Amnesty International reports worsening human rights situation in Tunisia including mass deportations of migrants six months into EU-Tunisia deal. The Moroccan authorities stopped 87,000 migrants from reaching Europe in 2023. The so-called Libyan coast guard continues...
Despite the death of at least 75 people in the Mediterranean since the beginning of 2024, people continue risking their lives to reach European shores. The Open Arms rescue ship is facing a 20-day detention order while the Ocean Viking has completed its second...
Politicians from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party had a meeting with an extremist group to discuss a deportation ”masterplan. Germany made the highest pledges of all EU Member States for refugee resettlement in 2024 and 2025. Despite mass campaigns and...
Despite a decrease in irregular crossings via the EU’s eastern borders, the chief advisor to the Hungarian Prime Minister has criticised the EU’s migration policies while calling for additional funds for border security. While the European Parliament has adopted a...
MPs have approved the Rwanda bill at third reading but the Rwandan President has suggested that the UK’s efforts to implement the scheme cannot go on indefinitely and the UNHCR has called it incompatible with international law. Five migrants have died while trying to...
Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) has accused the Tunisian government of orchestrating a campaign of repression against migrants to ensure a steady stream of financial and logistical support from Europe amid ongoing violations of refugee rights....
Polish NGOs and individuals have called on the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, to end the gross violations of migrants’ rights along the Poland-Belarus Border. Finnish authorities have extended the closure of their country’s borders with Russia fearing activities...
Despite an increased number of deaths in the Mediterranean in 2023, people continue to reach Italy. Former Italian interior minister, Matteo Salvini, takes the stand in the Open Arms trial over accusations of kidnapping migrants and failure to fulfil his duties in...
A Human Rights Watch report notes an increase in arrivals in 2023 and far-right violence against people on the move. Shipwrecks, distress alerts and pushbacks continue in 2024 on the migratory routes to Greece. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) condemns Greek...
The Government’s claim to have cleared the backlog of legacy asylum applications has been widely criticised. The roommate of the asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023 has described unbearable conditions on the barge, and two humanitarian NGOs...
