EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: IOM signs agreement on voluntary returns with Algeria – NGO report highlights mass deportations from Algeria to Niger – EU releases €1 billion to Egypt amidst concerns – UN experts issue warning over refugee rights violations in Egypt – Mass grave and secret detention facility discovered in Libya
The International Organization for Migration has signed a partnership agreement with Algeria on voluntary returns. An NGO report has highlighted the mass deportation of people on the move by authorities in Algeria. The European Commission has disbursed €1...
BALKAN ROUTE: EU-Western Balkan Summit held in Brussels ― UK invests £10m to fight people smuggling in Western Balkans ― State authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina preparing to take over management of migration reception centres from IOM ― Frontex report blames Bulgarian authorities for minors’ deaths in 2024 ― Three dead after tragedy on Croatia-BiH river border ― New analysis predicts implications of EU Pact on Migration and Asylum for Serbia
EU and Western Balkan leaders held a high-level summit on 17 December in Brussels. The UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has hosted a meeting with her counterparts from the Western Balkans. State authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are preparing to take over...
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
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...