Balkan Route: NGO warning about Frontex data showing major fall in irregular crossings ― Agreement on Frontex deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina ― Agreement on border control co-operation between Croatia, Italy and Slovenia ― NGO shines spotlight on EU funding for ‘assisted voluntary return’ programme in Bulgaria ― Activists accuse Bulgarian border police of ‘deliberate neglect’ in deaths of three minors ― NGO highlights EU funding for border surveillance in Serbia ― Another European court ruling against Hungary for unlawful detention of people seeking asylum

Balkan Route: NGO warning about Frontex data showing major fall in irregular crossings ― Agreement on Frontex deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina ― Agreement on border control co-operation between Croatia, Italy and Slovenia ― NGO shines spotlight on EU funding for ‘assisted voluntary return’ programme in Bulgaria ― Activists accuse Bulgarian border police of ‘deliberate neglect’ in deaths of three minors ― NGO highlights EU funding for border surveillance in Serbia ― Another European court ruling against Hungary for unlawful detention of people seeking asylum

23rd January 2025 | News

The Italian Consortium of Solidarity has called for ‘careful’ reading of new data from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) that shows a significant decrease in the number of irregular crossings on the Western Balkan route in 2024. The EU and Bosnia...
MEDITERRANEAN: New Joint Report Highlights Extreme Violence on Land Routes Towards Africa’s Mediterranean Coast ― NGO Appeals to Cypriot Courts on Behalf of People Trapped in Buffer Zone ― Greek Court Acknowledges Racist Motives in 2018 Anti-Migrant Attacks on Lesvos ― CoE Urges Greece to Treat Migrants and Refugees with ‘Dignity and Humanity’ ― Investigation Reveals Frontex Failure to Report Migrant Abuses

MEDITERRANEAN: New Joint Report Highlights Extreme Violence on Land Routes Towards Africa’s Mediterranean Coast ― NGO Appeals to Cypriot Courts on Behalf of People Trapped in Buffer Zone ― Greek Court Acknowledges Racist Motives in 2018 Anti-Migrant Attacks on Lesvos ― CoE Urges Greece to Treat Migrants and Refugees with ‘Dignity and Humanity’ ― Investigation Reveals Frontex Failure to Report Migrant Abuses

19th July 2024 | News

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration and the Mixed Migration Centre have published a new joint report in which they highlight the extreme violence directed against people moving along land routes towards Africa’s...
MEDITERRANEAN: New Joint Report Highlights Extreme Violence on Land Routes Towards Africa’s Mediterranean Coast ― NGO Appeals to Cypriot Courts on Behalf of People Trapped in Buffer Zone ― Greek Court Acknowledges Racist Motives in 2018 Anti-Migrant Attacks on Lesvos ― CoE Urges Greece to Treat Migrants and Refugees with ‘Dignity and Humanity’ ― Investigation Reveals Frontex Failure to Report Migrant Abuses

Mediterranean: Cyprus Suspends Processing Asylum Requests of Syrians Enduring Unbearable Conditions in Lebanon and Syria ― NGOs Call on Malta to Halt Pushbacks to Unsafe Libya ― Refugees in Greece Face Systematic Abuse in Reception and Detention Centres and Denial of Rights, ECtHR Issues Another Ruling About Human Rights Violations in Greek ‘Hotspots’

19th April 2024 | News

The suspension of Syrians’ asylum requests in Cyprus is reportedly aimed at pressuring the EU to designate some parts of Syria as a safe country. Malta continues to co-operate with the so-called Libyan Coast Guard despite well-documented violations against migrants in...
EU External Partners: Tunisian Security Forces to Receive EU Funding Despite Involvement in Human Rights Abuses — Dozens of Migrant Bodies Found in Mass Grave in Libya — Parliament’s Scrutiny of EU-Egypt Deal Overstepped — Calls for Immediate Ceasefire and Increased Flow of Humanitarian Aid into Gaza Continue Amid Israel’s Expansion of Settlements in West Bank

EU External Partners: Tunisian Security Forces to Receive EU Funding Despite Involvement in Human Rights Abuses — Dozens of Migrant Bodies Found in Mass Grave in Libya — Parliament’s Scrutiny of EU-Egypt Deal Overstepped — Calls for Immediate Ceasefire and Increased Flow of Humanitarian Aid into Gaza Continue Amid Israel’s Expansion of Settlements in West Bank

29th March 2024 | News

The EU plans to provide €164.5 million to the Tunisian security forces despite their mounting record of refugee rights violations. 65 bodies were discovered in a mass grave in Libya amid the ongoing interception of migrant boats and abuse of intercepted migrants. The...
EU External Partners: Another EU ‘Cash for Migrant Control’ Deal Sealed with Egypt ― Civil Society Organisations Call on EU to Review Association Agreement with Israel Amidst Forced Famine ― EU-Tunisia Deal Outlines Different Measures Addressing Migration by Tunisians & Non-Tunisian Nationals ― EU-Funded Libyan Coast Guard Endangers Lives of Survivors

EU External Partners: Another EU ‘Cash for Migrant Control’ Deal Sealed with Egypt ― Civil Society Organisations Call on EU to Review Association Agreement with Israel Amidst Forced Famine ― EU-Tunisia Deal Outlines Different Measures Addressing Migration by Tunisians & Non-Tunisian Nationals ― EU-Funded Libyan Coast Guard Endangers Lives of Survivors

22nd March 2024 | News

The European Union has signed a €7.4 billion agreement with Egypt amid efforts to expand its externalisation strategy and despite concerns over the EU’s possible complicity in human rights abuses. With famine imminent in the Gaza Strip, EU leaders have reiterated...