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04.07.2026, taz.de (via Euronews / IOM)
Pope Leo XIV visited the island of Lampedusa on 4 July 2026, the 250th anniversary of US Independence Day, to honour migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean. He prayed at the Cemetery of the Nameless, met a migrant family and dedicated the landing pier Molo Favaloro in the name of his predecessor Francis. According to IOM, more than 26,000 people have died on the Central Mediterranean route since 2014, with at least 865 already recorded in 2026 alone. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
04.07.2026, tagesspiegel
Berlin remains the only one of 14 German states that agreed to introduce the Bezahlkarte but has still not done so, despite the original implementation date of early 2026 having passed. The continuing resistance within the Berlin Senate illustrates that the rollout of the card system remains politically contested even among states that formally approved it. read more
03.07.2026, tagesspiegel
A US appeals court ruled that migrants cannot be held for more than 90 days without a bail hearing, strengthening fundamental rights for those facing deportation. The ruling is directly relevant to the EU debate over extended pre-removal detention of up to 24 months under the new Return Regulation. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Amerika, Deutschland
03.07.2026, Info Migrants
The regional government of Spain's Canary Islands has expressed concern about the effects of the full implementation of the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. Questions remain on how expedited deportations under the laws will affect adults and unaccompanied minors differently amid a perceived overall lack of guidance from Madrid on the proper enforcement of the changes. This comes after the first group of migrants was taken into detention under the new EU-law. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Spanien
A growing number of Syrian nationals are losing their protection status in Germany. According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), the main reason for this is an intensified review of asylum cases involving Syrians with criminal records. This change in policy direction marks a notable departure from Germany's previous policy of not sending anyone back to Syria during the war, though many experts agree that the country is not yet ready to be fully considered a safe country of origin. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
Greek lawyers who are paid by the government to provide free advisory services to asylum seekers will be given a cash bonus if they manage to talk certain migrants out of submitting an asylum application, and opt to return to their home countries instead. A similar scheme is also being introduced in Italy, raising questions about the impartiality of people in the legal profession. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Griechenland / Türkei
02.07.2026, politis
Politis reports from the court in Bobigny where judges on 1 July protested against unlawful detentions arising from the GEAS. Due to administrative unpreparedness, people were detained who should never have been subjected to the new procedures. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Frankreich
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, La Cimade
La Cimade documents that France issues more than 120,000 expulsion orders per year but actually deports only around 15,000 people from metropolitan France. The new GEAS reform and Return Regulation aim to close this gap without addressing the structural obstacles that cause the low enforcement rate in the first place. read more
01.07.2026, taz.de
From July 2026 people in pre-removal detention in Germany no longer have a right to mandatory legal counsel. Human rights organisations warn that people in detention, who typically lack language skills and legal knowledge, are now left without protection at the most critical stage of the deportation procedure. read more
01.07.2026, GISTI
From 1 July 2026 the EU Qualification Regulation entered into force, defining new EU-wide standards for protection status. GISTI documents that all ten GEAS legislative acts are now fully applicable, while civil society organisations continue to flag serious implementation gaps across member states. read more
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
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
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