 75 migrants who US courts determined cannot be deported directly to their home countries due to risk of torture or persecution. The model is directly relevant to the current EU debate on return hubs in third countries: like the US, the EU is now planning to send rejected protection seekers to states with which they have no personal connection. Human rights organisations warn that such deals shift protection responsibility onto states with significantly weaker human rights standards. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Amerika
01.07.2026, al Jazeera
Sweden is implementing the EU Asylum Pact with maximum severity, introducing from 12 July a law restricting all incoming asylum seekers to temporary residence permits only and eliminating the pathway to permanent settlement that once defined the country's integration approach. From 13 July the so called informer law requires six state agencies including the tax authority and social services to report suspected undocumented people to police, shattering confidentiality norms that previously protected vulnerable people. In 2015, around 10,000 people per week were arriving in Sweden, whereas today roughly 9,000 people apply for asylum in an entire year. Asylum rights lawyer Sofia Ronnow Pessah describes the combined measures as a fundamental redefinition of what it means to live in Sweden without a Swedish passport. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
01.07.2026, Inter Press Service
In May, Tunisian lawyer and journalist Sonia Dahmani was handed her second conviction of the year. Her latest sentence, a two-year jail term, came in reaction to her criticism of poor prison conditions. She previously received an 18-month sentence for calling out the government’s anti-migrant policies. Dahmani is one of several victims of President Saied's increasing repressive behavior. Since 2023 Saied's crackdown targets anti-racism campaigns, branding organizations that stand up for migrants' rights as traitors and foreign agents. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Tunisia
01.07.2026, nd
More than a million migrants living in Spain have applied for residence permits. The government’s forecasts have been far exceeded. The question now is how many applications will actually be approved. This is because, as civil society organisations have pointed out, the deadline was too short for many people to provide the required documents. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa
01.07.2026, Al Jazeera
Sweden is implementing the EU Asylum Pact with maximum severity while additionally introducing from 13 July a so called informer law requiring six state agencies including the tax authority and social services to report undocumented people to police. From 12 July onwards permanent residence permits can no longer be issued in asylum cases, only temporary ones. Legal expert Sofia Ronnow Pessah describes the combined measures as a fundamental redefinition of what it means to live in Sweden without a Swedish passport. read more
01.07.2026, taz
The day of protest against “illegal” migrants in South Africa escalated into violence in many places. Many foreigners are fleeing, but it’s not that simple. Xenophobic groups had set June 30 as a deadline for departure, triggering a fear of death among migrants. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Afrika
01.07.2026, MiGAZIN
On average, about 40,000 asylum seekers arrive on Lampedusa each year. However, many stay only 24 to 48 hours, isolated from the island’s residents and tourists, before being transported on to Sicily. With the visit of Pope Leo XIV, they are once again in the spotlight. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
01.07.2026, netzpolitik.org
The Ministry of the Interior plans to allow government agencies to train automated systems using data from asylum and residency proceedings. This applies not only to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and immigration authorities, but also to the police. In addition to general data protection concerns, experts warn in particular against the perpetuation of discrimination through the use of AI. read more
01.07.2026, Frankfurter Rundschau
In Sudan, a large-scale attack on the strategically important city of Al-Obeid is looming. The ‘Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) militia, backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has virtually surrounded the city and is attacking civilian targets with drones. Around half a million people live in the region and could be subjected to violence, torture and murder. During the siege of the city of Al-Fashir, the RSF is accused of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Sudan
01.07.2026, Amnesty International
In the report, “City Under Siege, Children Under Fire”, Amnesty International documents crimes against humanity committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the siege of the Sudanese city of Al-Fashir in North Darfur between early 2024 and October 2025. Amnesty refers to this as an ethnic cleansing campaign against the city’s non-Arab civilian population. Civilians were systematically prevented by force from fleeing, abducted and killed. Children were also specifically targeted by the RSF. read more
01.07.2026, Spiegel
Donald Trump has immigrants detained in the U.S. and then rigorously deported. But not all of them can return to their home countries. They can still be deported, however—for example, to a small island nation in the Pacific. read more
30.06.2026, Amnesty International France
Amnesty International France describes the EU Asylum Pact as an unprecedented rollback in European migration policy and warns that the so called fiction of non-entry effectively strips people on European soil of their legal rights. The new return hubs would send people to countries with which they have no connection for up to two years, endangering the non-refoulement principle under international law. Amnesty particularly criticises how the removal of the suspensive effect of appeals in accelerated deportation proceedings undermines the right to a fair procedure. While France has stated it will not for now establish return hubs, numerous other EU member states are already actively preparing to do so. read more
30.06.2026, Al Jazeera
Anti-migrant groups in South Africa had set an unofficial deadline of 30 June for undocumented foreign nationals to leave the country, falsely threatening arrest otherwise. Thousands of foreign nationals are camping outside consulates and in emergency shelters. Several African countries have already sent aircraft and buses to repatriate their nationals, while President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the threats as unlawful vigilantism. The events reflect a broader pattern of political instrumentalisation of anti-migration sentiment ahead of South Africa's November elections. read more
30.06.2026, Kosmo
The United Kingdom plans to require asylum seekers to contribute to the cost of their housing—in the midst of a political crisis for the Labour Party. The Social Democrats are being pushed further to the right by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Großbritannien
30.06.2026, euronews
Members of the Greens/EFA report that staff ignored their questions, blocked access to cells, and refused to provide any information during their visit to Gjadër. The center is also incurring high costs, even though it houses far fewer people than originally planned. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europa, Europäische Union, Italien / Malta
29.06.2026, t-online.de
Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt plans to establish a permanent deportation airlift to Afghanistan with up to three charter flights per month and additional individual returns via scheduled flights. In June 2026 Germany already deported 32 Afghans by charter, including those convicted of rape, homicide and serious sexual abuse of children. According to BAMF at least 100 further Afghans in detention are ready for deportation. PRO ASYL Director Helen Rezene criticised Germany for normalising an internationally ostracised regime through the deportation deal, describing it as devastating for human rights and foolish for foreign policy. read more
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