10th December 2021 | News
Commentators have described a laudable “improvement” in reception management when comparing the response of the Spanish government to arrivals to the Canaries in 2020 and in 2021. Nevertheless, serious issues remain, including long-term stays in police custody, a lack...
10th December 2021 | News
During his recent visit to Cyprus and Greece, Pope Francis harshly criticised failed EU asylum policies and urged solidarity and fair allocation of people in need of protection. An Italian rights monitor deems the deprivation of freedom “unjustified and an end...
10th December 2021 | News
On 6 December Poland’s public broadcaster featured a concert in honour of the border guards “defending the border”. The controversial event follows renewed restrictions of access to the border with Belarus where a deadly humanitarian crisis is unfolding. The European...
10th December 2021 | News
A previously-suppressed Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) report confirms serious ill-treatment of people on the move by Croatian police. Separately, the first half-year report of Croatia’s Independent Border Monitoring Mechanism confirms that police are...