A legal challenge to the violations of migrant children’s social rights on mainland Greece and its North Eastern Aegean islands has been lodged before a European body specialised in the protection of social rights at the European level. The legal action, taken in the...
According to Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) estimates, 70,000 refugees are currently at risk after heavy snow and floods have hit Lebanon. More than half of those deemed at risk are children. Last week, storm “Norma” caused damage to infrastructure, roads and homes...
The Spanish Directorate General of Merchant Marine under the Development Ministry has denied permission for the Spanish Proactiva Open Arms search and rescue vessel to conduct its mission in the central Mediterranean. The vessel, which operates between Libya and...
With the US government shutdown regarding President Trump’s proposed border wall entering its 28th day, over 40,000 immigration hearings have been cancelled, adding to the court backlog of 800,000 pending cases. Meanwhile additional funding will be used to extend...
Over 25,000 migrants were expelled by Algeria to Niger in the course of 2018. This includes 14,000 Nigerien nationals returned to Niger, up from 6,800 in 2017, and another 11,000 nationals of other Sub-Saharan countries who have been left on the Nigerien border in the...
