ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN: 89 Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Mauritania ― Spain’s Main Opposition Proposes Military Deployment for Border Management ― Hundreds Protest Migrant Arrivals on Canary Islands ― 68 Rescued from Boat in Distress in Atlantic

ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN: 89 Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Mauritania ― Spain’s Main Opposition Proposes Military Deployment for Border Management ― Hundreds Protest Migrant Arrivals on Canary Islands ― 68 Rescued from Boat in Distress in Atlantic

At least 89 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania. The spokesperson for Spain’s main opposition party has suggested that the Spanish government should use all the means at its disposal, including the deployment of military forces for...
AIDA Country Report on Switzerland – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Switzerland – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Switzerland provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU Denies Complicity in Dumping Black Migrants in North African Desert ― Human Rights Organisations Call for Human Rights Benchmarks for Egypt Amid Reports of Forced Returns of Sudanese Refugees ― Video Reveals More Abuse of Migrants by Libyan Coast Guard ― Leaked UN Briefing Reveals Details of Tunisian Role in Torture and Killing of Migrants in Libya ― Moroccan and Spanish Authorities Reportedly ‘Involved’ in Melilla Tragedy

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU Denies Complicity in Dumping Black Migrants in North African Desert ― Human Rights Organisations Call for Human Rights Benchmarks for Egypt Amid Reports of Forced Returns of Sudanese Refugees ― Video Reveals More Abuse of Migrants by Libyan Coast Guard ― Leaked UN Briefing Reveals Details of Tunisian Role in Torture and Killing of Migrants in Libya ― Moroccan and Spanish Authorities Reportedly ‘Involved’ in Melilla Tragedy

The European Commissioner for Home Affairs has denied being aware of human rights abuses and so-called “desert dumps” carried out in the EU’s migration partner countries in North Africa. Human rights organisations have written to the European Commission President to...
AIDA Country Report on Slovenia – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Slovenia – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Slovenia provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: EU Denies Complicity in Dumping Black Migrants in North African Desert ― Human Rights Organisations Call for Human Rights Benchmarks for Egypt Amid Reports of Forced Returns of Sudanese Refugees ― Video Reveals More Abuse of Migrants by Libyan Coast Guard ― Leaked UN Briefing Reveals Details of Tunisian Role in Torture and Killing of Migrants in Libya ― Moroccan and Spanish Authorities Reportedly ‘Involved’ in Melilla Tragedy

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Investigative Journalists Accuse EU of Complicity in Migrant ‘Dumping’ in North African Countries ― EU Commissioner says Migration Deals Need to be ‘Revised’ ― UN Urges Tunisia to Stop Harassing Migrants and NGOs ― Another Anti-migrant Protest Takes Place in Tunisia ― Tunisia Negotiating ‘Voluntary’ Migrant Return Deals With Other African Countries

An investigation led by Lighthouse Reports has claimed that EU funding was used in operations to ‘dump’ migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in the desert and other remote areas in Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, and that the EU was aware of them. The European...