24th September 2021 | News
Against a backdrop of systematic pushbacks, the number of arrivals to the Aegean islands has decreased by almost 80%. Meanwhile, Minister of Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarakis is praising the efficiency of a “strict but fair immigration policy” defined by prevention...
24th September 2021 | News
Four people are confirmed to have died of hypothermia and exhaustion along the Poland-Belarus border, with another seven hospitalised elsewhere in the Polish border region. NGOs say the tragic deaths were predictable and preventable given aid workers and journalists...
24th September 2021 | News
125 people have been pushed back to Morocco from a Spanish enclave in North Africa, despite more than 90 the people having made written requests to seek asylum in Spain. Eight bodies have washed up on the shores in Southern Spain, believed to belong to people who set...
24th September 2021 | News
Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) recorded 30 pushbacks in August impacting more than 300 people on the move across migratory routes in the Balkans. More than 40 per cent of incidents recorded since 2017 have involved Afghan nationals. The situation for...
24th September 2021 | News
Rescues and arrivals to the Canary Islands continue, with 2,500 people landing over the first 19 days of September alone, an average of more than 140 people daily. Local authorities on Tenerife announce a new initiative to assist people on the move and combat...
24th September 2021 | News
Within just a few days 189 lives have been saved by the civilian search and rescue fleet on the Mediterranean. As the number of interceptions and returns to Libya approaches 25,000 in 2021, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) expresses concern for the...
17th September 2021 | News
The international community has pledged significant funds aimed at addressing acute humanitarian need in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries. The European Commission is proposing measures to prevent Afghans seeking asylum in Europe while a resolution from the...
17th September 2021 | News
The Lithuanian government has announced its intent to enable the indefinite detention of asylum seekers, following legal changes made in August that ran contrary EU and international law. Employees of asylum authorities say they have been pressed to conduct sham...
17th September 2021 | News
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has published its Observations on the legislative changes in Poland introduced following irregular arrivals from Belarus, in which it regrets restrictions on the right to seek asylum. According to UNHCR, among other concerns, the...
17th September 2021 | News
UK Border Force authorities have been spotted carrying out “pushback drills” in the Channel after the Home Secretary expressed an ambition to return boats to French waters. Human rights groups and the UN refugee agency say pushbacks would endanger lives and violate...
