During a meeting with EU Home Affairs Commissioner, Ylva Johansson to discuss “illegal” immigration and human smuggling, Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba confirmed that the so-called Libyan coast guard has intercepted more than 9,000 people in 2021....
Denmark has passed a law to pave the way for externalising asylum procedures and protection of refugees outside Europe despite lacking bilateral agreements with third countries willing to receive asylum seekers from Denmark. The move was met by harsh critique...
After close to 600 people attempted to cross the Channel within 72 hours, Home Secretary Priti Patel is launching an investigation into the Border Force and urges social media ban on content that promotes crossings. Calls to close the notorious Napier barracks mount...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Greece provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2020. While acknowledging the...
Drawing on several years of research, Afghanistan expert Friederike Stahlmann has documented the experiences of 113 of the 908 Afghans deported from Germany between December 2016 and March 2020. This article provides the key findings of her study “Experiences...
