By Syd Bolton & Catriona Jarvis, Co-Conveners, the Last Rights Project Migrants’ and refugees’ lives have become increasingly devalued through a political rhetoric and practices in ‘developed’ countries that classifies them as an unwanted problem – a threat...
Differences on approaches to migration policy between two of the German government’s coalition parties, the CSU and the CDU, remain at a stalemate, with another meeting on Wednesday ending without agreement. Meanwhile Austria conducted a border patrol training...
A report published by the Associated Press on Monday contains testimonies from individuals from sub-Saharan countries, who were expelled from Algeria to Niger. It describes how pregnant women and children were among those abandoned at the border, with others being...
The Lifeline rescue boat, carrying 230 people was granted permission on Wednesday to dock in Maltese shores, after spending six days at sea while European States debated its fate. Malta finally agreed to receive the boat following a commitment from Malta, France,...
UNHCR has recently published its “Projected Global Resettlement Needs in 2019”, which reveals a widening gap between the number of refugees in need of resettlement and the places made available by governments around the world. According to the report, 1.4 million...
