Poland refuses European Commission push for a Frontex deployment at its border with Belarus as pressure on the government grows. Lithuania has proposed the legalisation of pushbacks at the EU level in “extreme” situations. Belarus suspends return agreements with the...
People continue to die at the border between Poland and Belarus and the silence from the EU is getting deafening. Commissioners Johansson and Schinas were pressed repeatedly on the topic but answer came there none. Six people, including a child, are known to have died...
The Prosecutor’s Office of the National High Court considers administrative actions carried out last August to deport Moroccan children en masse as “null and void” and rejects a request from the Ministry of Interior to dismiss appeals against the...
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin states that France is doing “better” than its neighbours, citing comparatively low recognition rates. The French government will cut visas for Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisian nationals as a punitive measure to push the North...
Amid new reports of abuse, Minister for Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarakis rejects the need for a human rights monitoring mechanism at Greek borders, stating that it would infringe upon national sovereignty. While the number of people in the Greek island hotspots...
Two more deaths have been recorded at the Poland-Belarus border, marking six lives lost at the border in a seven-day period. Testimonials of people crossing the border and an investigation from Amnesty International documents Polish border guards conducting pushbacks....
Recent Channel crossings have brought the total number of people arriving in Britain by sea in September to over 4,600. The UK has responded to the increase by threatening to pull funding to France and advocating illegal pushbacks, which sources say will begin in...
As arrivals to the Canary Islands continue apace, emergency services, volunteers, and journalists have raised concerns about the lack of reception facilities on Lanzarote. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says almost 800 people lost their lives on...
During a visit to Cyprus, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson stated that the EU will seek ways to stem arrivals from Turkey, but did not offer further details. Italy’s Interior Minister has declared that parts of the European Pact on Migration and...
The latest statistical report by AIDA, managed by ECRE, provides an update on developments in legislation, policy and practice relating to the application of the Dublin III Regulation in 2020. On 23 September 2020, the European Commission tabled its proposal for a...
