MEDITERRANEAN: More deaths and rescues ― German government to stop funding ‘civil fleet’ ― Spanish police investigating murders of people on the move near Balearic Islands ― NGO report reveals use of torture against people on the move ― Greece deploys warships to prevent boat departures from Libya ― ‘Biggest legal challenge yet’ to Italy-Albania Protocol

MEDITERRANEAN: More deaths and rescues ― German government to stop funding ‘civil fleet’ ― Spanish police investigating murders of people on the move near Balearic Islands ― NGO report reveals use of torture against people on the move ― Greece deploys warships to prevent boat departures from Libya ― ‘Biggest legal challenge yet’ to Italy-Albania Protocol

3rd July 2025 | News

There have been more deaths and NGO-led rescues along the Mediterranean migration routes. The German government has announced that it is cancelling the funding that it has been providing to search and rescue NGOs since 2022. Spanish police have launched a murder...
MEDITERRANEAN: More deaths and rescues ― German government to stop funding ‘civil fleet’ ― Spanish police investigating murders of people on the move near Balearic Islands ― NGO report reveals use of torture against people on the move ― Greece deploys warships to prevent boat departures from Libya ― ‘Biggest legal challenge yet’ to Italy-Albania Protocol

MEDITERRANEAN: Greece under renewed pressure to end pushbacks ― Cyprus accused of failing to protect vulnerable groups from exploitation ― First deportation from controversial Italian centre in Albania ― IOM reports almost 25,000 deaths in Central Mediterranean since 2014

8th May 2025 | News

The Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights has demanded that Greece adopts a zero-tolerance approach to pushbacks and strengthens border safeguards. A report by the CoE Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has...
GERMANY: New government takes office; immediately orders police to turn away most undocumented people at border ― Far right party labelled ‘extremist’ by intelligence agency ― Proposal to let Syrian refugees visit home ― Rise in attacks against people seeking asylum in Berlin ― Court approves deportations to Greece

GERMANY: New government takes office; immediately orders police to turn away most undocumented people at border ― Far right party labelled ‘extremist’ by intelligence agency ― Proposal to let Syrian refugees visit home ― Rise in attacks against people seeking asylum in Berlin ― Court approves deportations to Greece

8th May 2025 | News

Friedrich Merz has become chancellor after securing a majority in the Bundestag after an unprecedented two rounds of voting. The new government has announced that it will refuse entry to most people seeking asylum with immediate effect. The domestic intelligence...
MEDITERRANEAN: More deaths and rescues ― German government to stop funding ‘civil fleet’ ― Spanish police investigating murders of people on the move near Balearic Islands ― NGO report reveals use of torture against people on the move ― Greece deploys warships to prevent boat departures from Libya ― ‘Biggest legal challenge yet’ to Italy-Albania Protocol

MEDITERRANEAN: Fall in recorded crossings in first quarter of 2025 ― Greece redesignates Türkiye as ‘safe third country’ ― Frontex investigating allegations of pushbacks by Greece ― Three of ‘Moria 6’ acquitted on appeal ― First relocation of people from Italy to repurposed centres in Albania ― Malta steps back from plan to reform human rights conventions

17th April 2025 | News

The significant decrease in the number of irregular border crossings into the EU via the Mediterranean routes that was observed in 2024 has continued into the first quarter of 2025. Greece has redesignated Türkiye as a “safe third country” for people seeking asylum...
MEDITERRANEAN: More deaths and rescues ― German government to stop funding ‘civil fleet’ ― Spanish police investigating murders of people on the move near Balearic Islands ― NGO report reveals use of torture against people on the move ― Greece deploys warships to prevent boat departures from Libya ― ‘Biggest legal challenge yet’ to Italy-Albania Protocol

MEDITERRANEAN: New data reveals large number of deaths in 2024 ― Controversy surrounding recent shipwreck and pushbacks continues in Cyprus ― Two key rulings in favour of people seeking asylum in Greece ― New plans for Italy’s detention centres in Albania ― Possible admission of government involvement in spyware scandal ― Backlash after Maltese prime minister’s remarks on reforming human rights conventions

27th March 2025 | News

International Organization for Migration (IOM) data reveals that 2,452 people lost their lives in the Mediterranean in 2024 The Cypriot government has refused to investigate recent pushbacks despite a journalist’s offer to present key evidence. The Greek Council of...