EU EASTERN BORDERS: Significant Increase in Arrivals via EU Eastern Borders Despite Overall Decrease in EU ― Finland Adopts Controversial ‘Pushback’ Law ― Asylum Seekers File Lawsuit Against Lithuania for Unlawful Detention ― NGO Calls for Urgent Action to Help People Trapped in ‘Death Zone’ Along Poland-Belarus Border ― Poland Asks France and Germany for Support to Secure Belarus Border

EU EASTERN BORDERS: Significant Increase in Arrivals via EU Eastern Borders Despite Overall Decrease in EU ― Finland Adopts Controversial ‘Pushback’ Law ― Asylum Seekers File Lawsuit Against Lithuania for Unlawful Detention ― NGO Calls for Urgent Action to Help People Trapped in ‘Death Zone’ Along Poland-Belarus Border ― Poland Asks France and Germany for Support to Secure Belarus Border

Preliminary data from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has revealed a 148% increase in irregular crossings of the EU’s eastern borders between January and June 2024 despite an overall decrease of 30% for the EU as a whole. The Finnish Parliament...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: NGOs Urge EU to Stop Outsourcing Asylum ― UN Highlights Largescale Abuse of Migrants in Libya and Reports Discovery of Mass Grave ― Türkiye Closes Border with Syria following Anti-Syrian Violence and Retributions ― EU Signs €1bn Financing Deal with Egypt

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: NGOs Urge EU to Stop Outsourcing Asylum ― UN Highlights Largescale Abuse of Migrants in Libya and Reports Discovery of Mass Grave ― Türkiye Closes Border with Syria following Anti-Syrian Violence and Retributions ― EU Signs €1bn Financing Deal with Egypt

Almost 100 NGOs have published a joint statement in which they have urged the EU and its member states to safeguard the right to territorial asylum in Europe. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned UN member states about the scale of abuse...
BALKAN ROUTE: Bulgaria Pressures Frontex to Ignore Abuse to Experience ‘How Border Guarding Works’ ― Hungary Will Not Pay ‘Completely Unfair’ €200m Fine ― EU Signs New Frontex-Serbia Cooperation Agreement

BALKAN ROUTE: Bulgaria Pressures Frontex to Ignore Abuse to Experience ‘How Border Guarding Works’ ― Hungary Will Not Pay ‘Completely Unfair’ €200m Fine ― EU Signs New Frontex-Serbia Cooperation Agreement

Internal documents from the European Union Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) indicate that Bulgaria pressured Frontex officers into ignoring migrants’ rights abuses in exchange for experiencing “how border guarding works” in practice. Hungary has declared that...
ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN: 89 Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Mauritania ― Spain’s Main Opposition Proposes Military Deployment for Border Management ― Hundreds Protest Migrant Arrivals on Canary Islands ― 68 Rescued from Boat in Distress in Atlantic

ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN: 89 Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Mauritania ― Spain’s Main Opposition Proposes Military Deployment for Border Management ― Hundreds Protest Migrant Arrivals on Canary Islands ― 68 Rescued from Boat in Distress in Atlantic

At least 89 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania. The spokesperson for Spain’s main opposition party has suggested that the Spanish government should use all the means at its disposal, including the deployment of military forces for...
AIDA Country Report on Croatia – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Croatia – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Croatia 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...
AIDA Country Report on Portugal – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Portugal – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Portugal 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...
AIDA Country Report on Switzerland – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Switzerland – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Switzerland 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...
AIDA Country Report on Italy – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Italy – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Italy 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: UN Offers Condolences for Victims of Migrant Shipwrecks in Ionian Sea ― Cyprus Rejects ‘Buffer Zone Migrants’ Amid Rising Tensions Between Republic and UN ― Hellenic Coast Guard Accused of Throwing Migrants Overboard to Their Deaths ― Italian Cabinet Upholds NGO Request to Stop Sending Patrol Boats to Tunisia ― Frontex Internal Review System Actively Undermined

MEDITERRANEAN: UN Offers Condolences for Victims of Migrant Shipwrecks in Ionian Sea ― Cyprus Rejects ‘Buffer Zone Migrants’ Amid Rising Tensions Between Republic and UN ― Hellenic Coast Guard Accused of Throwing Migrants Overboard to Their Deaths ― Italian Cabinet Upholds NGO Request to Stop Sending Patrol Boats to Tunisia ― Frontex Internal Review System Actively Undermined

The International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have issued a joint statement in which they offered condolences for the victims of two recent migrant shipwrecks in the Ionian Sea....