Mediterranean: Ongoing Crossings, Deaths and Detention of Civil Rescue Ships ― Human Rights Groups Call for Closure of Italy’s Detention Centres ― Maltese Authorities Link Decrease of Migrant Arrivals to “Successful” Policy Decisions

Mediterranean: Ongoing Crossings, Deaths and Detention of Civil Rescue Ships ― Human Rights Groups Call for Closure of Italy’s Detention Centres ― Maltese Authorities Link Decrease of Migrant Arrivals to “Successful” Policy Decisions

Crossings via the Mediterranean continue amid ongoing tragedies and increased repression against civil rescue ships. A migrant who spent seven years in Italian prisons charged with human smuggling and causing deaths, fights to prove his innocence amid calls by human...
Greece: More Crossings and Pushbacks in the Aegean Sea ― One of “Moria6” Loses Appeal Against Arson Conviction ― NGO Report on Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Asylum Policy on Lesvos ― Concerns about Lack of Accommodation on Crete Following Large Number of Arrivals ― CJEU Hearing on Designation of Türkiye as a “Safe Third Country”

Greece: More Crossings and Pushbacks in the Aegean Sea ― One of “Moria6” Loses Appeal Against Arson Conviction ― NGO Report on Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Asylum Policy on Lesvos ― Concerns about Lack of Accommodation on Crete Following Large Number of Arrivals ― CJEU Hearing on Designation of Türkiye as a “Safe Third Country”

10 boats carrying 369 people arrived on the Greek islands during the week of 4-10 March but six pushbacks towards Türkiye involving 235 people were carried out in the same period. One of the “Moria6” group of Afghan asylum seekers who were convicted in June 2021 of...
UK: Rwanda Bill Saga Continues with ‘Bribes’ for Rejected Asylum Seekers ― Details of Deceased Asylum Seekers Kept Hidden ― Shipping Containers to Accommodate Sick Migrant Children Condemned― Rotten Food Fed to Asylum Seekers ― Legal Battles for Asylum Seekers’ Rights

UK: Rwanda Bill Saga Continues with ‘Bribes’ for Rejected Asylum Seekers ― Details of Deceased Asylum Seekers Kept Hidden ― Shipping Containers to Accommodate Sick Migrant Children Condemned― Rotten Food Fed to Asylum Seekers ― Legal Battles for Asylum Seekers’ Rights

A new scheme is planned to pay ‘failed’ asylum seekers and foreign criminals to move to Rwanda amid ongoing legal and content challenges. The Home Office has revealed that it does not inform the loved ones of deceased asylum seekers in its care in order to avoid...
Balkan Route: Frontex to Massively Increase Deployment on Bulgaria-Türkiye Border Despite Having Previously Ignored Evidence of Pushbacks ― European Commission to Strengthen Co-operation on Border and Migration Management with Bulgaria and Romania ― Concerns in Serbia About Future of Temporary Protection for Displaced People from Ukraine as Deadline Looms

Balkan Route: Frontex to Massively Increase Deployment on Bulgaria-Türkiye Border Despite Having Previously Ignored Evidence of Pushbacks ― European Commission to Strengthen Co-operation on Border and Migration Management with Bulgaria and Romania ― Concerns in Serbia About Future of Temporary Protection for Displaced People from Ukraine as Deadline Looms

The EU Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) is preparing to deploy an additional 500 to 600 officers to guard the Bulgaria-Türkiye Border despite evidence showing that it previously ignored evidence of pushbacks committed by Bulgarian border guards. The European...
EU Eastern Borders: Poland Opposes EU Migration Pact Amid Permanent State of Emergency Along its Border — MSF Concludes its Activities in Belarus After Two Years — Migrants Manage to Reach Finland Despite Tight Border Controls — Human Rights Defender on Trial in Latvia for Assisting Migrants — Lithuania Closes Two More Border Checkpoints while Austria Calls for Talks over Repatriations to Afghanistan and Syria

EU Eastern Borders: Poland Opposes EU Migration Pact Amid Permanent State of Emergency Along its Border — MSF Concludes its Activities in Belarus After Two Years — Migrants Manage to Reach Finland Despite Tight Border Controls — Human Rights Defender on Trial in Latvia for Assisting Migrants — Lithuania Closes Two More Border Checkpoints while Austria Calls for Talks over Repatriations to Afghanistan and Syria

A new report on the situation along the Poland-Belarus border has highlighted the ineffectiveness of the fence while the government looks to secure exemptions from certain elements in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. After two years of providing essential services...
EU External Partners: EU Continues its Co-operation with Repressive Regimes ‘to reduce irregular migration’ ― Commission Refuses to Release Information on its ‘Do No Harm’ Policy in Libya ― Parliament Calls for Unconditional Ceasefire in Gaza and Commission Releases Further Funding to Palestinian Refugees

EU External Partners: EU Continues its Co-operation with Repressive Regimes ‘to reduce irregular migration’ ― Commission Refuses to Release Information on its ‘Do No Harm’ Policy in Libya ― Parliament Calls for Unconditional Ceasefire in Gaza and Commission Releases Further Funding to Palestinian Refugees

The European Commission has transferred €150 million to Tunisia and launched a €210 million new migration partnership with Mauritania despite concerns over human rights violations. The European Ombudsman has reproached the European Commission for a lack of...