Balkan Route: Increasing Numbers of Syrian Migrants Along the Balkan Route ― Worrying Conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Reception and Detention Centres ― Frontex and European Commission Ignore Human Rights Violations Along Bulgarian-Turkish Border ― Violent Pushbacks Continue on the Serbian-North Macedonian Border
Reports indicate an increase in the number of Syrian refugees moving along the Balkan Route to seek asylum in Europe. Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to receive migrants despite the dangers of the journey and the state of its reception centres. Documents reveal that...
Mediterranean: NGOs to Italy: Stop Obstructing Our Lifesaving Activities at Sea ― First Anniversary of Cutro Tragedy ― Prosecution in Iuventa Crew Trial Asks for Charges to be Dropped ― European Ombudsman Calls for Changes to EU Search and Rescue Rules and Inquiry into Deaths in Mediterranean
A group of NGOs that undertake search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean have called on the Italian authorities to desist from obstructing their work on the anniversary of the adoption of controversial legislation. Survivors and relatives of the victims of the...
Greece: Migrant Arrivals Increase Despite Deportations, Pushbacks and Criminalisation of Migrants and Humanitarians ― Turkish Authorities Intercept Migrant Boats to Prove Their “Reliability” as Migration Partners, EU Ombudsman Criticises Greek Response Following Pylos Deadly Tragedy
An increase in arrivals on the Greek islands amid deportations of 50 third country nationals. The appeal trial of the four Afghan migrants accused of Moria Camp’s fires will take place on 4 March while 13 refugees accused of attempted arson following Evros wildfires...
ECRE Legal Note: The Rights of Refugees and Asylum Applicants with Disabilities
ECRE has published a legal note providing an intersectional analysis of the rights of refugees and asylum applicants with disabilities. The note aims to present challenges associated with the nature and the application of Article 26 of the Charter of Fundamental...
UK: Changes to Ukraine Visa Scheme Amid Housing Concerns ― UN Issues Damning Report on Situation of Asylum Seekers on Diego Garcia ― UK Signs ‘Working Arrangement’ with Frontex
The Ukraine visa scheme has been extended but the family reunification scheme has been closed to new applications as local authorities and NGOs issue warnings about risks of homelessness. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has criticised the situation of 61 Sri...
EU External Partners: NGO Accuses Türkiye of Forced Relocation of Syrian Refugees While UN Reports Gross Rights Violations on Their Return to Syria ― Italy’s Highest Court Rules That Handing Over Migrants to the Libyan Coast Guard is Illegal ― Mauritania Denies That It Will Host Migrants for the EU
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has accused Türkiye of forcefully relocating Syrian refugees to areas under its control in Syria while a new report by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has revealed that many of them suffer gross human rights violations...
EU Northern Borders: ‘Migrant’ Electrocuted on Train in Paris But Others Rescued in the Channel ― Senegalese Teenager Convicted on Four Counts of Manslaughter for Piloting Small Boat that Sank in the Channel ― Government Planning to Pay TikTok Influencers to Discourage Migrants from Trying to Cross the Channel in Small Boats ― Major People Smuggling Network Dismantled Following Large-scale Law Enforcement Operation Involving Police from Belgium, France and Germany
A man who has only been identified as ‘a migrant’ was electrocuted after he climbed onto a stationary Eurostar train at a station in Paris while 140 people were rescued by French authorities in two days as they tried to cross the Channel in small boats. The Senegalese...
Mediterranean: Italy-Albania Deal Takes Another Step Forward ― Syrian Refugees Go Back and Forth Between Cyprus and Lebanon Despite Apparent Return Agreement ― More Crossings and Deaths as Italian Legislation Partly Blamed for 3000 Drownings in 2023
The Albanian parliament has voted to approve a deal for the country to house thousands of asylum seekers for Italy, despite protests from both opposition MPs and human rights groups. More than 100 Syrian refugees are stuck in limbo following a spat between Cyprus and...