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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
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
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
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europa, Europäische Union
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
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
04.06.2026, DW
The European Court of Justice has ruled that asylum-seekers must be given more than just the bare minimum to survive. But as the EU's new migration pact kicks in, will relief be short-lived? read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
04.06.2026, Tagesspiegel
Researchers publishing their annual report describe it explicitly as a "wake-up call", criticising the reform of the Common European Asylum System among other developments. Germany, which between 2012 and 2024 was the state that had taken in the most people through resettlement programmes after Sweden, has announced no places for 2026 and 2027. There is still no empirical evidence that German border controls, the introduction of the Bezahlkarte, or cuts to social benefits lead to a reduction in asylum seeker numbers — rather, asylum seeker numbers have fallen across the entire European Union. read more
03.06.2026, netzpolitik.org
The European Parliament and national governments are tightening deportation rules. This will also make it possible to establish deportation centers in third countries and conduct raids modeled after those carried out by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). However, it remains to be seen whether the new regulations will actually lead to more and faster deportations. read more
03.06.2026, Washington Times / AP / Euronews
New EU regulations will speed up the return process for irregular migrants. Only 28 percent of rejected asylum seekers currently return home. Several EU nations are negotiating deportation deals with third countries. The regulation allows law enforcement to raid without warrants. Civil society groups raised serious concerns about Article 23 of the returns regulation specifically, which permits home raids and investigations to enforce deportations — a provision critics describe as normalising police-state tactics in EU migration enforcement. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union
03.06.2026, Al Jazeera
Greece adopted what its migration minister described as the strictest returns policy in the whole EU in September 2025, empowering the government to imprison people who refuse to be deported. Rejected asylum applicants can be fitted with ankle monitors and given just two weeks to remove themselves voluntarily. If they do not comply, they face a €5,000 fine and two to five years in closed camps. A February 2026 law further stipulated that if any aid worker is charged with helping to smuggle asylum seekers into Greece, their entire organisation can be delisted from the ministry's registry, losing funding and access to refugee camps. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Griechenland / Türkei
03.06.2026, taz.de
Germany's Chancellor described migrants as a problem for the city's appearance — a statement that has prompted an outcry from civil society organisations, journalists and politicians. Critics describe the framing as rooted in apartheid thinking, racism, or Nazi-era language — and warn that the normalisation of such rhetoric by leading politicians signals a dangerous shift in Germany's public discourse on migration and integration. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europa
Several EU states have written to the European Commission demanding more possibilities for deportations to Afghanistan. German Interior Minister Dobrindt is among the signatories. The move comes as Germany continues to use the so-called Bezahlkarte — a restricted payment card — for asylum seekers, which civil society organisations warn further marginalises Geflüchtete in their daily lives read more
03.06.2026, Mediendienst Integration
The Berlin Administrative Court has ruled that the pushbacks of asylum seekers at German borders ordered by the Federal Interior Ministry are unlawful. The ruling comes as Germany prepares for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact to enter full force on 12 June, which critics warn will further institutionalise similar measures across all member states. Human rights organisations have long documented that Geflüchtete are being turned away at internal EU borders without the possibility of lodging an asylum claim. read more
02.06.2026, PRO ASYL/taz.de
Germany's GEAS adaptation law, entering force on 12 June 2026, uses every degree of national discretion available to implement the reform as harshly as possible against people seeking protection — including the detention of children in so-called secondary migration centres. The law introduces border procedures in detention facilities for people from safe third countries, immediate deportation following negative decisions, and reduced reporting obligations that facilitate illegal pushbacks. PRO ASYL warns of a systematic dismantling of the rights of people seeking asylum in Germany. read more
02.06.2026, Statewatch
A leaked document dated 20 May 2026 reveals a technical arrangement between the EU naval mission Operation Irini and Libyan authorities, providing for capacity building to expand the interception of people fleeing Libya in the east of the country, under General Haftar's control. The so-called Libyan coast guard has for years been implicated in widespread abuse, torture and murder of people on the move — yet the EU plans to deepen this cooperation. Human rights organisations are calling for an immediate end to the partnership. read more
02.06.2026, taz.de
As the EU debates return centres and deaths in the Mediterranean continue to rise, the human stories behind the statistics are increasingly lost from public view. The taz podcast "Fernverbindung" asks how journalists can still report meaningfully on forced migration when much of the public has grown tired of the debate. Foreign editor Judith Poppe speaks with North Africa correspondent Mirco Keilberth, who has spent years reporting from Libya, Tunisia and Egypt on migration and the people behind the headlines. read more
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