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23.06.2026, reliefweb
Commission strengthens migration management along the Channel route read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union
22.06.2026, taz.de
The taz reported on a warning from the German Institute for Human Rights, published on beck-aktuell, that the GEAS reform would significantly restrict access to fair asylum procedures and could endanger the non-refoulement principle of the Geneva Refugee Convention. Nele Allenberg of the DIMR criticises in particular the accelerated border procedures, the expanded lists of safe countries of origin, and restrictive border procedures that could result in protection needs being overlooked and people being returned to dangerous situations. The GEAS reform structurally treats people seeking protection as potential security risks, inverting the fundamental logic of international refugee law. The DIMR sees urgent need for action at the national implementation level to mitigate the worst consequences. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
22.06.2026, Spiegel.de
Spiegel.de reported in the week following the entry into force of the EU Asylum Pact on the ongoing political reactions to the GEAS reform and the Return Regulation. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt reiterated that Germany's extended internal border controls at all land borders would only end once effective EU external border protection was in place. Deputy leader of the Union parliamentary group Günter Krings criticised German Social Democrats for agreeing to a migration shift in Berlin while attempting to block it in Brussels. PRO ASYL announced it would take legal action against the tightening of the EU Asylum Pact, describing the policy as one of deterrence, exclusion and degradation of people seeking protection. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland, Europa, Europäische Union
20.06.2026, OHCHR / JURIST
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep regret at the adoption of the EU Return Regulation on 17 June, warning that it expands pre-removal detention and enables offshore deportation hubs outside EU territory. He stated that EU member states cannot simply outsource their human rights obligations to third countries. Human Rights Watch had previously warned that imposing harsher obligations on migrants does not address the core problem of uncooperative countries of origin. The extended detention provisions, including for unaccompanied minors, remain a serious concern under international law. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
19.06.2026, Franceinfo
Eight days after the EU Asylum Pact entered into force, Franceinfo reports from Paris Roissy airport where the new mandatory border procedure is already hitting legal and logistical limits. France lacks the national legal framework for multi-month detention in border zones, so the Interior Ministry has introduced a transitional workaround: people are housed in a hotel six kilometres from the airport that is functioning de facto as a reception facility. An Ecuadorian woman, a business owner who had been targeted by criminal extortion groups, illustrates the contradictions of the new system: only two percent of Ecuadorian applicants obtain protection in Europe, so her case was immediately assigned to the fast-track procedure. Legal observers describe this as a fiction of non-entry that puts fundamental rights at serious risk. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
19.06.2026, InfoMigrants
Ahead of World Refugee Day (June 20), UN organizations and rights groups have been expressing their hopes and fears in the wake of the European Union's introduction of its new migration and asylum pact last week. read more
18.06.2026, eCRE
More than twenty civil society organisations including Afghan diaspora groups from across Europe issued a joint statement expressing profound concern and outrage at reports that the EU intends to invite Taliban representatives to Brussels for talks on deportations. The organisations describe the plans as deeply alarming, noting that the Taliban systematically deny women and girls their fundamental rights and Afghanistan cannot be considered a safe country of return. The planned talks come in the direct context of the new EU Return Regulation, which is designed to facilitate deportations to third countries. read more
18.06.2026, borderforensic
A counter-investigation into the racist massacre of 24 June 2022 read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Spanien
18.06.2026, Legal Tribune Online (LTO)
The taz reported on 18 June 2026 on the adoption of the EU Return Regulation in the European Parliament and analysed its legal basis and consequences. The European Parliament voted in favour of the new EU Return Regulation, which among other things enables the establishment of deportation centres in third countries outside the EU. Simultaneously, a piece appeared on Verfassungsblog by MPI legal scholar Dana Schmalz describing the concept of return hubs as state-organised abduction, since the regulation can result in people being sent to countries with which they have no connection whatsoever, fundamentally contradicting the very concept of return. Schmalz identifies in the regulation a dangerous shift in paradigm, deliberately aimed at deterring people seeking protection and undermining international law. read more
18.06.2026, Amnesty International Deutschland
Amnesty International Germany and Austria jointly analyse that the new EU Return Regulation markets a systematic rollback of human rights as political innovation. The so called return hubs are neither innovative nor legally unproblematic but create for the first time an explicit legal basis for detaining people in third countries with which they have no connection. Amnesty warns of arbitrary detention, the removal of meaningful legal oversight, and a serious risk of deportations to countries where torture or inhuman treatment may occur. Particularly pointed is the observation that even in Germany and Austria, where asylum applications fell by 30 to 36 percent in 2025, migration continues to be framed as an emergency to justify further restrictions. read more
18.06.2026, PICUM
In 2025, PICUM’s media monitoring confirmed an ongoing trend: at least 110 individuals faced judicial proceedings for acting in solidarity with migrants in the EU. In addition to these cases, the report also found that at least 11 civil society organisations and other entities have been subject to administrative fines and sanctions. read more
17.06.2026, RTE News
The European Parliament voted 418 to 218 to adopt the new EU Return Regulation, which for the first time permits the deportation of unaccompanied minors to third countries outside the EU provided those countries can demonstrate compliance with international protection standards. During the vote, members of the Patriots group chanted "send them back" while MEPs from The Left group responded with "shame on you." The regulation extends the maximum pre-removal detention period from six months to two years, with unlimited detention possible for those deemed security risks. Additionally, deportation orders can no longer be automatically suspended while legal appeals are pending. read more
17.06.2026, NPR
The EU adopted the new Return Regulation in one of the most far-reaching shifts in its migration policy in decades, enabling deportation centres outside EU territory, expanded detention powers and home raids to enforce removal orders. Human rights groups sharply criticised the measures, comparing them to police state tactics. Cyprus's deputy migration minister stated the regulation would raise the return rate, as currently only around 29 percent of people ordered to leave the EU are actually returned. French Greens MEP Mélissa Camara described the deal as a historic setback for human rights in the bloc. read more
17.06.2026, Tagesspiegel
Following state elections in September, the AfD could enter a regional government, potentially making the Hamburg Interior Ministers Conference the last one held without AfD participation. The Tagesspiegel analyses what AfD involvement in government would mean for cooperation within Germany's domestic intelligence framework, particularly regarding information sharing between federal and state authorities. The question arises directly against the backdrop of a conference agenda already dominated by migration tightening and deportation demands. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
17.06.2026, taz.de
Jugendliche ohne Grenzen protested against the Interior Ministers Conference in Hamburg, demanding that the rights of children within the asylum system be protected. The conference agenda included points such as criminalising the disclosure of deportation dates and facilitating the expulsion of people with protected status who have committed offences, which the organisation describes as an attack on solidarity structures. Hamburg's Interior Senator Andy Grote was named Deportation Minister of 2026 by Jugendliche ohne Grenzen. read more
At the Interior Ministers Conference in Hamburg, state interior ministers agreed to intensify the fight against benefit fraud and lower the legal barriers to deporting refugees with criminal records. Hamburg's Interior Senator Andy Grote called for reducing the legal threshold for removing people with protected status following criminal convictions, regardless of their country of origin. The conference agenda included no fewer than twenty items relating to further tightening of migration policy. read more
17.06.2026, Franceinfo
The European Parliament adopted the new Return Regulation on 17 June 2026 with 418 votes in favour and 218 against, for the first time permitting EU member states to establish deportation centres outside EU territory. Franceinfo reported that the vote in the plenary chamber was followed by chanting from conservative and far-right MEPs. EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner described it as the end of decades of powerlessness in the face of irregular migration, pointing to the fact that only around 20 percent of EU deportation orders are currently carried out. Coming just days after the Asylum Pact entered into force on 12 June, the regulation marks the sharpest shift in EU migration policy in decades. read more
17.06.2026, euronews
The European Parliament voted 418 to 218 to adopt the new Return Regulation, described as the EU's toughest shift in migration policy in decades. The regulation allows member states to establish deportation centres outside EU territory and conduct home raids to enforce removal orders, measures that NGOs have compared to US ICE enforcement tactics. The maximum pre-removal detention period is extended from six months to two years, with the possibility of further extensions. Families with children are not exempt from transfer to offshore hubs, and UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk stated that EU states cannot outsource their human rights obligations to third countries. read more
17.06.2026, Euronews
The European Parliament gave the final green light to a new EU law allowing controversial return hubs outside the bloc and home searches, as conservatives voted with far-right groups to pass the legislation. read more
17.06.2026, Infomigrants
Another 32 men have been deported from Germany to Afghanistan. The deportation is based on an agreement with the Islamist Taliban and comes amid ongoing criticism of returning people to the Central Asian country. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Deutschland
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