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Asylum applications in industrialized countries from people fleeing war in Syria and Iraq increased in first half of 2014

3rd October 2014 | News

UNHCR has released this week a report on asylum claims submitted in 44 industrialised countries during the first six months of 2014. Syrians remain the main applicants for asylum in industrialised countries with 48,400 claims, up from 18,900 in the same period for...

Amnesty International: Lives Adrift – Refugees and migrants in peril in the Central Mediterranean

3rd October 2014 | News

A new report by Amnesty International denounces the “shameful inaction of European Union (EU) countries” in addressing the increasing deaths at sea of migrants and refugees. Amnesty calls for an EU response to strengthen search and rescue in the Mediterranean, the...

IOM: journey to Europe, most deadly route for irregular migrants

3rd October 2014 | News

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that 22,394 persons died since 2000 trying to reach Europe by irregular routes, while around 40,000 migrants have died on route in total, globally. That makes Europe the most fatal destination for irregular...

Human Rights Commission of the Italian Senate: prolonging detention ineffective for ensuring returns

3rd October 2014 | News

The Report on the Centres for Identification and Expulsion of foreigners (CIE) in Italy compiled by the Human Rights Commission of the Italian Senate shows that prolonging the maximum detention period to 18 months in 2011 (the maximum time allowed under the Return...

UK pledges €15 million to prevent migrants and refugees in Calais from entering Britain

26th September 2014 | News

The UK has committed 15 million euro to the strengthening of controls, surveillance and security at the port of Calais. A Joint Declaration from the French Ministry of Interior and UK Home Secretary agree that funding will be given to France for a period of three...

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