This website uses cookies to help us give you the best experience when you visit our website. To read more see our data privacy statement
Extended Search
borderline-europe Menschenrechte ohne Grenzen e. V.
31.07.2026, Info Migrants
It's been a whole year since the German government introduced a stop on family reunifications as part of its initiatives to gain better control over immigration. The policy, which is meant to be temporary, means that hardly anyone can enter Germany using this legal pathway anymore. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
31.07.2026, Deutschlandfunk
According to the Spanish government, an estimated 49,000 people have arrived in the exclave of Ceuta from Morocco within the space of 24 hours. Several lost their lives whilst attempting to reach EU territory. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Marocco, Spanien
29.07.2026, infoMigrants
The United Nations has warned against the growing politicisation of refugees and migrants, who are increasingly being scapegoated in the current political landscape. The warning coincides with the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
29.07.2026, Celler Presse
The Administrative Court in Agrigento, Sicily, has suspended the impoundment of the civilian rescue vessel ‘Trotamar III’ for the time being. This was announced by the organisation behind the vessel, ‘CompassCollective’, based in the neighbouring Wendland region. The vessel had been impounded by the Italian authorities at the end of June. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
29.07.2026, Migazin
The German government plans to use artificial intelligence in immigration authorities. Specialist organisations are warning of algorithmic biases, inaccurate online information and staff who, under time pressure, might accept automated recommendations without checking them. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
28.07.2026, taz.de
A decree issued in early July lifts the previous restriction of deportations to Afghanistan to convicted offenders and designated security threats. It rests on a largely undisclosed agreement with the Taliban regime that aims to scale up group deportation flights to as many as three chartered flights a month. Seven German states have said they will join the expansion. read more
28.07.2026, PRO ASYL
Despite urgent UN warnings, another deportation flight to Kabul has departed. One person supported by PRO ASYL with no criminal record was kept off the flight following a successful legal intervention. Interior Minister Dobrindt confirmed that, for the first time, the deportees included a person without a criminal record. read more
28.07.2026, al Jazeera
Marking the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, the author, who remained a swimmer even after becoming a refugee herself, writes that displaced people are too often treated only as numbers or a security problem, even as more than 120 million people worldwide remain displaced. Becoming a refugee changed her circumstances, she writes, not her identity. read more
28.07.2026, Humanistischer Pressedienst
Sudan is facing yet another humanitarian disaster in El Obeid. People with disabilities, amongst others, are particularly at risk. Previous reports highlight the genocidal contempt with which the RSF treats those affected. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Sudan
28.07.2026, Info Migrants
The eastern Libyan authorities, based in Benghazi, say they have now deported more than 117,000 "irregular" migrants of various nationalities. They also claim that more than 100,000 Sudanese migrants have registered for voluntary repatriation. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Libya
28.07.2026, LVZ
More than 200 demonstrators protested against the deportation of people to Afghanistan on Monday night. They criticized the federal government for cooperating with the Taliban. At the same time, the state government plans to expand deportations to Afghanistan. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Mittlerer Osten
27.07.2026, migration.info
Raids before departure. Interceptions far out at sea. Forced returns to an unsafe country. Detention and deportation.Bodies washing ashore. People disappearing without even being counted. European institutions continue to provide surveillance, equipment, training and political legitimacy to this system in eastern Libya and then distance themselves from its consequences. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Libya
24.07.2026, efsyn.gr
Greece's Migration Ministry plans to shut down at least four shelters for unaccompanied refugee children within days, based on what critics call an outdated evaluation. Dozens of children will be left without protection, while more than 100 staff members will suddenly lose their jobs in August. read more
Language(s): Griechisch / ελληνικά Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
24.07.2026, ECRE-European Council of Refugees and Exiles
The updated AIDA Country Report on the Netherlands provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants, and the content of international protection in 2025. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
24.07.2026, al Jazeera
Sudanese mothers who fled the war in Sudan are now being displaced a second time by renewed conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon. Since the war resumed on 2 March, 1.5 million people have been internally displaced in Lebanon, including many migrant workers now living in makeshift shelters such as a church courtyard in Beirut. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Sudan
24.07.2026, taz.de
A Frontex video leaked to right-wing outlets including Le Figaro and Il Giornale triggered new investigations against the Sea-Watch 5 captain over alleged cooperation with smugglers. Sea-Watch denies the allegations and describes them as a far-right defamation campaign. read more
24.07.2026, Info Migrants
Spanish rescue services brought 165 migrants to shore off one of the smallest of the Canary Islands archipelago, El Hierro earlier this week. The rescue comes in the wake of hundreds of "tragic maritime incidents," in which at least 144 migrants are believed to have died or remain missing off the Mauritanian coast, at the start of the journey towards the Canary Islands. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Spanien
24.07.2026, taz
The German government has withdrawn its blanket offers of asylum to Afghans at risk. The Federal Constitutional Court is now calling for cases to be assessed on an individual basis. read more
Case workers have a great deal of power over the fates of asylum seekers. This is illustrated by the case of a head of department at the Landshut Immigration Office. read more
Following more than a week of zero arrivals, at least 97 migrants were reportedly rescued in the English Channel, while 172 migrants reached British shores, setting off in three boats from France. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Großbritannien
Support borderline-europe!
Donate now
Join us now
Support
Our newsletter are published 4x per year
Show all newsletters
