![Op-ed: Business as Usual for the EU Causes the Suffering of Migrants and Refugees in Libya](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Op-ed.jpg)
![Op-ed: Business as Usual for the EU Causes the Suffering of Migrants and Refugees in Libya](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Op-ed.jpg)
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Med: IRINI Ships will Not Search but Rescue – Civilian Search and Rescue Vessel Back at Sea
While the main mandate of the EUNAVFOR Med IRINI operation is to uphold the UN arms embargo on Libya its ships will comply with their obligations under international law and rescue people at sea. Sea-Eye, an association for the rescue of fleeing people in the central...![ECRE Working Paper: Civil Society Input to EU-Africa Cooperation on Migration: The Case of Niger](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/wp_4_icon_1080x675.jpg)
ECRE Working Paper: Civil Society Input to EU-Africa Cooperation on Migration: The Case of Niger
Author: Daniel Thiombiano, Caritas Développement Niger* This working paper argues that EU cooperation with Niger on migration is marked by the EU’s priority of stopping onward migration from the country altogether. It argues that the rigid focus on securitising...![Med: NGOs Rescue Almost 1000 people – Pull-backs to Libya continue](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Med-article.jpg)
Med: NGOs Rescue Almost 1000 people – Pull-backs to Libya continue
In the course of the last week NGO-run vessels have rescued almost 1000 people in at least of 12 operations at the Central Mediterranean. Italy and Malta provided a safe port in two cases. The rescue vessel ‘Open Arms’, run by the NGO with the same name,...![The Future of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Our Call for More Humane, Transparent and Effective Resources for Asylum and Migration in the Union](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/AMF-joint-statement.png)