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16.07.2026, taz
EU Commissioner Brunner would like to see the large-scale police checks at the German borders scaled back. He does, however, praise another measure being used at the borders. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europäische Union
15.07.2026, t-online.de
Nearly two years after their reintroduction, Interior Minister Dobrindt is maintaining Germany's internal border controls despite an EU Commission recommendation for phased withdrawal. No end date was given. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
15.07.2026, news.at
EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner has again called on Germany and Austria to end internal border controls, citing nearly 350 reported border-procedure sites EU-wide and a 40 percent drop in irregular crossings. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Österreich / Schweiz
15.07.2026, tagesschau
The EU intends to restrict the protection status granted to Ukrainian men of military age. In future, they will have to prove that they have completed their military service or are exempt from it. The EU is thus responding to a request from Ukraine. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Osteuropa
15.07.2026, Info Migrants
At least 50 migrants are feared to be lost at sea after the wooden boat on which they were traveling capsized off the eastern coast of Libya. That's according to Libyan security sources. Ten migrants are reported to have survived the ordeal. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Libya
15.07.2026, RND
In the future, up to 100 people a day are to be flown out from there. Among others, Green Party Mayor Dominik Krause opposes this. A leading police union official, however, says the number of deportations must increase. read more
15.07.2026, euobserver
Almost 50 people have been returned to Afghanistan so far this year with support from Frontex, the EU’s border agency. Marketed as “voluntary returns,” the cases are being handled in Afghanistan by Irara, a little-known Belgium-based NGO headed by people from the UK’s private security industry. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
14.07.2026, SOS Humanity
A court in Ortona ruled that the December 2025 detention of the rescue ship Humanity 1 was unlawful, reaffirming that Libya cannot be considered a safe place for rescued people. Just days later, another Justice Fleet vessel, the Trotamar III, was hit with a new 45-day detention order. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
14.07.2026, taz
The EU has decided to set up deportation centres in third countries. But where are they to be built? A taz investigation reveals that countries such as Uzbekistan, Uganda and Senegal are unlikely to be chosen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
14.07.2026, Die Zeit
Preparations for the planned deportation terminal at Munich Airport can go ahead. The supervisory board of Flughafen München GmbH has approved the construction of the terminal. The federal government hopes that having its own terminal will enable it to carry out more deportations in future. Refugee and other aid organisations strongly oppose the plan. read more
14.07.2026, Flüchtlingsrat Berlin, BBZ, BNS, Hasenheide Willkommensbündnis, BuMF
Despite only 51 refugee children waiting for a school place across all of Berlin and empty waiting lists at existing sites, the Berlin Senate is maintaining plans for a third segregated "welcome school" in a Hasenheide accommodation facility. In Tempelhof, 45 of 52 students no longer even live in the accommodation the school is attached to, and one location in Tegel already had to close due to lack of demand. read more
13.07.2026, SWR
A government employee is alleged to have coerced a female asylum seeker into sexual acts by promising her protection from deportation. It appears that other women have also been affected. An investigation has been launched, and the man has been suspended. read more
13.07.2026, Finanzen.net
The Council of Member States announced, following the foreign ministers’ decision to impose sanctions, that the precious metal had become a key source of revenue used to finance the conflict. By restricting trade in Sudanese gold and limiting access to chemicals needed for mining and extraction, the aim is to reduce the resources available to those responsible for the violence. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Sudan
13.07.2026, Info Migrants
In the UK, the government's decision last year to restrict the rights of certain migrants who are due to be sent back to France under the so-called "one-in, one-out" deal between the two nations has been ruled "unlawful." Under the policy, people who were earmarked to be sent back to France and whose claims to be victims of human trafficking had been rejected were unable to appeal that decision before being removed. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Frankreich, Großbritannien
13.07.2026, The New Arab
From Sudan to Syria, refugees describe alleged abuse, illegal pushbacks and a struggle for asylum along Croatia's border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Human rights organisations, journalists, and monitoring groups have documented repeated allegations that Croatian border police use such practices to deter irregular crossings and prevent people from accessing asylum procedures. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union
13.07.2026, The Guardian
Suspension of family reunion route in the UK has left many stuck in conflict zones or forced to use irregular migration routes to reach safety. The government suspended the refugee family reunion route last September. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien
12.07.2026, Sudan Tribune
A Sudanese counter-terrorism court on Sunday sentenced Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemetti, to death in absentia along with his two brothers and 13 others over the assassination of a regional governor and wartime atrocities. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Sudan
10.07.2026, franceinfo.fr
Utopia 56 has filed a complaint over the 2024 death of 27-year-old Syrian exile Jumaa al-Hassan, who drowned in Gravelines while trying to cross the Channel, after police reportedly used tear gas during the attempt. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Frankreich
10.07.2026, NDR
The sailing boat “Trotamar III”, operated by the Lower Saxony-based sea rescue initiative “CompassCollective”, has once again been detained in Italy. The sea rescuers had been operating in the Mediterranean since the end of June. On 29 June, the crew rescued 25 people from Somalia from a leaky rubber dinghy with a faulty engine. The crew are now accused of failing to liaise with the rescue coordination centre in Libya, according to the initiative. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Italien / Malta
10.07.2026, Info Migrants
Under new plans, Frontex could soon have powers to deport people from one non-EU country to another as part of the European Union's changing approach to managing migration. The change is likely to mean that the EU's external border force agency would be in charge of enforcing removals to planned EU return hubs. The changes would come as part of a major overhaul of Frontex's mandate. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
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