Background information
The back way to Europe: Gambia’s forgotten refugees
The distinction between a refugee and other irregular migrants coming from the Gambia is hard to maintain in a country where a lack of democracy is accompanied by failures of economic and political governance. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Afrika
Decision of the Regional Asylum Office (RAO) of Lesvos regarding Turkeys status as safe-third-country
The Guardian published an article calles "Syrian refugee wins appeal against forced return to Turkey" at the 20th oj June 2016. It was based on a decision of the Regional Asylum Office (RAO) of Lesvos regarding Turkeys status as safe-third-country. That decision is now available in Greek. Minos Mouzourakis of the ECRE provided a simple and vague translation of that decision. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
DO NOT TOUCH MY NEIGHBOUR!
Statement from the activist group "Komsuma dokunma": We have often witnessed refugees being taken from the city centers in small groups, against their will, and in house raids, to be placed in refugee camps via microbuses with tinted windows. In the current practice, any refugee can be sent to any camp, detention center or "accommodation center" without recourse to any legal process. The detention of refugees is by itself a major crime against human morality, but with this total isolation, any rights abuse that occurs inside these places is impossible to track. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Maghreb-Staaten sind keine sicheren Herkunftsstaaten
Heute soll im Bundestag der Gesetzesentwurf zur Bestimmung von Algerien, Marokko und Tunesien als sichere Herkunftsstaaten beschlossen werden. PRO ASYL lehnt die Einstufung dieser Staaten als sichere Herkunftsstaaten ab. Staaten, in denen gefoltert wird, demokratische Grundrechte missachtet und die Menschenrechte verletzt werden, sind keine sicheren Herkunftsstaaten. Die Bundesregierung beschönigt die Lage und ignoriert Menschenrechtsverletzungen in diesen Ländern. PRO ASYL hält dieses Gesetz für verfassungswidrig. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Nordafrika, Deutschland
What Merkel, Tusk and Timmermans should have see n during their visit to Turkey.
A delegation of three GUE/NGL MEPs to Turkey last week found that refugees who have been deported from Europe back to Turkey under the EU-Turkey deal are not being given any opportunity to apply for asylum. The delegation also found that all refugees in the 'removal centres' in Turkey were locked in prison-style conditions with no (or extremely limited) access to telephones or legal assistance. The delegation spoke directly with numerous refugees as well as with Turkish authorities at the removal centres in Kırklareli and Edirne; and with refugees, international organisations, NGOs and volunteers in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Kilis (next to the Turkey-Syria border). read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
A dirty deal: Field report from moria detention camp, Lesvos, Greece
Report by Dr. med. Ryan Roberts read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
Idomeni: Resisting and Hoping at the Borders of 'Fortress Europe'
Report about the "March over the Fortress" at the Greek-Macedonian border in March 2016 from borderline-europe. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
“Hotspot Hellas”: Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Es brodelt unter den Migranten, sowohl in den improvisierten Camps von Idomeni und Piräus als auch in der Ostägäis. Aber auch bei vielen Griechen liegen mittlerweil die Nerven blank, vor allem auf den Inseln. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
Cadus / Sea-Watch Pressrelease: Ferries for a #safepassage, not for deportation!
CADUS // Sea-Watch condemn the deportations from Greece to Turkey which are taking place in line with the EU-Turkey deal since today morning, starting from our operational area Lesbos.
The recent agreement is forcing refugees on even more dangerous routes, and is favoring the business of smugglers in the first place. Sometimes, it even comes to death at sea, as Turkey is carrying out brutal pushbacks, while effective rescue efforts through civil society organisations as Cadus // Sea-Watch are hindered by the authorities. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union
Einnahmen- und Ausgabenplan des EASO 2016
Im Amtsblatt der EU vom 30.03.2016 wurde der Einnahmen- und Ausgabenplan des Europäischen Unterstützungsbüros für Asylfragen (EASO) für das Haushaltsjahr 2016 veröffentlicht. Der Plan sieht 19,5 Millionen Euro für 2016 vor, im Vergleich zum Vorjahr bedeutet das lediglich einen Anstieg um 3,5 Millionen Euro. Ausgerechnet die Ausgaben für den Dienstbetrieb werden kaum erhöht. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europäische Union
Einnahmen- und Ausgabenplan für Frontex 2016
Im Amtsblatt der EU vom 30.03.2016 wurde der Einnahmen- und Ausgabenplan für die Grenzschutzagentur Frontex für das Haushaltsjahr 2016 veröffentlicht. Der Plan sieht mehr als 250 Millionen Euro für 2016 vor, im Vergleich zu 2014 bedeutet das fast eine Verdreifachung. Der Großteil der Ausgaben (209 Millionen Euro) ist für die operativen Tätigkeiten vorgesehen. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German
Region(s): Europäische Union
Slavonski Brod: Report on Systematic Human Rights Violations in Refugee Centre
The report documents the systematic human rights violations that take place at the Croatian Refugee Reception and Transit Centre in Slavonski Brod. The refugees detained there are denied the right of freedom of movement and a fair asylum trial. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Osteuropa
MEDMIG Report: migration flows, routes and trajectories across the Mediterranean
"In 2015 over one million people crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in search of safety and a better life. Thousands died along the way. The MEDMIG project seeks to better understand these unprecedented movements in the region by examining the journeys, motivations and aspirations of refugees and migrants in Italy, Greece, Turkey and Malta." read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Weltweit
Progress report of the European Commission on the implementation of the hotspot approach in Greece
As part of the immediate action to assist Member States facing intense migratory pressures at
the EU’s external borders, the European Agenda on Migration adopted in May 2015 set out a
new hotspot approach. Greece and Italy are the two Member States where this hotspot
approach is currently being implemented. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europäische Union
The EU’s Shifting Practices of (Non-) Assistance and Bordering in a Time of Crisis
Charles Heller and Lorenzo Pezzani (co-founders of WatchTheMed)have been working on Forensic Oceanography, a project that critically investigates the militarized border regime and the politics of migration in the Mediterranean Sea. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union, Europa
Interview with Bloggers from Migrants Matter
The blog regroups former students from more than 40 different countries who came together during the Master’s programme in Human Rights and Democratisation. They are deeply concerned by the treatment of migrants in Europe today, and have decided to take action on this by pulling together and launching a campaign for better protection of their rights. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europa
Interview with Bloggers from The Migrationist
The Migrationist is an international, collaborative academic/professional blog designed to promote public discourse informed by academics and professionals who focus on issues surrounding migration and refugees. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Weltweit
Interview with Blogger Philippe Wannesson from Passeurs d’Hospitalités
The blog “Passeurs d’Hospitalités” documents the situation of exiles in Calais on a daily basis. It delivers information about current incidents, and aims at providing a better understanding of the situation in all its complexity, deconstructing preconceived ideas and clichés spread by the media. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Europa
Survive and advance: The economics of smuggling refugees and migrants into Europe
Violent conflicts, terrorism, long-standing repressive regimes, chronic poverty and inequality have driven an unprecedented number of refugees and migrants to Europe. Those making the journey are assisted by an increasingly violent and opportunistic smuggling industry. Sustainable profits made by this industry have allowed transnational networks to develop where they previously did not exist, with serious implications for human security and state stability. Effective responses will require an understanding of the drivers and dynamics of the crisis. This understanding should be sufficiently nuanced to recognise that each journey of migration is defined by the ethnicity, income level and country of origin of the migrants, as well as by a highly responsive smuggling industry.
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Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Naher Osten, Europa, Afrika
Photo Essay: Libya’s Highway of Smuggling
The flow of smuggled goods and people along Libya’s southern border illustrates the lawlessness and insecurity across that stretch of land.
See the full essay: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/?fa=62852&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRovva3IZKXonjHpfsX66ewrWaKg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YoFTMR0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEIQ7XYTLB2t60MWA%3D%3D read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Nordafrika