EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU Denies Complicity in Dumping Black Migrants in North African Desert ― Human Rights Organisations Call for Human Rights Benchmarks for Egypt Amid Reports of Forced Returns of Sudanese Refugees ― Video Reveals More Abuse of Migrants by Libyan Coast Guard ― Leaked UN Briefing Reveals Details of Tunisian Role in Torture and Killing of Migrants in Libya ― Moroccan and Spanish Authorities Reportedly ‘Involved’ in Melilla Tragedy

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU Denies Complicity in Dumping Black Migrants in North African Desert ― Human Rights Organisations Call for Human Rights Benchmarks for Egypt Amid Reports of Forced Returns of Sudanese Refugees ― Video Reveals More Abuse of Migrants by Libyan Coast Guard ― Leaked UN Briefing Reveals Details of Tunisian Role in Torture and Killing of Migrants in Libya ― Moroccan and Spanish Authorities Reportedly ‘Involved’ in Melilla Tragedy

The European Commissioner for Home Affairs has denied being aware of human rights abuses and so-called “desert dumps” carried out in the EU’s migration partner countries in North Africa. Human rights organisations have written to the European Commission President to...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU Denies Complicity in Dumping Black Migrants in North African Desert ― Human Rights Organisations Call for Human Rights Benchmarks for Egypt Amid Reports of Forced Returns of Sudanese Refugees ― Video Reveals More Abuse of Migrants by Libyan Coast Guard ― Leaked UN Briefing Reveals Details of Tunisian Role in Torture and Killing of Migrants in Libya ― Moroccan and Spanish Authorities Reportedly ‘Involved’ in Melilla Tragedy

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Human Rights NGOs Warn Against Repression of Media and Free Speech in Tunisia ― EU Commissioner Says Migration Deals Were ‘Not Voted On’ ― EU Considers Reactivating Rafah Border Mission – Italy Announces Resumption of Aid for UNRWA – EU Maintains That Syria is Unsafe for Refugee Returns While Lebanon Sets Up Committee to Facilitate Repatriations

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have flagged the escalated restriction of free speech in Tunisia. The European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights has claimed that there was no consultation on the EU’s migration deals with Egypt and Tunisia. EU...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU Denies Complicity in Dumping Black Migrants in North African Desert ― Human Rights Organisations Call for Human Rights Benchmarks for Egypt Amid Reports of Forced Returns of Sudanese Refugees ― Video Reveals More Abuse of Migrants by Libyan Coast Guard ― Leaked UN Briefing Reveals Details of Tunisian Role in Torture and Killing of Migrants in Libya ― Moroccan and Spanish Authorities Reportedly ‘Involved’ in Melilla Tragedy

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Investigative Journalists Accuse EU of Complicity in Migrant ‘Dumping’ in North African Countries ― EU Commissioner says Migration Deals Need to be ‘Revised’ ― UN Urges Tunisia to Stop Harassing Migrants and NGOs ― Another Anti-migrant Protest Takes Place in Tunisia ― Tunisia Negotiating ‘Voluntary’ Migrant Return Deals With Other African Countries

An investigation led by Lighthouse Reports has claimed that EU funding was used in operations to ‘dump’ migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in the desert and other remote areas in Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, and that the EU was aware of them. The European...
EU External Partners: Member States Push for Outsourcing of Migration Procedures to Third Countries ― EU Signs € 1 Billion Migration Deal with Lebanon ― Tunisian Authorities Expel Hundreds of Migrants to Border with Algeria ― Migrants Released from Detention in Libya

EU External Partners: Member States Push for Outsourcing of Migration Procedures to Third Countries ― EU Signs € 1 Billion Migration Deal with Lebanon ― Tunisian Authorities Expel Hundreds of Migrants to Border with Algeria ― Migrants Released from Detention in Libya

A number of EU member states are preparing to send a letter to the European Commission to call for agreements that would enable intercepted migrants to be transferred to third countries before they reach Europe. The EU has signed a ‘migration management’ deal with...
EU External Partners: Member States Push for Outsourcing of Migration Procedures to Third Countries ― EU Signs € 1 Billion Migration Deal with Lebanon ― Tunisian Authorities Expel Hundreds of Migrants to Border with Algeria ― Migrants Released from Detention in Libya

EU External Partners: Ombudsman Renews Inquiry into EU-Tunisia Deal ― Auditors Raise Concerns About Implementation of EU Deal with Türkiye ― EU Migration Deal with Lebanon May Be Imminent ― NGOs Highlight Critical State of Education in Gaza While Germany Announces Resumption of Humanitarian Aid

The European Ombudsman has renewed her inquiry into human rights issues stemming from the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding. A new report by the European Court of Auditors has criticised the lack of impact of the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey. The President...