GREECE: NGOs Renew Criticism of Conditions in Greek Centres ― FRA Accuses Greece of Failing to Investigate ‘Ill-Treatment’ of People Trying to Cross Greece-Türkiye Border ― NGOs Object to ‘Overly Positive’ EC Rule of Law Report on Greece ― Child Arrivals in Greece Quadruple in 2024 ― Hellenic Coast Guard Rejects Turkish Accusations of Pushbacks ― Court Convicts Vigilantes for Illegally Detaining Migrants
Amnesty International and Mobile Info Team and Refugee Legal Support have published damning reports on ‘closed controlled access centres’ (CCACs) in Greece. A new report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) into alleged ill-treatment at the EU’s borders has...
EU EASTERN BORDERS: Estonian Border Guards to Support Latvian Colleagues on Latvia-Russia Border ― Finland Enacts Controversial New ‘Pushback Law’ ― Hungary Faces Renewed Criticism from Both EC and FRA ― Lithuanian Border Guards to Support Latvian Colleagues on Latvia-Russia Border ― Poland Allows Border Guards to Use Firearms Against People Trying to Cross Poland-Russia Border
Officers from Estonia’s Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) will be sent to the Latvia-Belarus border to help their Latvian counterparts to prevent irregular crossings. On 22 July, Finland’s new law aimed at preventing people seeking asylum from entering the country...
VACANCY: National Expert for AIDA Country Report on Germany
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is looking for a national expert to write the next AIDA Country Report on Germany. Working with ECRE, the national expert will be named as the author of the report. They will also have the opportunity to participate...
AIDA Country Report on Romania – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Romania provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
EDITORIAL: EU changing of the guard: Winter (may be) coming
By Catherine Woollard This week, Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected as President of the European Commission, following a strong showing by the EPP in the European Parliament elections last month. This completes the first and most important stages in the changeover of...
AIDA Country Report on Hungary – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Hungary provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
MEDITERRANEAN: New Joint Report Highlights Extreme Violence on Land Routes Towards Africa’s Mediterranean Coast ― NGO Appeals to Cypriot Courts on Behalf of People Trapped in Buffer Zone ― Greek Court Acknowledges Racist Motives in 2018 Anti-Migrant Attacks on Lesvos ― CoE Urges Greece to Treat Migrants and Refugees with ‘Dignity and Humanity’ ― Investigation Reveals Frontex Failure to Report Migrant Abuses
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration and the Mixed Migration Centre have published a new joint report in which they highlight the extreme violence directed against people moving along land routes towards Africa’s...
ITALY: NGO Condemns Abuse of Migration-related Detention and ‘Punitive Conditions’ in Detention Centres ― Another Search and Rescue Ship Detained for Changing Port of Debarkation ― Judge Frees Search and Rescue Ship and Dismisses Legitimacy of Libyan Coast Guard ― Decrease in Arrivals and Renewed Concerns About Asylum Accommodation ― 33 Migrants Freed from Slave-Like Working Conditions and Shocking Attack Against Migrant Women on Italy-France Border
Amnesty International has issued a statement in which it denounces the abuse of migration-related detention and conditions in detention centres that it claims deprive people of liberty and dignity. The NGO search and rescue ship the MV Louise Michel has been impounded...