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30.06.2026, IOM Missing Migrants Project
The IOM Missing Migrants Project records the last documented death in the Mediterranean as occurring on 30 June 2026, while the overall number of deaths and disappearances on this route in 2026 continues to rise. Sicilian ports including Palermo remain central disembarkation points for survivors of shipwrecks in the Central Mediterranean. The data underscores that despite the EU Asylum Pact entering into force on 12 June 2026 and the Return Regulation on 17 June, dangerous crossings are continuing unabated. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Italien / Malta
30.06.2026, Taz.de
Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced he would end Germany's extended internal border controls once the GEAS reform ensures effective EU external border protection. Critics warn this marks the beginning of a new chapter of sealing off borders, simply shifting the focus entirely to the EU's external frontiers rather than reducing the overall restrictiveness of migration policy. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
30.06.2026, Amnesty International France
Amnesty International France describes the EU Asylum Pact as an unprecedented rollback in European migration policy and warns that the so called fiction of non-entry effectively strips people on European soil of their legal rights. The new return hubs would send people to countries with which they have no connection for up to two years, endangering the non-refoulement principle under international law. Amnesty particularly criticises how the removal of the suspensive effect of appeals in accelerated deportation proceedings undermines the right to a fair procedure. While France has stated it will not for now establish return hubs, numerous other EU member states are already actively preparing to do so. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Frankreich
30.06.2026, Al Jazeera
Anti-migrant groups in South Africa had set an unofficial deadline of 30 June for undocumented foreign nationals to leave the country, falsely threatening arrest otherwise. Thousands of foreign nationals are camping outside consulates and in emergency shelters. Several African countries have already sent aircraft and buses to repatriate their nationals, while President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the threats as unlawful vigilantism. The events reflect a broader pattern of political instrumentalisation of anti-migration sentiment ahead of South Africa's November elections. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Afrika
30.06.2026, Kosmo
The United Kingdom plans to require asylum seekers to contribute to the cost of their housing—in the midst of a political crisis for the Labour Party. The Social Democrats are being pushed further to the right by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Großbritannien
30.06.2026, euronews
Members of the Greens/EFA report that staff ignored their questions, blocked access to cells, and refused to provide any information during their visit to Gjadër. The center is also incurring high costs, even though it houses far fewer people than originally planned. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europa, Europäische Union, Italien / Malta
29.06.2026, UNHCR Italien
UNHCR documents in its weekly update of 29 June 2026 that over 4,700 people have arrived in Italy by sea since the start of 2026, primarily via the Central Mediterranean route from Tunisia and Libya. Italy remains one of four member states formally recognised by the European Commission as being under acute migratory pressure and eligible to access the EU solidarity pool. The data is published in the context of the new GEAS solidarity mechanism that has been mandatory since 12 June 2026. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Italien / Malta
29.06.2026, t-online.de
Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt plans to establish a permanent deportation airlift to Afghanistan with up to three charter flights per month and additional individual returns via scheduled flights. In June 2026 Germany already deported 32 Afghans by charter, including those convicted of rape, homicide and serious sexual abuse of children. According to BAMF at least 100 further Afghans in detention are ready for deportation. PRO ASYL Director Helen Rezene criticised Germany for normalising an internationally ostracised regime through the deportation deal, describing it as devastating for human rights and foolish for foreign policy. read more
29.06.2026, International Organization for Migration (IOM) / UNRIC
At the start of Ireland's EU Council Presidency on 29 June 2026, the International Organization for Migration called on member states to translate the hard fought Asylum Pact reforms into credible, evidence based results. While irregular arrivals to the EU have declined, the human cost along migration routes remains high, with the rate of fatalities in the Central Mediterranean underscoring persistent risks faced by migrants. IOM Director Lukas Gehrke stressed that the EU now faces the task of turning hard fought reforms into credible results. The organisation calls for strengthened evidence driven governance and warns against advancing return agreements without sufficient safeguards for fundamental rights. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
28.06.2026, MiGazin
The European Commission plans to extend protection for Ukrainian war refugees until March 2028. Men between the ages of 23 and 60 who do not have a Ukrainian exit permit will be excluded from this protection in the future—they are expected to fight for their country. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Osteuropa
27.06.2026, Le Figaro
Le Figaro published a commentary on 27 June analysing why Emmanuel Macron's rejection of EU deportation centres outside the bloc is leaving France increasingly isolated within Europe. Macron had stated that France would not establish return hubs, describing them as neither effective nor consistent with European values. The paper describes Macron as Europe's laggard on this issue and contrasts France's position with faster-moving neighbours Germany, Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands, all of which are already in negotiations with African third countries. Le Figaro argues that France's reluctance reflects weakness rather than principle and is leaving the country behind in shaping EU migration policy. read more
Language(s): Französisch / Français Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Frankreich
24.06.2026, Bundesregierung.de
The German federal government has passed two new migration law measures entering into force in stages. From February 2026 the process for designating safe countries of origin was simplified. From July 2026 the mandatory appointment of legal counsel in proceedings concerning the ordering of pre-removal detention and departure custody is abolished. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described these measures as essential elements of the migration turnaround. Human rights organisations criticise the abolition of the mandatory legal representation requirement as a serious curtailment of procedural rights for people in pre-removal detention who are in a particularly vulnerable position. read more
24.06.2026, ECRE (Asylum Information Database)
ECRE published the updated AIDA Country Report on Germany for 2025 on 24 June 2026, providing a comprehensive overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in Germany. The report appears immediately after the GEAS reform entered into force on 12 June, documenting the state of the German asylum system at the moment of its greatest legal overhaul in decades. AIDA reports are used by civil society and legal practitioners across Europe as a reference document for comparing protection standards between member states and identifying violations. For Germany the report is particularly relevant given the introduction of secondary migration centres, extended asylum procedure detention and accelerated border procedures. read more
23.06.2026, al Jazeera
Belgium issued visas to a five-member Taliban delegation to attend an EU migration meeting in Brussels focused on discussing the deportation of rejected Afghan asylum seekers from EU member states. The meeting would mark the first time the EU has hosted Taliban representatives since their return to power in 2021. Human rights organisations including Human Rights Watch warned that any engagement with the Taliban must prioritise protecting human rights and accountability, not deporting people to danger. read more
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
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
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