Greece: Government Hit with Interim Measures and Introducing New List of Safe Country of Origin

10th January 2020 | News

The European Court of Human Rights recently granted interim measures to unaccompanied children living in reception and identification centres (RIC) in the “jungle” of Samos Island. The ruling comes amid a more restrictive approach to asylum seekers from...

Italy: Report on Effects of the “Security Decrees” on Migrants and Refugees in Sicily

10th January 2020 | News

Borderline-Europe publishes its 2019 report “The situation of refugees in Sicily”, focusing on the impact of the Decree Law 113/2018, implemented by Law 132/2018 on the asylum system. Despite a change of government in Italy in September 2019, the Law on immigration...

Peaceful Refugee Protest in Agadez Brought to Violent End

10th January 2020 | News

Niger’s authorities violently dispersed a sit-in protest of around 1000 refugees outside the office of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Agadez that had lasted 20 days. The group of mostly Sudanese refugees, who escaped Libya, had been protesting peacefully outside of...

Global Refugee Forum: EU MS Pledge 30,000 Resettlement for 2020, MEPs Urges More Ambition

20th December 2019 | News

During the Global Refugee Forum taking place in Geneva, December 16-18, EU member states have pledged a total of 30,000 resettlement places for 2020, backed with financial support from the European Commission. A delegation of MEPs called for more ambitious...

France to Assist Greece Where Situation Continues to Worsen

20th December 2019 | News

France has offered assistance to the return of rejected asylum seekers, combatting “illegal immigration” and the relocation of 400 asylum seekers from Greece. In 2019, 70,000 people have arrived in Greece and the critical situation on Greek islands, hosting 40,000...