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10.02.2026, Refugees Platform in Egypt (RSP)
Cairo, February 10th, 2026 – The death of 67-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker Mubarak Qamar al-Din Majzoub Abdullah inside al-Shorouk Police Station has ignited urgent calls for accountability amid Egypt’s escalating crackdown on refugees and migrants. As evidence points to arbitrary arrest, medical neglect, and inhumane detention conditions, the Refugee Platform in Egypt demands an independent investigation and an immediate end to policies that endanger forcibly displaced communities. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Egypt
10.02.2026, The New York Times
This former military barracks in Bulgaria has become a symbol of the E.U.'s increasingly strict policing of it's borders - and of what may come next. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Asien, Balkanstaaten, Deutschland, Europa, Europäische Union, Naher Osten, Osteuropa
10.02.2026, stol.it
Italy wants to expand cooperation with Libya to combat illegal migration. “Dialogue and cooperation with the Libyan authorities are fundamental elements in effectively and responsibly addressing common challenges, especially those related to managing migration flows,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said during a mission to Libya on Monday, according to media reports. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Libya
10.02.2026, Jacobin Magazin
Following the ICE murders in the USA, there is a great need for Europe to distance itself. However, the EU's migration policy is by no means more humane – the only difference is that the lawless violence is outsourced to the Mediterranean and North Africa. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union, Nordafrika
09.02.2026, DIE ZEIT
A rubber boat carrying 55 refugees has capsized off the coast of Libya. Most of them are believed to be dead or missing, including children. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Libya
09.02.2026, GB News
Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, have died or are missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Libya, Nordafrika
09.02.2026, Tagesschau
An estimated 840,000 immigrants live in Spain without a residence permit. The government now wants to grant hundreds of thousands of them legal status on a one-off basis—under certain conditions. This is a step against the European trend. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Spanien
09.02.2026, taz
Tens of thousands of migrants are enduring catastrophic conditions in tent cities in Tunisia. The only way out: a perilous crossing to Europe. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Tunisia
09.02.2026, Spiegel
In Libya, criminals are holding refugees hostage to extort money from their relatives. Security forces have now freed hundreds of people in two raids—and found mass graves. read more
04.02.2026, Frankfurter Allgemeine
The immigration police ICE is holding 73,000 people in custody, more than ever before since its founding. Plans for improvised detention centers are meeting with resistance from the population. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Amerika
04.02.2026, DIE ZEIT
In the Aegean Sea, a boat carrying migrants collided with a boat belonging to the so-called "Greek coast guard". Authorities are investigating the incident. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
02.02.2026, Border Criminologies
Immigration detention facilities in Greece are often hidden from public view – a 3D modelling project brings new ways of documenting these spaces of confinement read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Griechenland / Türkei, Großbritannien
01.02.2026, taz
Fewer refugees at any cost: The EU pays Tunisia to prevent migrants from crossing. Human rights violations are secondary. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Tunisia
30.01.2026, Die Zeit
Foreign criminals sentenced to one year or more in prison will in future be automatically deported from Denmark. This contravenes the European Convention on Human Rights. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europa, Europäische Union
30.01.2026, Der Standard
Although six officials were charged in connection with the Cutro tragedy, which left 94 people dead, those truly responsible are politicians. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
29.01.2026, EUobserver
A decade after Angela Merkel’s iconic “welcome culture,” Germany’s migration debate has flipped from solidarity to securitisation, with asylum now framed as a threat rather than a responsibility. As global conflicts, economic anxiety, and the rise of the far right reshape public sentiment, migrants have become symbols of a broader fear of instability and loss of control. Germany’s shift reflects a worldwide turn toward interest-driven politics, where human rights grow conditional and solidarity yields to electoral and security calculations. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Amerika, Deutschland, Europa
29.01.2026, Euronews
Zypern rüstet das Aufnahmezentrum Pournara für die neue EU-Asylreform auf: Künftig sollen alle Asylsuchenden an der Außengrenze bis zu sieben Tage lang in geschlossenen Zentren überprüft werden. Danach entscheidet sich, ob das reguläre Asylverfahren oder ein beschleunigtes Grenzverfahren greift. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Europäische Union, Mittlerer Osten
29.01.2026, Deutschlandfunk
Während die US-Einwanderungsbehörde wegen ihres brutalen Handelns international in der Kritik steht, scheint Großbritannien seine Methoden jenen von ICE anzunähern. Auf dem TikTok-Account des Innenministeriums werden Videos verbreitet, die Festnahmen und Abschiebungen von Migranten zeigen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Amerika, Deutschland, Großbritannien
28.01.2026, Statewatch
The Greek government's latest move to stifle the work of civil society groups has been condemned by more than 70 organisations, including Statewatch, as unjust, unlawful and unreasonable. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europa, Griechenland / Türkei
28.01.2026, TAZ
In Spanien gibt der sozialistische Regierungschef Sánchez 500.000 Immigranten ohne Papiere eine Aufenthaltsgenehmigung. Konservative und Vox laufen Sturm. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Spanien
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