17th September 2021 | News
The Lithuanian government has announced its intent to enable the indefinite detention of asylum seekers, following legal changes made in August that ran contrary EU and international law. Employees of asylum authorities say they have been pressed to conduct sham...
17th September 2021 | News
UK Border Force authorities have been spotted carrying out “pushback drills” in the Channel after the Home Secretary expressed an ambition to return boats to French waters. Human rights groups and the UN refugee agency say pushbacks would endanger lives and violate...
17th September 2021 | News
The European Commission has reiterated its demand for a rights monitoring mechanism as a precondition for the release of migration management funding for Greece. Systematic pushbacks continue with limited scrutiny and oversight. With kids back in school after the...
17th September 2021 | News
The last fortnight has seen a near-non-stop series of shipwrecks and rescues off the Canary Islands, continuing a deadly period throughout August in which 12 lives were lost daily on the Atlantic route. 15 September marked at least 25 consecutive days of arrivals in...
3rd September 2021 | News
During the week of the rentrée, the Justice and Home Affairs Council demonstrated that it is still possible to produce something shocking in the field of asylum and migration (also known as the common anti-asylum and selective migration policy). Having lived through...
