MEDITERRANEAN: Frontex Investigating New Migrant Pushback Accusations ― Eight EU countries Call for Situation in Syria to be Reassessed to Enable Refugee Returns ― Albanian PM Rules Out Migration Deals with Other EU Countries While Italian PM Insists Albania ‘Project’ Close to Starting ― El Hiblu 3 Trial to Proceed Despite Plea for Dismissal

MEDITERRANEAN: Frontex Investigating New Migrant Pushback Accusations ― Eight EU countries Call for Situation in Syria to be Reassessed to Enable Refugee Returns ― Albanian PM Rules Out Migration Deals with Other EU Countries While Italian PM Insists Albania ‘Project’ Close to Starting ― El Hiblu 3 Trial to Proceed Despite Plea for Dismissal

The EU Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) is investigating two new allegations of migrant pushbacks in the Aegean Sea. The governments of eight EU member states have issued a joint statement on migration in which they have called for the situation in Syria to be...
AIDA Country Report on the Netherlands – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on the Netherlands – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on the Netherlands 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...
Germany: Far-Right ‘Remigration’ Meeting Provokes Anger in the Streets, Interior Minister Attributes Decrease in Irregular Border Crossings to Stronger Controls Despite Concerns over Schengen Rules, Adoption of the “Repatriation Improvement Act” Raises Fears and Concerns among NGOs

Germany: Far-Right ‘Remigration’ Meeting Provokes Anger in the Streets, Interior Minister Attributes Decrease in Irregular Border Crossings to Stronger Controls Despite Concerns over Schengen Rules, Adoption of the “Repatriation Improvement Act” Raises Fears and Concerns among NGOs

Politicians from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party had a meeting with an extremist group to discuss a deportation ”masterplan. Germany made the highest pledges of all EU Member States for refugee resettlement in 2024 and 2025. Despite mass campaigns and...