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11.06.2026, MiGAZIN
According to the UN Refugee Agency, the number of people displaced has declined over the course of the year for the first time in a decade. As of the end of 2025, there were 117.8 million refugees and displaced persons worldwide, the UNHCR announced on Thursday in Geneva. That represents a decrease of 5.4 million men, women, and children—or four percent—compared to the end of 2024. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Weltweit
10.06.2026, Rheinische Post
The EU asylum reform is coming—but things aren’t going smoothly for Interior Minister Dobrindt. Benefit cuts have been scrapped, and deportations canceled. He must answer questions in the Bundestag. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europa, Europäische Union
10.06.2026, Deutsche Welle
Following violent protests, President Cyril Ramaphosa aims to curb irregular migration to South Africa. But opponents of migration remain unconvinced. Several migrants have already lost their lives in clashes with vigilante groups. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Afrika
10.06.2026, Infomigrant
According to the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras, more than 1,300 migrants have died while trying to reach the Spanish coast in the first five months of 2026. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Afrika, Spanien
10.06.2026, ECRE
The EU Asylum Pact restricts access to asylum in Europe, lowers fundamental rights guarantees for people seeking asylum and keeps those in need of protection at the EU's external borders, so ECRE in a statement published on 10 June 2026, two days before the Pact enters force. Many Member States have chosen a partial implementation approach, focusing on punitive measures and going beyond the Pact's requirements on detention, while simultaneously ignoring fundamental rights obligations and failing to invest in safeguards for children and vulnerable people. ECRE confirms that Pact implementation is proving challenging and deeply uneven across Europe. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
10.06.2026, kirche-und-leben.de / katholisch.de
As the first head of the Church ever to address the Spanish Parliament, Pope Leo XIV spoke on 8 June with flight, migration and human dignity forming a central focus of his historic address. Leo XIV. had already advised Spain's bishops in November to distance themselves clearly from the country's far right, who relentlessly attack the government's migration policy and on the Canary Islands he met displaced people in person. All parliamentary factions gave the speech a standing ovation, a rare moment of unity in a deeply divided country. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Spanien
10.06.2026, migazin.de / Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV is today visiting the Canary Islands as the final stop of his Spain trip, meeting migrants at the Las Raíces reception centre in Tenerife and hearing accounts of life-threatening crossings on the Atlantic route. At the port of Arguineguín, symbol of the 2020 humanitarian collapse at Europe's southern border, he lays flowers, fulfilling the posthumous wish of his predecessor Francis to commemorate the tragedy of the Canary Islands route. The visit takes place two days before the EU Asylum Pact enters force, sending a clear signal against the EU's externalisation policy. read more
10.06.2026, Human Rights Watch
uman Rights Watch released a question-and-answer document that explains the key changes to EU asylum laws and procedures and the risks for people’s rights. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
09.06.2026, GGUA
The federal government is continuing its policy of obstructing integration, stripping people of their rights, and isolating them: The governing coalition has recently proposed amendments to the implementation of the GEAS, which are set to be adopted as early as Friday. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union
09.06.2026, Zeit
SPD domestic policy expert Sebastian Fiedler is calling for the tightening of EU asylum laws to put an end to internal border controls. The CDU calls this premature. read more
08.06.2026, European Commission / ECRE
The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum takes full effect on 12 June 2026, reorganising border control, asylum procedures and returns across the bloc through ten interlinked legislative acts. Several Member States including Belgium, Bulgaria and Croatia have still not passed the required national legislation. Human rights organisations warn of serious protection gaps, particularly regarding vulnerable groups at external borders. read more
08.06.2026, neues Deutschland
A rubber dinghy traveling from Libya sank off the coast of Malta early Sunday morning. Fifty-three people survived, and at least eleven drowned. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Italien / Malta
08.06.2026, Frankfurter Rundschau
The Mediterranean is a mass grave for refugees. Three women talk about rescue missions on the high seas, their fear of the Libyan coast guard, and working in a male-dominated environment read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europa, Europäische Union, Libya
08.06.2026, DLF
EU interior ministers are considering excluding Ukrainian men of military age from automatic protection in the EU. At their meeting in Luxembourg today, the ministers are discussing the Mass Influx Directive. Under this directive, refugees from Ukraine are granted temporary protection in the EU without having to go through an asylum procedure. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europa, Europäische Union, Osteuropa
With the entry into force of Geas, refugees in Germany also face the prospect of long periods in “prison-like conditions.” Sea rescue workers fear a “loss of rights.” read more
07.06.2026, Al Jazeera / IOM
At least 990 people have died crossing the Mediterranean in 2026, with the IOM describing it as one of the deadliest starts to a year since records began in 2014. In the latest incident, a boat carrying nearly 60 people capsized near Malta after departing from Libya, with ten bodies recovered by the Italian coastguard. The deaths come days before the EU Pact enters force, which provides for accelerated deportations and return hubs outside the EU. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Italien / Malta, Libya
07.06.2026, Al Jazeera
On 7 June 2026, a boat carrying around 60 Geflüchtete from Libya capsized off Malta — ten people died and 48 were rescued. The IOM confirms that at least 990 people have died crossing the Mediterranean since the start of the year, one of the deadliest starts since 2014. The latest deaths occurred immediately after the EU reached an agreement on a new Return Regulation paving the way for offshore deportation centres. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the UNHCR headquarters in Tripoli this week, accusing the agency of facilitating irregular migration. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
06.06.2026, World Politics Review / HRW / Amnesty International
While EU leaders celebrate the Pact as historic progress, civil society organisations worldwide warn that it amounts to a recipe for human rights abuses and the flouting of international law, particularly through the externalisation of asylum and migration policy beyond EU borders. The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights and numerous NGOs warn that extended detention is being normalised as a default response, with over 200 organisations having already jointly protested in advance. Amnesty International stated that the Pact "will set back European asylum law for decades to come." read more
05.06.2026, World Politics Review
Just ahead of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact's entry into force on 12 June 2026, World Politics Review analyses the serious human rights concerns raised by civil society and human rights organisations since the pact was adopted in 2024. Central to the critique is the EU's increasing policy of externalising asylum processing to its external borders and to third countries. Human Rights Watch documented in its World Report 2026 that EU funding of security apparatus in countries with poor human rights records has led to more deaths at sea, unlawful pushbacks, and the return of asylum seekers to countries where they face abuse. read more
05.06.2026, taz.de
Three Somali Geflüchtete have won a case before the Berlin Administrative Court after being turned back to Poland at Frankfurt (Oder) station despite requesting asylum. The court ruled that Germany is obliged under EU law to first determine which member state is responsible for processing an asylum claim before any return is lawful. Despite the ruling, Interior Minister Dobrindt has continued the pushback policy — tens of thousands have since been turned back, including at least 1,200 people seeking protection. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
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