An interview with Sophie Beau, vice-President of SOS MEDITERRANEE. Could you briefly explain your mission and operations? SOS MEDITERRANEE is a European civil society association, founded in 2015. It was founded at the end of operation Mare Nostrum in Italy when the...
The updated Country Report on the United Kingdom tracks recent developments in practice and case law governing asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection. Home Office guidance on age assessment was...
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 15.000 migrants have been returned from Libya to their country of origin and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has assisted in the evacuation of more than 1,300 refugees from Libya...
Italian elections taking place on 4 March look very unpredictable however, we can say for sure that migrants won’t be the winner. The largest “party” is likely to be Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) the anti-establishment outfit of Beppe Grillo, although Grillo himself...
An interview with Michaela Teigelmeister and Ansgar Rudolf, both Diakonie Sieg & Rhein, Germany. Approximately 374 people are currently hosted in church asylum across Germany, including one case facilitated by your counselling office. How come you opened...
