By Diana Ihring, REACH Migration Assessment Manager. In May 2017 almost 23,000 migrants reached Italy, this month less than 4,000 migrants are recorded to have arrived in Italy from Libya, an almost six fold decrease. This drop coincides with a number of measures the...
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 285.000 Afghans have returned from Iran over the last five month constituting a 150.000 increase from the same period last year. 12,000 undocumented Afghans have returned or been deported from Pakistan...
An AIDA Legal Briefing published yesterday analyses the practice of countries receiving asylum seekers from Italy and Greece through the relocation scheme. The briefing sketches out the treatment of asylum seekers post-relocation in the areas of registration and...
Approaching the self-imposed deadline of the European Council meeting in June 2018 for reaching a Council position on the reform of the Dublin system a group of 5 Southern EU Member States are rocking the EU Boat in a joint non paper. The position paper lists a number...
The rescue boat belonging to Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms was ordered to be released this week, having been held in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo since 18 March. The ship was impounded after an altercation in international waters off the Libyan coast, during which...
